6 Ways Data-Driven Food ERP Systems Help Optimize Operational Costs
Icicle’s Food ERP software provides real-time monitoring of the food processing supply chain, delivering a constant stream of information with actionable insights for food and cannabis producers. We’ve written recently on the ways that automation technology like Icicle can help food and cannabis companies fight the COVID-19 pandemic; in this article, we will go over […]
How to Increase Efficiency of Your Food Business On A Limited Budget
In the world of food manufacturing, time really is money. Machine downtime, employee errors, and food safety failures require precious time and destroy the overall efficiency of your facility. And to make things worse, margins are shrinking and competition is growing, which makes these efficiency failures costlier than ever. Actively pursuing operational efficiency isn’t a […]
Can Regulatory Compliance Help Grow Your Food Business?
The primary goal of a food business is to generate profit, but food businesses must also prioritize regulatory compliance – and this can be a heavy burden to carry. The good news is that profits don’t have to be sacrificed. With the right technology, the highest level of regulatory compliance can be achieved while actually […]
Strategic Planning: Working On Your Food Business Instead of In It
What’s keeping my food business from growing? Will my to-do list ever stop expanding? These strategic planning questions plague owners and managers, and sometimes it seems like there aren’t answers to them – only more questions, doubts, and struggles. You’re probably familiar with the feeling. At some point, every food business experiences this plateau of growth […]
6 Signs That Your Food Business is Due for a Change
As the world adopts automation and other modern technologies, how do you know if your food business is falling behind? Many of the problems that food business face aren’t just part of the way things work – they’re inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and anchors weighing your business down. Most importantly, all of the things on this […]
Accounting & Food Manufacturing Software: Icicle’s Integration with QuickBooks
We’ve integrated with QuickBooks and this is a very big deal for small and medium-sized food manufacturers around the globe! Now small and medium-sized food manufacturers can maximize their production efficiency by incorporating their existing accounting software, QuickBooks, with Icicle’s comprehensive food manufacturing software without having to move to a hugely expensive ERP system. Accounting […]
The Economic Strategy Behind the Adoption of Food Safety Technology
This article is an excerpt from an online panel discussion hosted by Burton Software on September 17, 2015. Start from the beginning of this seven-part series on innovations and development in food safety from the points of view of industry, technology, and policy or watch the entire panel discussion. Our panelists are: Steven Burton (creator […]