New Features: High Performance Improvements to Racking, Picking, Mobile Interfaces
The name of the game for this installment of Icicle’s new features is “improvement” –- improvements in speed, efficiency, choice, and mobile responsiveness that help you manage your workflows better. Check out more below. Blazingly Fast Warehouse Management When was it released? April 29, 2019 (Picking) and May, 2019 (Racking) What does it do? Icicle […]
The Importance of Preventative Controls with Food Engineering
Food Engineering Magazine is one of the most established publications for manufacturing and operations executives in the North American food and beverage industry. Wayne Labs, who writes for Food Engineering on technical, engineering, and R&D subjects, interviewed Icicle creator Steven Burton on “The Importance of Preventative Controls.” Labs has looked to Icicle before, writing about […]
When Maintenance Management and Food Safety Come Together
Maintenance management plays an integral part the successful operation of any facility, ensuring product quality and maximizing productivity. Downtime for a food packaging line, for example, leads to thousands of dollars of lost revenue per hour. But Maintenance Management is also critical for any food safety plan; malfunctioning equipment or improper procedures can lead to […]
3 Steps To Comply With FSVP And Protect Your U.S. Business
It used to be easy to get around even having a food safety program, but now government, retailers, and consumers alike are demanding higher standards from food producers. Companies that don’t want to lose their market and export share need to recognize that the field has changed and the deadlines are upon us. A comprehensive […]
Icicle Makes Food Safety Compliance Faster With Smart Suggestions
Vancouver, Canada, February 22, 2016 (Newswire.com) – Icicle Technologies Inc. has launched a new smart suggestion feature to accelerate compliance with food safety regulations, continuing their mission to advance automation technology for the industry. Their food safety management system, Icicle, now offers users uniquely intelligent algorithms that suggest processes and hazards when creating and managing […]
New Features: Enhanced Traceability, Case Labels, & Smart Hazard Suggestions
We’ve launched major new features for the Icicle food safety system that will help our community achieve food safety excellence. Enhanced Traceability As the global food supply chain becomes increasingly complex, it’s more important than ever for food producers to have a comprehensive and effective traceability program in place to protect their consumers and their […]
Icicle Automates Food Safety for BakeMark Canadian Operations
Read this press release on PR Web. Richmond, British Columbia, December 09, 2015: Icicle Technologies Inc. announced today BakeMark Canada’s food safety process operations nation-wide has been upgraded. As government food safety regulations continue to be strengthened (recently with the Food Safety Modernization Act in the United States), the responsibility is increasingly falling on suppliers […]
New Features: HARPC Compliance, Recall Identification, & Quantity Definition
We launched three new exciting Icicle features in November. Check them out below. #1: Control Radiological and Intentionally-Introduced Hazards for HARPC Compliance What’s the difference between HARCP and HACCP? While HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) is an international standard, HARPC (Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls) is the legislative FDA requirement brought forward under […]
From Food Safety Tech: HACCP, HARPC, and How Using Software Helps
This article, published by Food Safety Tech, was written by Icicle creator Steven Burton. With nearly one in every six Americans falling prey to foodborne illnesses each year, food safety is a major public health issue. For several decades, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) provided the basic food safety framework for manufacturers. However, these guidelines […]