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osts edmond " #A April $% &'() / Dynamic Systems, Inc., a Redmond, Washington software developer specializing in Traceability Systems has installed the SI !" #rod$ce Traceability Sol$tion at c%ain &arms in 'eorgia. Increase production speed and traceability The SI !" (Specialized Inventory anagement with !arcode "cc$racy) system solves the problem of how to prod$ce and trac* complete prod$ct and pallet labeling for fresh food on the pac*ing floor. The system is designed to provide #TI compliant labels and report pac*ing information from the prod$ction line while it traces the prod$ct from +field to c$stomer,. There are - mod$les incl$ding SI !" obile, SI !" %ite, and SI !" .nterprise. /o$ have the option with starting with a simple labeling system and as yo$r b$siness grows and yo$r needs change yo$ have the capability of moving $p to the ne0t system. SI !" .nterprise is designed for food growers/pac*ers who need fast and acc$rate information. SI !" trac*s, labels and ships an $nlimited n$mber of prod$cts and records their specific characteristics (type, size, grade, weight, etc). The system a$tomatically generates bills of lading and verifies shipments which eliminate charge1bac*s. SI !" allows the $ser to trac* and organize prod$cts by pallet, lot and case level incl$ding repeated commingling and re1bo0ing. Inventory can be trac*ed by location, trac*ing moves from wareho$se to wareho$se, re1pac*ing and commingling prod$cts at any point in the process witho$t losing lot traceability. About Mc*ain +arms c%ain &arms is one of the largest prod$cers of sweet onions in the co$ntry. "fter installing and $sing several other systems that claimed to provide complete traceability and prod$ct labeling, R$sty c%ain came to Dynamic Systems with a wish list. About SIMBA and Mc*ain The system was config$red for c%ain to $se - label printers from one to$ch1screen on the pac*ing floor. &rom that screen they are able to print the bin label, the case label or the pallet label. " simple to$ch of the screen determines the contents of the label and how many to print. SI !" 2$ic*ly collects prod$ction information3lot n$mbers, prod$ct attrib$tes, weight and 2$antity of cartons pac*ed3and provides inventory and traceability reports.

The label information is then stored in the SI !" Inventory database which provides data for inventory management, traceability and shipping. The cartons may be acc$m$lated onto a pallet and trac*ed with a single pallet identifier. "nother feat$re allows c%ain to have the - label printers and to$ch screen on a mobile cart. The e2$ipment is ho$sed on a rolling cart on the pac*ing floor that can be moved to whichever prod$ction line is active. ,an *oadin- "t the time of shipping, the 4an %oading feat$re of SI !" trac*s each carton or pallet onto a specific van. " !ill of %ading is then prod$ced a$tomatically. This feat$re not only saves time in the shipping process, it eliminates disp$tes with the c$stomer regarding what was act$ally shipped. esults 5ey res$lts for c%ain from implementing SI !" incl$de increased prod$ction speed6 the ability to get real1time, acc$rate prod$ction reports6 f$lfill traceability re2$irements6 provide acc$rate real time inventory6 print professional loo*ing carton and pallet labels6 and e0pedited van loading. +I7ve $sed different systems in the past, and managing inventory and traceability has never been as easy as with SI !",, Stated R$sty c%ain. Dynamic Systems was able to provide a t$rn*ey all incl$sive system, incl$ding all e2$ipment, labels, training, and installation that is scalable and c$stomizable. 8ontact Rob &reeman, robf9dsisales.com, !$siness Strategies :;;1-<=-->>> ? =;: