<p> SG Systems has recently launched a new innovation. The company is now offering handheld computer based hybrid pallet tags for shipping multiple lots of produce to retailers. This provides milestone 7 compliance for the PTI. The system which SG Systems has developed has a distinct advantage. It ties in with existing inventory systems /production systems used to generate case labels.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The system prevents the wrong item from being shipped to a customer by mistake. It also allows sales order validation to take place on the scan guns to make sure that the correct product goes to the intended customer with correct inventory rotation. In addition to working with high volume produce repackers such as FreshPoint (Sysco), SG Systems is working very closely with a focus group of leading Mushroom Growers / Packers in the Kennett Square, Pennsylvania to ensure that the solution is PTI complaint yet simple for the industry to embrace. Michael Wood, VP Operations at To-Jo Mushrooms, comments, “The SG System excels in user friendliness. We also wanted to combine it with customer preferences. That way our customers always get what they want.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Along with the new system, SG Systems has also entered into a new partnership to enhance the program. The company has partnered with Fairbanks Scales who have over 200 field based technicians to provide next day service nationwide.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Stuart Hunt, President, tells AndNowUKnow, "Fairbanks has been established for over 170 years and employs over 200 of the nation's best Service Technicians. The support relationship is necessary to provide round the clock on site support for our increasing number of customers within the US food industry. Fairbanks has invested in Technical Training Courses with SG Systems and provides excellent on-site support for a growing customer base. Fairbanks is very strong in the Scales and Measurement support and sales market, so the partnership is naturally a great fit."</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
