<p>FoodLink has introduced a new solution for warehouse inventory management to attendees at the recent United Fresh 2013 in San Diego, CA. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The new innovation, FoodLink WMS for the Field, is a cloud-based supply chain solution to monitor remote operations and track incoming field and bulk-packed inventory.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">It extends visibility to product in the field that hasn’t yet been received at a cooler, and works for both single-grower operations and for facilities processing inbound product from multiple growers and growing regions. FoodLink WMS guarantees that all tracked inventory will be compliant with new industry requirements for produce traceability. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“FoodLink is really the first in the industry to bring this type of solution to the market, and we’re filling a critical need for growers and shippers during that first mile of the fresh supply chain,”said Eric Peters, CEO. “The clock starts ticking the second an item of produce gets cut, and there are significant benefits when you get accurate, traceable inventory information to sales and operations teams as quickly as possible. ” </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>FoodLink WMS begins tracking inventory from the minute a case is filled in the field and creates an alert when the product leaves the field. The system reads standard case labels with handheld or smartphone-based scanning devices. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>FoodLink WMS specifically helps produce shippers by: </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>• Accelerating inventory turns at the warehouse<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Improving the freshness of food traveling across the entire supply chain<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Providing sales teams with real-time intelligence about available inventory<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Reducing unnecessary wait times and loading bottlenecks at receiving docks </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
