Vocollect Announces Support for New Produce Traceability Standard that Optimizes Operations Production
PITTSBURGH (October 15) – Vocollect, Inc., the world leader in voice-centric solutions for mobile workers, today
announced its support for the decision of the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) to adopt the PTI voice pick code.
This code is a technique to support produce traceability in distribution centers and warehouses that use voice technology
for order selection.
Through implementation of the PTI voice pick code, the food suppliers and grocers who currently use voice-based selection
can comply with the PTI without major changes to their current solutions. There is no need to add new hardware such as
barcode scanners, which can reduce the productivity and accuracy gains they achieved when implementing
voice-based solutions.
The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is sponsored by the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA), the
Produce Marketing Association (PMA), GS1 US and the United Fresh Produce Association (UFPA). It is designed to help the industry
maximize the effectiveness of current trace-back procedures while developing a standardized industry approach to enhance
the speed and efficiency of traceability systems for the future. Its primary goal is to achieve supply chain-wide adoption
of electronic traceability of every case of produce by the year 2012. It evaluates various technologies that can meet the
initiative’s traceability goals, while addressing its members’ needs for business and operations performance.
“We are delighted to see the formal adoption of the PTI voice pick code, as announced by the PTI earlier today,”
said Roger Byford, chairman of the board and chief technology officer with Vocollect, Inc.
Byford continues, “While others have focused on the broad GS1 standards, Vocollect has always been concerned with
enabling its customers to derive maximum business benefits from applying standards efficiently and effectively. The PTI
voice pick code does exactly that, and we are pleased to have worked with the PTI to develop recommendations that will
allow our customers to deploy the voice pick code with minimum effort and cost. We believe that voice-only selection,
using the PTI voice pick code, will become the gold standard for companies that support the PTI goals of improving the
safety of North America’s food chain. All of our food industry customers can rest assured we stand ready to help them meet
their traceability goals using a voice-only solution,” he said.
About Vocollect
Vocollect delivers proven gains in productivity, accuracy, safety and job satisfaction to companies seeking to improve
their supply chains. The Vocollect Voice portfolio features a complete range of hardware, software and services built for voice
performance, reliability and adaptability in the global supply chain and logistics marketplace. Every day hundreds of thousands
of people on six continents rely on Vocollect and its worldwide network of more than 100 certified supply chain resellers and channel
partners to improve work. For more information, visit: http://www.vocollect.com.
Susan Muttart
Vocollect
scmuttart@vocollect.com
412-349-2543
About Vitech Business Group, Inc.
At Vitech, we use our knowledge, experience and passion to achieve exceptional levels of
supply chain performance for our clients. We are focused on providing our clients
comprehensive solutions that solve their supply chain challenges and enable their operation
to perform to its full potential. Commitment to our customers’ success ensures they achieve
the best investment-to-return ratio in the industry. To learn more about Vitech, visit: http://www.vitechgroup.com.
COMPANY CONTACT:
John Dahl
Vitech Business Group, Inc.
info@vitechgroup.com
360.647.1622