Traceability Software Helps Onion Packer Improve Productivity

After installing and using several other systems that claimed to provide complete traceability and product labeling, Rusty McLain, packaging operations manager for McLain Farms, Lyons, Ga., came to Dynamic Systems with a wish list. Dynamic Systems, Inc., a Redmond, Wash.-based software developer specializing in traceability systems, was challenged to help the sweet onion grower increase production speed and traceability.

Enter the SIMBA (specialized inventory management with barcode accuracy), a system that solves the problem of how to produce and track complete product and pallet labeling for fresh food on the packing floor. Designed to provide PTI-compliant labels and report packing information from the production line while tracing the product from “field to customer,” there are hree modules—SIMBA Mobile, SIMBA Lite and SIMBA Enterprise—that allow customers to start with a simple labeling system, and as the business grows and needs change, move up to the next system.