BCSI Makes Traceable Waves

Beaverton, OR, May 08, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Peanut butter, pistachios, spices—every week there is another headline-grabbing food recall, which is why BCSI is making big, traceable waves.

BCSI helps food growers, producers and distributors protect their customers by improving the safety of the food supply chain. Data capture hardware and software technology combine to prove provenance in the food chain from the seed to the dinner table.

Under the leadership of President Lyndon Murray—an international businessman whose resume includes J. Walter Thompson Company, Duty Free Shoppers and Louis Vuitton Möet Hennessy—BCSI is making food traceability an efficient, transparent and relatively inexpensive service.

As Murray put it, “Companies working without traceability technology are being completely eclipsed, they are flying blind.”

BCSI partners with hardware manufacturers Motorala, Zebra, Honeywell and LXE and best-of-breed software partners Savant Software, Inc., ExtenData Mobile Conductor and Geneva Systems, Inc. BCSI food clients include: Knorr/Ajinomoto, Don Pancho, Pacific Fruit Company, Fred Meyer/Kroger, Trident Seafoods, Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc., F. Korbel & Bros. Inc. and the OSU Food Innovation Center among others.

BCSI offers consulting, design and installation of hardware, software and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. It helps small to medium-size businesses offer global-quality GS1-level information to customers. GS1 is one of the most respected leaders in global commerce. It administers the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) and develops worldwide standards for identification codes, data carriers, and electronic commerce that improve efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains internationally. GS1 is a virtual warehouse for world trade.

What does this mean for BCSI customers? BCSI customers can operate on a world scale. They can manage their quality control processes, minimize the extent of food recalls, protect themselves from legal repercussions, and most importantly, protect their consumers from contaminated foods. The BCSI system allows field managers the ability to trace seed lots, data and raw materials. Production managers can manage everything from work orders to finished goods; food can be traced to the dinner plate.

“BCSI empowers its customers to become more competitive, supplying them with better, safer products and information. We streamline and reduce the cost of managing recalls and empower a customer with traceability from the original seed lot all the way through distribution”, said Murray.

Media Contact: Gerry O’Scannlain
15242 NW Greenbrier Parkway
Beaverton, OR 97006
Tel: 503-601-3023. Toll Free: 800-775-5581. Fax: 503-641-2514

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