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Advancing Sustainability through Enhanced Traceability
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Advancing Sustainability through Enhanced Traceability

Florent Bouguin is the Chief Technology Officer at OPTEL Group. Florent is a research and development executive with substantive experience in developing new technologies and business solutions that measure and reduce human impacts on our global environment. After graduating from Polytechnique (Orleans, France) and completing graduate studies at Laval University (Quebec, Canada), Florent worked as a System Engineer for ABB in the space industry. Holding several technical and management roles over the course of 15 years, he contributed to developing spaceborne analysers for greenhouse gas observation, weather forecast prediction and ozone measurement. He joined OPTEL group, a BCorp certified organization, in 2016 as Vice President of Engineering and Operations, where he has been participating in the expansion of the business in the life science industry. Currently the Chief Technology Officer, Florent drives the technology and go-to-market strategy of OPTEL group, whose corporate vision is a connected world providing full transparency and optimized performance, encouraging social and environmental responsibility and accountability while earning the trust of consumers.

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Item-Level Traceability and Visibility in Food Safety – The New Normal
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, VIDEO

Item-Level Traceability and Visibility in Food Safety – The New Normal

Recorded at NAFS23, in this panel we discuss item-level traceability and visibility in food safety.

From improving operational efficiency and raising the quality and safety of products and processes by embracing innovation, to looking at technologies that are allowing restaurants to have real-time visibility into their entire supply chain and operational footprint. Give this one a listen!

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Digital Transformation With Cloud-Based Software Solutions Ensures FSMA Compliance – It All Starts With Data
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, VIDEO

Digital Transformation With Cloud-Based Software Solutions Ensures FSMA Compliance – It All Starts With Data

Vikram is the Principal Product Manager for GE Digital with a focus on Process/CPG/F&B industries. Vikram brings 19 years of experience in product management, delivery and sales of manufacturing software systems. He started his career with EDS at GM’s Linden Truck plant. In 2006 he joined GE and has spent the last 17 years in different roles focused on Manufacturing Operations Management across multiple industries.

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Food Visibility and Traceability — A Conversation with Louis-Olivier Roy of OPTEL Group
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, VIDEO, PODCAST

Food Visibility and Traceability — A Conversation with Louis-Olivier Roy of OPTEL Group

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Louis-Olivier Roy of OPTEL Group to talk about one of the most important challenges and opportunities facing FSQ professional today: Being able to see their products from one end of the value chain to the other. New regulations are coming online that demand Food Safety and Quality teams be able to document everything that happens to the food under their responsibility, but beyond compliance, knowing the quality and quantity of goods at all stages of the journey from farm to fork offer a wide range of advantages and capabilities that generate real ROI. In an evolving regulatory environment where getting data from suppliers is going beyond a best practice to become a requirement, what does treating compliance as the starting point rather than the finish line look like? How can FSQ data collected at this granular level help other parts of the business achieve their goals as well? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Real-Time Visibility for FSQ Professionals — A Conversation with Julie McGill of Trustwell
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Real-Time Visibility for FSQ Professionals — A Conversation with Julie McGill of Trustwell

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Julie McGill of Trustwell to talk about one of the most exciting tools available to Food Safety and Food Quality professionals: Real-Time Visibility tools that can connect people directly and precisely to produce, products, and goods at any point in the journey from origin point to point of sale to the final customer. Things that would have seemed like science fiction even ten years ago are now everyday tools, and the best is still yet to come. This is creating a revolution in Risk Management, Waste Reduction, Recall Planning, QA/QC, and also connects the FSQ team to other facets of the business to share data and incorporate them into decision-making processes that did not use to include them. Being able to move from reactive to proactive without increasing headcount sounds too good to be true, but it is happening right now thanks to real-time visibility. Give this episode a listen to learn more!

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The New Frontier for Food Safety in Produce: Data Driven Analytics and Insights Enhancing Traceability and Food Safety Programs
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, VIDEO

The New Frontier for Food Safety in Produce: Data Driven Analytics and Insights Enhancing Traceability and Food Safety Programs

Discussing how the $8B growth in sales of fresh produce from 2019 to 2021 is driving our industry to innovate and modernize while nurturing consumer confidence in FSQ from seed to feed How are data-driven analytics and insights creating a step change in traceability and food safety programs? What is involved in building, maintaining, and continually improving these new capabilities? Working with our partners up and down the value chain from field to fork to share data and KPIs, maintain 100% traceability, comply with FSMA 204, and always seek to improve safety, quality, and the consumer experience Creating a culture…

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C to C, a Podcast hosted by Gary Nowacki of TraceGains
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C to C, a Podcast hosted by Gary Nowacki of TraceGains

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2019 last June in Chicago we spoke with Gary Nowacki of TraceGains about C to C, his podcast talking about food from Conception to Consumption. Other content from Gary on epthoughtleaders.com include an in-depth interview here, and a workshop presentation here. — TraceGains is a rapidly growing software company, delivering a sophisticated suite of products for food, beverage, and CPG companies. TraceGains solutions empower our customers to satisfy compliance with regulations and industry standards such as FSMA, GFSI, and HACCP/HARPC, without the need for additional staff. At the heart of TraceGains is a…

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Communication and Collaboration in the Food Industry – A Conversation with Gary Nowacki
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Communication and Collaboration in the Food Industry – A Conversation with Gary Nowacki

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2019 last month in Chicago we spoke with Gary Nowacki of TraceGains about how data management and the sharing of information throughout a supply chain are ever-present challenges for Food and Beverage companies. TraceGains works to connect business partners seamlessly and easily to facilitate communication and collaboration. To hear more on this topic, here is a link to Gary’s workshop from NAFS19 that we shared earlier. — TraceGains is a rapidly growing software company, delivering a sophisticated suite of products for food, beverage, and CPG companies. TraceGains solutions empower our customers to satisfy…

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Traceability and the Food Industry – A Conversation with Vanessa Grondin of OPTEL Group
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, VIDEO

Traceability and the Food Industry – A Conversation with Vanessa Grondin of OPTEL Group

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2019 last month in Chicago we spoke with Vanessa Grondin, OPTEL Group’s VP, Global Head of Strategy, Food & Beverage Industry. Vanessa talked about how Food companies are building a digital backbone into their supply chains to improve visibility, traceability, and resiliency to meet and exceed the expectations of regulators and consumers. — Vanessa has over 10 years’ experience in the Food industry, where she has held a variety of management positions, mainly in R&D, in QA, as well as in process and equipment engineering design. As VP of OPTEL’s F&B industry, Vanessa’s…

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Injecting Connected Workflows into Your Quality System
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, VIDEO

Injecting Connected Workflows into Your Quality System

Learn why you need to go beyond digitizing existing processes to building true dynamic workflows Hear how connected workflows can improve traceability and responsiveness See real-world examples of how connected digital work can reduce risk and enhance quality Jaime Urquidi Head of Latin America, CPG Industry Lead Parsable — As Head of Latin America at Parsable, Jaime Urquidi is responsible for growing the company’s presence in the region and helping customers quick-start their digital transformation efforts. A CPG subject matter expert and seasoned global supply chain leader, Jaime has more than 20 years of experience helping multi-billion-dollar CPG companies, including…

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Boosting Traceability and Security in the Supply Chain with Serialization
LIFE SCIENCES, VIDEO

Boosting Traceability and Security in the Supply Chain with Serialization

What is serialization? Global serialization mandates Impact on manufacturing and the pharma supply chain Implementation challenges Technologies – Now and into the future — George Skillin Sr. Director – Global Engineering Pfizer George Skillin is the Senior Director of Pfizer Global Engineering, where he manages a team of 35 engineering professionals in the Process, Equipment, Automation Engineering disciplines and manages the Global Serialization and Industrial Control System Cyber Security Programs for Pfizer. George joined Pfizer in 2002 taking on a 2+ year international assignment as a member of the Site Leadership Team in conjunction with the design, construction, and start-up…

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