Riveridge Produce Adopts Field Tracking Technology
Riveridge Produce, Inc. has developed and implemented a retail-style inventory management system for use on its company-owned and managed orchards. This new field tracking technology will be used to improve data management and food safety traceability, according to a press release.
“Similar equipment may be in use around the country, but ours was custom-adapted to be weather-proof and give us real-time data about what’s coming in from the orchards on an hourly basis,” said Don Armock, CEO of Riveridge Produce Marketing, Inc. “This innovation also strengthens our food safety traceability program by having our crew leaders input data for each bin harvested on hand-held wireless devices that communicate directly with our office computers.”
Riveridge expects the technology to simplify recordkeeping for Michigan’s anticipated 30 million bushel crop, including providing better records for workers at harvest.
