General Session

Preparing for the Proposed FSMA 204 Rule with Chick-fil-A

On Demand

Section 204 of the Food Safety Modernization Act instructs the FDA to develop additional recordkeeping requirements for certain foods. In the proposed rule, the FDA encourages firms to maintain required traceability information in a single electronic system. Learn how Chick-fil-A is preparing for the proposal, by leveraging GS1 Standards for identification, and utilizing FoodLogiQ Track + Trace for data capture, as well as operational efficiencies.

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Interoperability in the New Era: Working Across Ecosystems, Speaking the Same Language

On Demand

The FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety represents a new approach to food safety, leveraging technology to create a safer and more digital, traceable food system. This includes the exploration of interoperability across a variety of solutions. How will we get there? Hear about the GS1 US multi-phase proof-of-concept focused on supply chain visibility between FoodLogiQ, ripe.iO, IBM and SAP and how this collaboration removes the perceived barriers to full supply chain transparency.

General Session

Traceability 2.0 and the Adoption of RFID

On Demand

Technology in food is ever-changing and RFID is enabling full product transparency across food systems. Inventory accuracy, product visibility, speed to market, and other benefits are realized. Hear how Avery Dennison and Zebra Technologies are paving the way, allowing brands to be connected, efficient and responsive to today’s supply chains, utilizing RFID technologies.

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Democratizing Food and Building Diverse Businesses

On Demand

Food is for everyone, but the industry is not always reflective of the diverse customer base impacted by the products and values driving the market trends across sectors. From brand marketing to product development and access, diverse leadership can help open the food industry to new possibilities, as well as better serve and feed a diverse public. Learn how food brand Partake Foods and Incubator Chobani Ventures have gone about fostering change from the inception and scaling of business.

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Collaborate to Stay on Course for Supply Chain Optimization

On Demand

Leveraging data to find operational and labor savings inside your business can be achieved – if the information is actionable and accurate. Speakers from Aryzta, Saladino’s and IPC/Subway will walk through the costs of insufficient data, and benefits that can be realized when trading partners work together to optimize their supply chains.

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Using FoodLogiQ Data for Smarter Reporting and Agile Crisis Response with Whole Foods Market

On Demand

The use of data to make predictions or gather insights has a myriad of applications throughout the food supply chain. Advanced reporting can be applied to a diversity of food events to reveal inefficiencies, risks, product performance insights, food stability, and more. With over 60 million Critical Tracking Events within the FoodLogiQ Connect platform, hundreds of thousands of documents, incidents, and over a million products, FoodLogiQ data holds vast and growing potential for enabling a smarter food system. Learn how Whole Foods Market has leveraged the power of FoodLogiQ Connect data to innovate reporting across a number of datasets and new programs. Hear Whole Food Market’s Rima Issa speak to specific reporting use cases and wins, including building APIs to pull incident data and create Tableau dashboards for enhanced cleaning protocols at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

General Session

Operational Efficiency: Maximizing Food Safety Management in the 21st Century

On Demand

Food safety management in the 21st century is becoming increasingly characterized by automation and data-informed management decisions. IoT devices are either automatically generating the food safety data or advanced tools are enabling people to report data more accurately and quickly than ever before. These operational savings are compounded when management uses software to turn the data into actionable information. As businesses and regulators demand more data, the use of modern tools to easily create, collect, and process the data into actionable information is crucial. Consumers’ awareness and expectations has also changed around food safety and health and the industry is leveraging technology to communicate and support consumer confidence. See how data-driven, smarter food safety management can streamline operations and protect consumer health with technologies and innovative food safety solutions.

General Session

Importance of the Digitization of the Food Supply Chain

On-Demand

As suppliers, distributors and food brands adopt shared data standards and digitize their records, the industry will transform from farm to fork through the insights and efficiencies gained using a variety of advanced technologies like machine learning. However, to reap these benefits a strong foundation in digital records and interoperable standards usage is key. Learn about establishing a program for supply chain digitization, as well as the short-term and long-term benefits of laying this foundation.

General Session

Getting Started with Traceability

On-Demand

Looking for insights on establishing or enhancing your traceability program? Need help decoding the “alphabet soup” of acronyms, including GLN, GTIN and GS1-128? Learn how to build your program, manage implementation, and how tech enabled traceability can enhance your operations. Amber Engebretson, Senior Manager of Supply Chain at Chipotle Mexican Grill, will share how FoodLogiQ Track + Trace improved their business processes and enhanced supply chain visibility.

General Session

The Future of Food Engineering

On-Demand

Engineered foods have achieved a new level of public awareness in recent years. Consumers have proved that they will welcome scientific intervention in food if there are clear environmental, economic or nutritional benefits. From comprehensive meal replacements to plant-based alternatives, engineered foods will continue to bring creative solutions to complex issues throughout the industry. Learn more about this developing product category, the market supporting it and why more brands and businesses are considering these products an essential offering.

General Session

The Future is Emerging – What You Need to Know

On-Demand

Technology changed the way we eat, shop and live in 2020. Hear about new and emerging technologies that will enable consumers and businesses in the future. Learn about digital identity, digital reputation, IoT, ML, AI, omnichannel, and other exciting innovations that are just on the horizon. Join Melanie Nuce, GS1 US SVP, Corporate Development on this tech journey.

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Establishing a Robust Quality Assurance, Food Safety and Recall Management Program with First Watch

On-Demand

There are many elements to developing a solid QA & food safety program, from efficient supplier approval and onboarding, to effective document and task management, to swift and successful recall execution. Join First Watch’s Senior Manager of Quality Assurance Jasmine Hagan as she discusses how the popular breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant brand has established a QA & food safety program that prioritizes freshness, quality and consumer safety, even through the disruption brought on by COVID-19.

General Session

The Evolving Definition of Food Safety

On-Demand

Join Grow Well Consulting Founder and Principal, Alison Grantham, PhD and FoodLogiQ COO Katy Jones for a lively discussion on the convergence of new tools and desires within the food industry. Learn how industry leadership is reconciling narrow regulatory definitions of food safety with broader consumer pressure for better food quality, more functional foods, concerns about long-term health, and socially just and responsible production. Gain a deeper understanding of the intersections between food safety, climate accountability and sustainability, as well as how modernized frameworks for verification like food traceability offer a more robust model for verification to accelerate change and improve our food system.

General Sessions

Virtual reCONNECT 2021: Lasting Thoughts and Conference Closure

On-Demand

As we close the books on this year’s gathering, FoodLogiQ COO Katy Jones will share remarks with our attendees at the end of the week.