Released on: July 10, 2008, 5:46 am

Press Release Author: Thomas R. Cutler

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Baking & Snack Magazine Cites Jerry List of QC Software WCS
Leader

Press Release Body: QC Software is the leading provider of Tier 1 warehouse control
systems to the warehousing and distribution industries. Since 1996, QC Software,
utilizing state of the art technology combined with extensive research, development,
and rigorous testing, has developed the QC Enterprise suite of products. Designed
to be modular in nature, easily configurable, and platform independent, this highly
scalable solution satisfies the needs of any size warehouse.


Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, profiles the "Quality, Compliance, and
the Bottom-line" in the current issue of Baking & Snack magazine. According to
Cutler, "Warehouse management systems (WMS) are often insufficient for baking
production and supply chain efficiency. The batch data often used by a WMS in the
baking industry falls short of the real-time data needed to meet the strict Hazard
Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) requirements. And the real-time
pick-and-pack requirements for bakeries on the plant and warehouse distribution
floor are rigorous because the Bioterrorism Act necessitates near immediate
responses for possible contamination. Increasingly, warehouse control systems (WCS)
are being used to overcome these mandates."


Jerry List, vice-president of QC Software (www.qcsoftware.com), which provides
warehouse control systems for several sectors including food distribution, suggested
that, "A bakery warehouse without a WCS operates as separate islands of automation,
with each system working independently. Without a WCS, the conveyor system may
decide where to route a carton with no information from the other systems. The
decision to divert a carton (or not) to a specific zone will depend on whether the
carton has a "1" or "0" in the barcode. Another approach would be to load a routing
table into the programmable logic controller. However, this fixed table does not
allow flexibility. Both of these techniques are very basic and give little or no
control." The entire feature can be read at
http://qcsoftware.com/theBakingSnackJun08.pdf.


QC Software, Inc.
www.qcsoftware.com
Jerry List
JerryList@qcsoftware.com
(513) 469-1424


Web Site: http://www.qcsoftware.com

Contact Details: QC Software
11800 Conrey Rd.
Suite 150
Cincinnati, OH 45249
513-469-1424