| Gary Nowacki, CEO at TraceGains will speak before | | | | costly to manufacture, performs better, and ultimately |
| top executives from some of the most renowned | | | | increases customer satisfaction. Supplier Impact |
| food technology and innovation companies will be | | | | enables companies to easily measure how each |
| analyzing hot topics such as: | | | | supplier affects finished goods quality and profitability, |
| - Emerging consumer trends in the new decade: | | | | and connects product outcomes and customer |
| Evaluate the impact long and short term trends will | | | | feedback to specific upstream ingredient suppliers. |
| have on NPD | | | | Suppliers are continuously scored based on |
| - Ideation & innovation: Hear perspectives on how | | | | performance of key attributes for each shipment, and |
| to instill original ideation within your organization | | | | rank ordered against their peers. With the TraceGains' |
| - Tapping into the wellness market: Understand how | | | | CaseTrace and LabelTrace solutions, companies can |
| products can be transformed in this growing market | | | | achieve true ingredient-level traceability. Effective |
| - New ingredients showcase: Transforming | | | | product recalls are accelerated and performed at the |
| formulations with the latest ingredients | | | | unit level, so recall costs, long-term brand damage, and |
| - Food safety, food recalls & global sourcing | | | | brand rehabilitation costs are minimized. LabelTrace |
| security challenges: Discuss approaches to ensure the | | | | can be expanded to include brand authentication and |
| integrity of products | | | | consumer-level loyalty marketing. |
| | | | | By correlating and analyzing previously disparate data |
| | | | | sets in the value chain, only TraceGains makes it |
| The mission at TraceGains ( is to make the food | | | | possible to connect upstream inputs, suppliers, and raw |
| supply chain safer and more profitable by helping | | | | materials to downstream outcomes such product |
| companies produce finished goods faster, better, and | | | | quality or customer satisfaction. Firms can coach or |
| more cost-effectively. TraceGains will showcase | | | | replace poorly performing suppliers and counteract |
| these critical technology solutions Food Technology, | | | | profit-draining events within the enterprise, as well |
| Innovation & Safety Forum 2010 on May 11th-12th, | | | | perpetuate positive practices internally and throughout |
| 2010 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago. | | | | the supply chain, to achieve complete profit |
| Collaborate, Innovate, Implement: Next-Decade | | | | optimization. At TraceGains this is achieved through |
| Strategies for Food Success is the theme for the 4th | | | | the Profit Optimizer. |
| Food Technology, Innovation & Safety Forum | | | | |
| 2010 which brings together leading R&D, | | | | All TraceGains solutions present findings in |
| Innovation, New Product Development (NPD), | | | | easy-to-understand dashboard graphics with full |
| Marketing and Food Safety and Quality Assurance | | | | drilldown capabilities, which are available for onsite |
| professionals to discuss, innovate, knowledge-share | | | | deployment or delivered as SaaS |
| and shape the future of the food industry into the new | | | | (software-as-a-service). Headquartered in Longmont, |
| decade. | | | | Colorado, USA, TraceGains has direct and partner |
| Supplier Compliance is a food safety firewall that | | | | offices throughout North America, Europe, Latin |
| allows companies to detect and eliminate problems in | | | | America, and Asia. |
| the supply chain before they are incorporated into | | | | |
| finished goods and shipped to customers. By reducing | | | | TraceGains Inc. |
| ingredient variability, the finished product becomes less | | | | |