Case Studies/Pilot Test Findings
PTI-sponsored pilot projects and case studies are designed to help implement PTI within your company. These pilot projects are designed to help answer implementation questions and to help develop well-informed best practices. Case studies document early adopters' experiences and learnings implementing the PTI within their companies. Postings may include information about pilots and case studies conducted and/or provided by industry members; any mention of a specific solution or technology provider they used does not constitute a PTI endorsement.
Pilot Project Participants
The following companies are among those who are participating in PTI pilot projects as of Jan. 1, 2012.
To volunteer to participate in a PTI pilot project, contact PMA's Ed Treacy and see the sign-up sheet:
- Alpine Fresh
- Castellini
- Charlie's Produce (Seattle)
- Chiquita Brands
- Coastline Produce
- Driscoll's
- Duda Farm Fresh Foods
- Food Lion
- Growers Express
- Jem D International
- Liberty Fruit
- M&A Products
- Nunes Company, Inc.
- Paramount Citrus
- Pioneer Growers Cooperative
- Royal Food Service (Atlanta)
- Tanimura & Antle
- The Oppenheimer Group
- Three Rivers Produce, Inc.
- Wada Farms Marketing Group
- Westside Produce
- Wishnatski Farms
Pilot Test Findings
Tracing Grapes from Chilean Field to U.S. Grocery
See how a traceability pilot implemented the PTI labeling and communications standards to follow red and green seedless grapes from Chile to retail stores across the Southern United States.
Produce Traceability Pilot Sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories (Video)
This multi-party traceability pilot conducted by LoBue Citrus, Associated Grocers, C.H. Robinson, and FoodLogiQ studied tracking of citrus from grove to grocer. This video highlights PTI milestones, details of PTI compliant case and pallet labeling, and documents the importance of critical tracking events throughout the supply chain.
Case Studies
Case Study: JemD Farms (July 2012)
Read how JemD Farms demonstrates its commitment to food safety, enhances its reputation for innovation, and improves business operations by implementing all Produce Traceability Initiative milestones.
Case Study: Paramount Citrus (May 2011)
Implementing the PTI is enabling this citrus industry leader to better trace its products forward and backward, while also providing faster door-to-door efficiencies, lower costs and greater customer satisfaction.
Case Study: Growers Express (May 2011)
With 50,000 acres spread over multiple states and countries and crops rotated more than twice annually, Growers Express found lot integrity was hard to maintain and traceability suffered. By assigning case labels with GS1 GTINs, the company now has real-time traceability for every one of the 18 million cartons it ships annually. As a result, traceability is facilitated field to shelf, stringent food safety measures are followed and documented, the company has increased productivity and realized substantial savings and efficiencies.
Case Study: Frontera Produce (October 2010)
Learn how Frontera gained visibility into its supply chain with GS1 barcodes for enhanced food safety.
Volunteer for a Pilot Project
PTI Pilot Project Sign-up Sheet (November 2010)
Use this document if interested in participating in a PTI pilot.