Released on: August 8, 2008, 6:14 am

Press Release Author: Thomas R. Cutler

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Smith's Food and Beverage Experience Key to TraceGains
Success

Press Release Body: Glenn Smith is the Vice President of Global Operations for
TraceGains. Smith's responsibilities include strategic planning, operations,
implementation and support for the TraceGains business worldwide. Smith joined the
organization in September 1999 and served as USA Country Manager from 2001 through
2008.

TraceGains is a 9-year old company that delivers Positively Assured Traceability to
food packers, processors, and retail companies to help them secure their supply
chain to help them protect their brands. "The extensive experience that TraceGains
brings to the marketplace demonstrates time and again the benefits
of traceability. Brand protection is significant to everyone
in the food supply chain. TraceGains delivers solutions that
enable brand protection as well as leveraging traceability
to improve business performance for a positive return on
investment," says Smith.

Smith's prior work experience includes serving the Georgia Cattlemen's Association
and Georgia Beef Board from 1985 - 1999, including service as Executive Vice
President from 1989 - 1999. Glenn is a 1982 graduate of the University of Georgia
College of Agriculture with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics.
He has served as President of the University of Georgia Ag Alumni Association in
1998 and a member of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Advisory Board from 1998 - 2001. He is currently a member of the University of
Georgia Alumni Association board of directors. Glenn is a graduate of the 1999
Leadership Georgia class.


TraceGains, Inc. (www.tracegains.com) was founded in 1998 with a 100% focus on
traceability. The company has a patented delivery system -14 patents granted and
growing -and also is an Issuer of United States Department of Agriculture Process
Verification Program (PVP) Label.

By providing real-time bi-directional supply chain transparency and traceability,
TraceGains reduces risks to the corporation and its executives, who may become
personally liable in case of a recall. Positively Assured Traceability provides the
following essential capabilities:
. Continuous attribute visibility for each incoming ingredient received.
. Identity preservation across commingling, batching, blending, transformation, and
re-work.
. Continuous comparison between on-floor activities, business rules, and compliancy
requirements.

However, TraceGains not only adds the missing capabilities to protect food
companies, its officers and executives, and consumers, but goes beyond to turn data
into actionable business intelligence from the floor to the board room.

With proven solutions and hundreds of implementations, return on investment (ROI)
and profitability enhancement has been independently confirmed in university
studies. Companies' bottom lines are positively affected through the following
results:
. Improved operational efficiency by identifying profit leakages.
. Enhanced product consistency by pinpointing causes of variation.
. Increasing market share by assuring trading partners they are protected with
actionable data.

By using Web Services to interconnect with all leading ERP, SCM, and MES systems,
Positively Assured Traceability can deliver compliance with internal business rules,
assurance of pedigree claims, enhanced profitability, and increased operational
excellence. From the grower, aggregator, manufacturer and processor, to distribution
and logistics, and finally the retailer, only TraceGains provides bi-directional
unit-level (item, carton, pallet, etc.) traceability while boosting profitability
and cost-effectively improving operational excellence.


TraceGains Inc.
www.tracegains.com
Marc Simony, Director of Marketing
traceability@tracegains.com
(303)682-9898



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

Contact Details: TraceGains Inc.
1860 Lefthand Circle, Suite G
Longmont, CO 80501
(303)682-9898