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Food Decision Software Inc. (FDS), has emerged as one of the top respected names in food industry specific software, providing its solution, WinFDS, exclusively to companies involved in food distribution, and food manufacturing. Their clients are small to medium sized food distribution and food manufacturing companies. Often, when they set out to buy software, they do not think like a food distributor; instead they think like a distributor, and start looking for accounting and/or distribution software. They work in food distribution every day and do not realize how different their challenges are from durable goods distributors.
Minotaur Software is a privately owned Canadian company launched in 1985. They are a niche software developer, not a reseller of other companies' software and they do all of their software development in Canada. Minotaur is a proud family business, still run by original founder Richard Kirkness, alongside a dedicated team of 12, including his wife Judith, who leads the sales efforts. Their goal is to offer a practical yet comprehensive software tool combined with intelligent service to help you get control of and manage your business information.
SafetyChain is the #1 Plant Management Platform purpose-built to improve yield, maximize productivity, and ensure compliance standards for food & beverage and CPG facilities. With fully integrated tools for production (OEE & SPC), product safety and quality (QMS), and supplier compliance, our configurable cloud-based software drives real-time visibility and control to optimize performance across all of your manufacturing locations, from anywhere, at any time, on any device. SafetyChain's Plant Management Platform comprises three solutions: Quality Manager, Production Manager, and Compliance Manager. Leverage real-time SPC and operational data on the plant floor with mobile, workstation, and web applications to make better, faster decisions that reduce waste and rework. With real-time OEE and operational data across every line, shift, and plant, our clients can monitor and identify production issues to improve on-time startups and reduce unplanned downtime. Our mobile, easy-to-use mobile forms link to your regulatory and GFSI programs, allowing you to eliminate paper, automate your audits, and ensure compliance.











