RedLine Solutions was recognized with the 2014 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Fresh Produce Traceability Company of the Year. The recognition comes following a recent analysis by Frost & Sullivan of the top 25 game-changers in the food and beverage industry.

RedLine Solutions has leveraged its understanding of whole-chain traceability in the fresh produce market to develop easy-to-use systems and processes for growers, packers and shippers. It not only helps customers comply with food-safety regulations such as the Produce Traceability Initiative and the Food Safety Modernization Act, it also enables economic inventory solutions that support quality and freshness in products, according to a Frost & Sullivan press release.

Beyond PTI compliance, RedLine's integrated solution offering allows for management of customer packing and warehouse operations using software and systems that are specific to tracking source lots and optimizing inventory control in the fresh produce sector.

The company's experience in barcode, radio-frequency identification, wireless and mobile installations provides customers with the flexibility to access vital supply chain information in a streamlined fashion.

RedLine Solutions is focusing on developing solutions for the grower-shipper level. Its robust solution helps users assess their current situation and recommends solutions that offer significant operational improvements based on the present market requirements. It makes available similar solutions at the packagingshed, equipping value-chain participants with the source lot and pack lot to create a tight trace-back link to the food origin.

"RedLine's solution effectively addresses the issues associated with identifying the source of spoiled or damaged produce, saving time and costs for stakeholders along the entire value chain," Sonia Francisco, a research analyst at Frost & Sullivan, said in the press release. "This methodology has several advantages such as reducing cost pressure on the grower, sustaining consumers' confidence in the fresh produce, and enabling retailers to ensure continuous commodity flow."

Meanwhile, RedLine Solutions has formulated several strategic partnerships with both software and hardware solution providers to cater to its customers' diverse requirements.

For example, the company's partnership with Compu-Tech Inc. has extended its application scope in automating inventory and mobilizing warehouse management for produce growers and shippers.

Further, to strengthen its compliance with regulations and improve whole-chain efficiency, RedLine Solutions has collaborated with providers such as Honeywell, Motorola Solutions and Zebra Technologies in the produce segment, and RedBeam Inc. and IntelliTrack in the inventory management segment.

Its recent partnership with Junction Solutions has allowed it to eliminate the manual link between field labeling and the companies' mainline enterprise resource planning solutions.

"In the fresh produce sector, growers are located in areas with limited connectivity and infrastructure support, further limiting utilization of various traceability and compliance software solutions," Francisco added in the press release. "RedLine Solutions resolves such challenges by combining on-premise and hosted solutions. Its customer-centric vision enables them to accommodate various models that improve control and management of data, ensuring customers have access to data both online and offline."

RedLine Solutions' expertise in traceability solutions, coupled with its foundation capabilities to translate data into actionable insights that customers can leverage, has set it apart in the competitive fresh produce market.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan, which works in collaboration with clients to leverage visionary innovation that addresses the global challenges and related growth opportunities that will make or break today's market participants, presents this award to a company that has demonstrated excellence in terms of growth strategy and implementation. The award recognizes a high degree of innovation with products and technologies and the resulting leadership in terms of customer value and market penetration.