Westminster, CO -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/30/2014 -- TraceGains, a leader in supplier document management in the food industry, will present and exhibit (Booth #110) at the Food Safety Consortium from November 17-18 in Schaumburg, IL.

Christina Petrlik-Siegel of TIC Gums will co-present with Gary Nowacki, TraceGains’ CEO on Tuesday, November 17th a presentation titled, “Desk Audits versus On-site Audits of Suppliers, Supplier Qualification & Management.” Petrlik-Siegel will be discussing how GFSI-approved audit schemes and other audits require that companies to send or make available documentation to the auditor beforehand. The desk audit looks at documentation rather than practices. A desk audit enables the auditor to then go onsite and better assess food quality and safety system processes for which certification is sought.

Nowacki will also sponsor a roundtable luncheon event titled, “Ask The Experts: Supplier Qualification & Management Discussion Group” also on November 17th from 1:00-1:45 pm.

Petrlik-Siegel has a variety of industry experience spanning 39 years in the Chemical and Food Processing industry sectors. Quality Management position responsibilities included managing a variety of regulatory and third party audits and leading her facility to become the first location of her company to receive Organic and SQF Certifications.

About TraceGains
TraceGains (http://www.tracegains.com) provides food and ingredient manufacturers and brokers with a web-based, full-service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution that automates the management of supplier risk, data, and documentation, making companies 365 Audit Ready™.

TraceGains’ cloud-based SaaS solution works with in-house solutions such as quality management systems (QMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and product life-cycle management (PLM), to close the loop on upstream risk. This solution provides collaborative supplier management, and eases compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and internal business compliance requirements including hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP).

TraceGains digitizes all incoming supplier documents, making them easily searchable. TraceGains also extracts critical data and analyzes them against customer-specific business and compliance rules, alerting stakeholders to any non-compliance.

TraceGains’ customers boast a four to six month return on their investment. TraceGains is Food Logistics Top 100 software and technology providers.

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