See the following topics in “e-Cert News” 02/2005
1. BioFach, 24.-27.02.2005 in Nuremberg, Germany
2. ICS/FVO first e-Cert user in the US
3. e-Cert presentation at BioFach Friday, 10 to 11 am, room
Prag
4. Special BioFach offer (15% discount and a Tablet PC included)
5. Visit the e-Cert booth at BioFach hall 1, booth 470
6. The basic module of e-Cert
Dear friends and colleagues,
BioFach is coming closer. Preparations reach its peak. I hope that your
preparations will in-clude marking an appointment with e-Cert in hall
1, booth 470 and 571 – or that you will come to our presentation
on Friday 25th February from 10 to 11 am in room Prag.
Great news: in January ICS/FVO signed the contract and will be the first e-Cert user in the US. This opens new possibilities for interested parties in the US to learn about e-Cert in real time after e-Cert has been customized and implemented.
Please contact me if you have any enquiries or comments, or if you wish to arrange a personal meeting to learn more about e-Cert.
I look forward meeting you at BioFach!
Gerald A. Herrmann
g.herrmann@e-cert.net
Mobile: +49 (0)177 552 14 60
Please also look at our homepage www.e-cert.net
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1. BioFach, 24.-27.02.2005 in Nuremberg, Germany
It is probably the unique atmosphere of this exhibition, which delights
the senses with its living variety of organic products from all over the
world. 1,900 exhibitors and over 29,500 trade visitors visited BioFach
again in 2004 creating new impetus for a flourishing growth market. Vigour,
internationality and innovative ideas distinguish BioFach as the "soul"
of the industry - and the prospects remain good. Organic Monitor estimates
the worldwide turnover for organic products at around 23 billion Euro.
The European market with approximately 11 billion Euro is the largest
single market after the USA. Growing display areas at BioFach also prove
the healthy appetite for organic in the EU accession countries.
Source: www.biofach.de;
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2. ICS/FVO first e-Cert user in the US
On January, 20th of this year International Certification Services, Inc.
(ICS) happily signed a contract with e-Cert IT GmbH making ICS the first
certification body in the US to implement the e-Cert system. "We
are extremely impressed with the functionality of the e-Cert system"
said Robert Simmons, Senior Executive Partner for ICS. "The service
and attention we've re-ceived from the entire e-Cert team has been superb"
he said.
ICS is a full service international certification body located in Medina,
North Dakota servicing over 61,000 ha. of certified organic land and approximately
6000 head of cattle. ICS is accred-ited by IFOAM, USDA (NOP and ISO 65),
and by CAAQ (Quebec).
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3. e-Cert presentation at BioFach on Friday, 25th of February,
10 to 11 am; room Prag
e-Cert will present its functionality and potential at BioFach, room Prag
on Friday, 10-11 am. The different modules as well as the international
networking among inspectors, offices and certification officers in different
languages will be presented. Don’t miss the opportunity to get an
overview about the potentials of e-Cert.
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4. special BioFach offer (discount 15%, Tablet PC included)
If you have already made your license or purchase decision within your
organization or com-pany take advantage of our special offer of e-Cert
at BioFach. A 15 % discount is offered if you finally decide until 31st
of March 2005.
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5. Visit e-Cert (booth 470) and Intact (booth 571) at BioFach,
hall 1
e-Cert IT GmbH and Intact Consult GmbH will present their IT solutions
at BioFach. Besides the e-Cert software tools for traceability will be
shown covering the whole chain of custody (Flow-Web), as well as a classical
ERP System (Enterprise Resource Planning) with a special focus on internal
traceability (TraceNet.ERP) and NutriWeb the solution for companies and
marketing organisations with new features for detailed documentation and
accessibility of information for customers as well as consumers.
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6. The basic module of e-Cert
e-Cert is a system with a wide range of functionalities which are offered
in different modules. The “basic module” of e-Cert will allow
you to manage the whole inspection and certification process. You can
make use of different guidelines/standards which will be uploaded to the
system by our specialists. Inspection orders can be managed in the system
speeding up plan-ning processes. Different inspectors’ checklists
will be provided electronically on which the certification process can
be based on. Certificates can be printed in different languages –
at the request of your client. Procedures will not only be speedier but
your quality of service will be improved as well. Staff will be able focussing
on inspection and certification and not being busy with bureaucracy, paperwork,
troubleshooting and managing data.
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“e-Cert News” is published by Organic Services. Gerald A. Herrmann, Director of Organic Ser-vices is responsible for international business development of e-Cert. We welcome comments.
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