Emergency Mapping Service
Reliable, accurate and accessible mapping capability is vital to
emergency management. OnTrace can deliver mapping services with accurate
premises identification that provides immediate emergency location,
allowing participants to concentrate on the emergency rather than
finding location data.
The OnTrace emergency mapping service is a critical tool in any
emergency centre where the provision of a dedicated, accessible and
unbiased mapping function is required. OnTrace resources and
technologies meet industry premises identification and mapping
requirements. We will effectively adapt these mapping tools for your
needs and operate them during emergencies or simulations in conjunction
with emergency centres.
Benefits
- Improve your emergency preparedness, response and resumption of
business with accurate, relevant and validated premises information
- Improve communications with external agencies that provide services to your industry in the event of an emergency
- Unite all your supply chain partners for emergency and business planning by using an unbiased OnTrace service
Deliverables
- A dedicated “mapper” resource operating out of your emergency headquarters
- Software troubleshooting
- Maps for members premises on demand
- Marketing tool for forecasting and analysing emergency situations
- “Print ready file” that can be used for emergency responders


Education and Training Services
OnTrace Education Services provide comprehensive, flexible and
cost-effective solutions to traceability and how it can work for you. An
OnTrace trainer can provide a traceability workshop that is tailored to
your business that fits your schedule.
OnTrace education programs are ideal for organizations or groups that
want professional, consistent, and unbiased guidance on traceability.
Benefits
- Increases awareness and understanding of traceability principals, information systems and the business benefits of traceability
- Provides a clearer understanding of the steps you can take to improve your data management
- Increases the success rate for adopting traceability
Deliverables
OnTrace will provide specific traceability training to meet your
requirements. We respect the needs of our clients’ schedules and
locations and respond by offering customized:
- Documentation
- Trainer led workshops
- Printing services


Facility Level Assessment Services
An OnTrace associate will come to your site to assess your traceability readiness, advise how to get started and help design a solution that fits your needs and budget. An unbiased “Assessment Report” will provide possible solutions, highlight process changes needed and guide you in applying for available funding.
Benefits
- Your business is ready to meet the coming traceability requirement in the agriculture industry.
- You have a clear awareness of your both your business processes and traceability requirements.
We provide you with
- An unbiased review of your current traceability status and procedures
- Recommendations for process changes
- Traceability know-how working with the OnTrace team
- An understanding of the business benefits of traceability
Deliverables
At completion of the onsite assessment OnTrace will deliver a findings report, including:
- Mapping of current processes
- Identifying traceability gaps
- Documenting the requirements specifications
- Recommending any process changes
- Recommending solutions/alternatives

Supply Chain Assessment Services
OnTrace works with agriculture and food industry partners along the supply chain to conduct gap assessments and pilot projects to enable constant improvement in the food supply chain for all stakeholders.
Our service starts with group interviews that identify what participants want out of traceability and then move to design what is needed and how to get there.
Benefits
- Better understanding of and integration with your supply chain partners
- Working together builds trust
- Streamlined exchange of vital business data
- Provides you with a competitive advantage by reducing data management costs
Deliverables
- A mutual non-disclosure agreement to assure participant confidentiality
- Identification of the potential benefits of enhanced traceability functions
- A “roadmap” document that describes the current business requirements for managing information about a product as it moves through the food chain
- A final report summarizing the information flow in the value chain, identifying gaps and opportunities and outlining potential next steps


Mobile Data Collection
Organizations can now gather premises information and verify it against our emergency mapping system, through their mobile device. This traceability application can be used to track movement of any product and record the Premises ID.
This application will also record and store:
- Product receipts
- Shipping information and notices
- Drug or chemical applications
- Lot information
- Historical data
Benefits
This application adds value by simplifying the marshalling of emergency management resources, and speeding up remote data collection.
It will allow you to:
- Identify agriculture premises with GPS coordinates
- Gather information and make it available to a home office in “real time”
- Reduce data entry errors
- Streamline your ability to access data through your handheld
Deliverables
- Handheld equipment and accessories
- A customized field application
- Training

Membership List Services
OnTrace’s Membership Management service provides the means to collect and manage membership information as well as communicate with members. This secure system uses the same security levels as Canada’s national banks.
Benefits
- Simple administration, allows more than one person to access the membership data
- OnTrace looks after the system allowing you to concentrate on your core business
- Provides stronger industry competitive advantage, backed with a traceability foundation
- 24/7 availability, essential for emergencies and to keep members informed
- Can be designed to permit member self-service, reducing your administrative costs
- Hosted application and database can be run from any computer with a browser and internet connection. OnTrace maintains the application and manages the database.
Deliverables
- Internet based membership application, with flexibility to connect to either an existing site or to serve as a new site
- Calendar of events enables all members to see important, upcoming group activities
- Capable of recording any information for business and emergency purposes
- Membership dues administration, will help to maintain payment status
- Query tools, provide the ability to sort and view membership data


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