F.H. Black & Company

Hosted by the Manitoba Food Producers Association (MFPA) and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI), the "Food Safety....It Matters" conference was a great success.

This was the second such conference and focused on, as you might have guessed, Food Safety. There were several great presentations. In particular, Dr. Ruby Lee's presentation "Prevention of Bacteria Hysteria via HACCP" was very interesting and useful for all food processors & distributors concerned with improving food safety.

Ben Ferraro, Susan Scott & Jamie Black of F.H. Black & Company attended the conference and spent most of the day discussing the role of technology in food safety programs with attendees. Specifically, we focused on explaining the Traceability solutions that we provide.

Sue and Ben also found that many of the attendees were very interested in how we could help implement and support Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) programs. Particularly, the ability to automate corrective action initiation and simplification of record management was of special importance to the attendees.

If you would like to discuss the role of technology in food safety and how it can save your food processing or distribution business money, please contact us.

The Canadian Association of Chemical Distributors (CACD) are holding their Annual General Meeting (AGM) May 27th to 29th 2009 in Kananaskis Alberta.

F.H. Black & Company has been invited to conduct a workshop for the Chemical Distribution industry leaders. Our topic is The Power of 1%.

It seems today that a conversation cannot be had without words buzzing in the air like “recession” and “economic slowdown”.  Management is becoming more cautious and is putting even more pressure onto the entire organization to help drive every last cent to the bottom line.

Our workshop will explore practical ways which will help CACD memebrs squeeze what would appear to be seemingly small changes into their operations, which will result in significant dollars to their bottom line.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada — June 10th 2008  F.H. Black & Company, Your one solution, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with competencies in Networking Infrastructure Solutions & Microsoft Business Solutions, recognizing F.H. Black & Company’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, F.H. Black & Company has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet & exceed client’s needs.

F.H. Black & Company provides wholesale distributors with ONE source for business support, focusing on accounting services, business systems and technologies, business process enhancement, human resource and management consulting.

“We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our clients,” said Jamie Black, Director of IT Services.

“Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities,” said Allison Watson, corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. “They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. Today, Microsoft recognizes F.H. Black & Company as a new Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise in providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft products and technology.”

As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Partner status, F.H. Black & Company had to declare & achieve Microsoft Competencies. Each Competency has a unique set of requirements, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry.

F.H. Black & Company’s Network Infrastructure Solutions Competency proves their expertise in implementing technology solutions based on either the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server operating system, with a particular focus on Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 and Windows Small Business Server 2003.

The Microsoft Business Solutions Competency demonstrates F.H. Black & Company’s proven expertise in designing and  implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities using Microsoft’s financial, CRM and supply chain management solutions. The Microsoft Business Solutions Competency identifies their unique, proven proficiency in deploying applications based on Microsoft’s financial, CRM and supply chain management solutions.

From offices in Manitoba and British Columbia, F.H. Black & Company empowers Canadian Wholesale Distributors to exceed their customers’ expectations and maximize their profitability & growth through the implementation of industry best practices, technology and sound financial, operational and strategic management practices. Empowering Canadian Wholesale Distributors to exceed their customers’ expectations and maximize their profitability & growth through the implementation of industry best practices, technology and sound financial, operational and strategic management practices. Empowering Canadian Wholesale Distributors to exceed their customers’ expectations and maximize their profitability & growth through the implementation of industry best practices, technology and sound financial, operational and strategic management practices.

For more information, press only: Jamie Black, Director of IT Services, 36 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg MB, P:204.949.9113 ext 22, F:204.949.0497, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it