Alexandra Cody, Columbine Vineyards / AC Foods

Pack List Pro has allowed our sales department to communicate more effectively and efficiently with both the field and operations departments. We’re able to organize the list based on specific needs from customers without any confusion in the field. The time we have saved by using Pack List Pro is insurmountable. This platform allows for multiple users with internet and login credentials to access and edit the list, which has been extremely beneficial during a year where we faced the many challenges of working from home.

Pack List Pro has continuously worked with us to accommodate our needs in preparation for and throughout the season. They are constantly helping us customize the software so that we can anticipate and plan for future days’ pack in a matter of minutes. What would once take hours in the afternoon, takes a few minutes thanks to Pack List Pro. As a company who tailors our pack plans towards the specific needs of our customers, it can be challenging to note what is expected for each pack style in the field. Pack List Pro is beneficial in that it allows us to be as specific as possible, adding to the overall quality of fruit that goes into the box.

Jack Campbell, Four Star Fruit

Pack list Pro has become very essential to our daily harvest at Four Star. Being so user friendly and functional it has saved our sales organization over 20% of our day, which gives them more time to actually sell.

Since implementing Pack List Pro we have had a great cost savings in eliminating the waste or excess material being brought to the vineyard. It has significantly reduced material errors which has had a direct effect on increasing the production of the crews.

Justin McGowan, Anthony Vineyards

Pack List Pro has modernized our planning and communication of harvesting activity. We had a system in place forever that we thought worked well until implementing and utilizing PLP. The complexity of pack styles has evolved over the years and new styles are added each year. PLP has allowed us to be more efficient at communicating these vast array of potential packing needs to all employees involved and doing so in a timely manner.

Pack List Pro has allowed us to be more agile in our planning and communication of harvest schedules. Instructions are no longer lost or misinterpreted in verbal or written communications. By streamlining a task list we have seen both cost and time improvements.

Oliver Sill, Illume Agriculture

Pack List Pros provides one central location for our business to efficiently communicate the needs of harvest for the following day.  From our schedule produced by Pack List Pro, sales knows what to expect to come in that day, material vendors know what to have prepped and ready, cold storage employees know what to expect at receiving, and field crews know every detail of the pack they need to do for the day down to the sticker on the bottom of a clamshell.  It has everything covered!

The biggest benefit we have seen if efficiencies in communication.  Before Pack List Pro, it was not uncommon to be on the phone up to a dozen times each morning figuring out what materials are needed for what crew and how many need to be packed.  All that time on the phone used to take away from sales, but now Pack List Pro has helped streamline all information to my clear daily schedule.

Ramon Cruz, Four Star Fruit

Pack List pro has been a tool that helped increase communication across our business. We create the harvest schedule based on sales needs and it gets sent out to all departments involved with getting it done. From material distributors, field contractors, to the cold storage receiving the fruit with just one click. It has greatly reduced the amount of calls taken to correct packaging and field questions about how to correctly pack it.  Not only does it help get the correct pack out it also allows the receiving clerks to always know how the fruit should come into our Famous system. It’s a great program that keeps improving with each update. 

After using Pack List Pro for the last few years, we have seen a reduced number of mistakes in packaging and cold storage receiving entries. This translates into money saved by not needing to repack the fruit and keeping correct inventory in Famous. It helps to know that once you create the pack once it will always be correct. I would recommend Pack List Pro to anyone looking for a way to increase communication and cut down daily calls to get everyone on the same page.

Production Team, Delano Farms

With the ability to have all parts of a harvest plan on the same page (Box Maker, Inner Packaging, Labeling, etc…), we have eliminated mis-packaging in the field. This ensures that our customer specifications are met 100% of the time