iCiX is an online industry network that harmonizes the way companies store, share and manage documentation, information and communications with other companies with whom they do business.

iCiX was incorporated in 2001 at the request of several major manufacturers in response to customer demands to provide a variety of compliance documentation and information. Given their limited resources to meet these ever increasing compliance information requests, manufacturers prompted the inception of iCiX, and the development of an industry network.

iCiX has evolved from an online storage and sharing platform to a fully customizable ToolBox for managing risk, compliance and standards. With the help of thousands of customers, including most of the major brands, iCiX took on the critical task of mapping supply chains on a per facility basis. Their philosophy is simple: Know who your trading partners are before anything else.

Eurofins Food Safety Systems provides industry leading support to assist companies looking to achieve the level of product security and customer confidence appropriate to their situation.  Our company’s portfolio of services include accredited auditing and certification services for industry accepted standards such as SQF (Safe Quality Food) Standard, British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard, IFS (International Food Standard), and the ISO 22000 food safety standard. In addition, our highly experienced professionals offer customizable training programs and preliminary audits for all of the schemes covered under our scope. All training and auditing modules are aimed at not only giving companies up and down the supply chain practical guidance on these management systems but also providing an internationally recognized certification of system compliance. For more information, please visit www.sqfaudits.com.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance U.S. global competitiveness and the American quality of life by promoting, facilitating, and safeguarding the integrity of the voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. ANSI is the official U.S. representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and, via the U.S. National Committee, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and is a U.S. representative to the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).

Muddy Boots Software is the leading provider of traceability and quality assurance solutions for the global food industry. The intelligent, mobile data capture, recording and auditing solutions developed by Muddy Boots address product safety, product integrity and product sustainability. Clients include small suppliers through to major retailers, standard holders and global manufacturers.

In early 2008, The SQF Institute launched their online audit management and data capture solution, SQF Quickfire.  Developed in partnership with Muddy Boots Software, the goal was to improve the efficiency of the audit process and drive consistency in the SQF Program.  Designed as a collaborative tool, SQF Quickfire provides permission-based access to up-to-the-minute audit information for all stakeholders, including CB’s, auditors, sites and buyers.