Hamilton IT firm Vision Link Security Inc. made the list of the top 10 innovative products at the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers annual conference in Toronto.
The announcement Tuesday was a shot in the arm for the two-year-old company which was at the conference marketing its digital recording software coupled with point of sale (cash register) information as a management tool for those in the grocery industry.
Ryan Glynn, a spokesperson for the company, said the software was borne out of an increasing demand for business owners to be able to monitor the activities in their facilities.
“If you’re a small-business owner and you have to be away from the office, you are able to check in and watch your staff work (through a smartphone). The majority of theft is internal,” he said.
While the technology has a wide array of applications in the grocery industry, there are a number of large manufacturing companies in Hamilton among its long list of clients, said Glynn. Due to security concerns, the names of the companies are not being made public.
Source: The Hamilton Spectator
