When one of North America's leading food companies first approached Intelex, they were in search of a solution that would improve their system for tracking and re-distributing product that has been placed on hold in both their manufacturing and storage facilities. With their product being sensitive to expiration, any units that are not re-distributed efficiently must be discarded resulting in lost production and revenue. Historically the company used standard email as their communication method and Excel spreadsheets to store and track the data. They required a more sophisticated and individually tailored communications tool to better connect all parties involved, streamline the process and decrease lost revenues.

The Intelex System provided the ideal platform to track both internal and external holds of product and seamlessly foster a two-way avenue of communication between manufacturing and storage facilities, with all data in one easily accessible location. Specifically, Intelex's web-based iForm® application allowed for a custom "Product Hold" module to be created which was designed collaboratively with the client and Intelex development team to track the quantity, type, expiration and location of all product placed on hold and generate custom core reports and dashboards to manage the data.

With the development of the custom iForm®, implementation and roll out to approximately 30 manufacturing facilities and 50 cold storage facilities taking place in a three month period, a significant margin of savings was quickly realized as all product placed on hold was much more easily and efficiently tracked and re-distributed. With a first year recorded savings of $13.1 million and a second year savings of $9.8 million, in comparison to the email/Excel method baseline, Intelex's custom iForm® solution cultivated an impressive $22.9 million in savings in the two year period post implementation.

Find out how an Intelex iForm® Solution can help your organization save time, money and resources today.

Intelex has ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America in Deloitte's annual Technology Fast 500 program. The program, which was launched in 1997, ranks the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. The rankings are based on percentage of fiscal-year revenue growth over the past 5 years, in this case from 2004 to 2008. Intelex grew 317% over this period.

Mark Jaine, Intelex's President and CEO, attributes the company's growth to a focus on innovation and a growing global demand for sustainability solutions. "It is a high level accomplishment as an organization to be recognized in the prestigious Technology Fast 500™ program," commented Jaine. "To be identified as a leading force within the North American technology industry is an amazing achievement and something we are very thrilled about and proud of here at Intelex. This recognition really reinforces our commitment to innovation and steady growth as a company. With most corporations and regulatory bodies now embracing sustainability, our growth reflects our efforts to be on the cutting edge of this trend."

The ranking is compiled from nominations submitted directly to the Technology Fast 500™ website, and public company database research conducted by Deloitte. Qualifying companies for the program must own proprietary intellectual property or proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues. Additionally, companies must have been in business for a minimum of five years, and be headquartered within North America.

Congrats to the whole Intelex team on this success!

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently proposed a new GHG emissions program designed to further regulate the amount of greenhouse gas produced in the US. The proposed Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule would require large facilities to obtain operating permits for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Large facilities are defined as those emitting more than 25,000 tons per year CO2e. According to the EPA these large facilities make up nearly 70% of US GHG emissions. Additionally newly constructed facilities and significantly modified facilities would be required to use the best available control technology to minimize GHG emissions under the proposed rule.

Under Title V, the EPA is proposing an applicability threshold of 25,000 tons per year (tpy) CO2e for existing facilities. Facilities with emissions of less than 25,000 tpy CO2e would not be required to obtain an operating permit.

Under Prevention of Significant Deterioration, a program designed to minimize emissions from new or modified sources, the major stationary source threshold is 25,000 tpy CO2e. This is the threshold used to determine if a new facility or a major modification to an existing facility would require a PSD permit. The significance threshold is set at 10,000 to 25,000 tpy CO2e.  A PSD permit would be required if an existing facility makes modifications that increase emissions inside the range set.

The proposed rule includes the six main greenhouse gases; carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).  If the proposed rule is adopted, the rule would take effect in the spring of 2010. 

*Jonna McConaughy is Intelex's Air Emissions Specialist and is based out of Intelex's satellite location in Pittsburgh PA

Intelexians were asked to reach deep into their pockets this fall and meet our company goal of $1,000.00, along with any non-perishable food items they could bring into the office. President and CEO Mark Jaine pledged that the company would match any food or monetary donations made during the drive which ran at our headquarters from September 22^nd, to October 9^th, 2009.

Daily Bread Food Bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that is fighting to end hunger in communities across the Greater Toronto Area. Every year thousands of people across the GTA rely on food banks and Daily Bread serves the majority of these people through neighbourhood food banks and meal programs in its member agencies.

The Intelex staff donated a total of $1,320.00, exceeding our goal by the end of the day on the 9^th. With the company matching that amount we rang in at a total of $2,640.00! We also hauled in a total of around 65 Lbs of food. One Intelex staff member even rode his bike to work through the rain with an 8kg (17 Lb) bag of rice – twice!

The Daily Bread Food Bank Fall Drive 2009 Challenge is still on until October 16^th 2009. Their goal for this fall is $10,000.00, and with our help they are well on their way. Thanks and great work to everyone who donated to Daily Bread Food Bank!

The Envinronmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its new mandatory GHG reporting program will commence on January 1st 2010 with reports being due in 2011. The new mandatory GHG rule from the EPA brings some changes from the originally proposed rule.   Some of the changes are outlined below.

INDUSTRIES INCLUDED
Excluded from reporting are the following industries:

Electronics manufacturing Ethanol production Fluorinated GHG production Food processing Industrial landfills Magnesium production Oil and natural gas systems SF6 from electrical equipment Underground coal mines Wastewater treatment Suppliers of coal

Industries required to report include those facilities emitting more than 25,000 metric tons CO2e per year.  These industries may include fossil fuel and natural gas suppliers, vehicle and engine makers (excluding light duty vehicles/engines), cement manufacturers, paper manufacturers, chemical manufacturers and others.

MONITORING OR BEST AVAILABLE DATA
Best available data may be used for Q1 2010 in lieu of required monitoring. Extensions for use of best available data may be requested within the year 2010 but not beyond this time.

QUALITY ASSURANCE
Calibration requirements for flow meters and monitors were added.  Accuracy to 5% is specified.

REPORT SUBMITTALS
The mandatory rule specifies reports are to be submitted to the EPA. Data collection was not delegated to the states.
The EPA is working to update the consolidated emissions reporting schema (CERS), the data schema used in submittals of Emission Inventories, to include GHG data.  This standardized data format will assist in data exchange between federal, state, and local agencies as well as other GHG registries and protocols.
Reports may be submitted in an XML format via web based system that is currently under construction.

DATA RETENTION
Records must be kept for 3 years under the mandatory rule.  This is down from 5 years in the proposed rule.

END OF REPORTING
Should a facility reduce their GHG emissions under the 25,000 tons CO2e per year limit for 5 consecutive years, they may cease annual GHG reporting to the EPA.  Should a facility reduce their GHG emissions under 15,000 metric tons CO2e per year for 3 consecutive years, they may cease to report GHG emissions.  Should a facility cease GHG emitting activities or shut down completely, reporting is not required.

 *Jonna McConaughy is Intelex's Air Emissions Specialist and is based out of Intelex's satellite location in Pittsburgh PA

I had the opportunity to attend the first "iForm Knowledge Exchange" conference in Toronto, ON Canada. The conference was strongly themed around iForms and its flexibility in usage as demonstrated by the various presentations. Now that I mentioned presentations let me point out that here lays the uniqueness of this conference, "all presentations were given by clients of Intelex". Here are my thoughts:

• I am very excited to have been introduced to certified iforms and the collaborative iforms these two concepts leverage the knowledge and expertise of the industry professionals;
• After viewing the presentations of the various iforms by the Intelex clients I walked away with several new ideas which I can use to capture similar processes within my organization.

Overall I walked away from the conference excited for the direction Intelex is taking their product and the embracing of the collaborative approach throughout the various business functions at Intelex.

Intelex Technologies, Inc. is proud to announce that we have joined the prestigious Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ ranking. The program, which was launched eleven years ago to celebrate the world-class achievements of the Canadian Technology sector, ranks Canada’s fifty fastest growing technology companies based on the highest percentage of revenue growth over the past 5 years, in this case from 2004 to 2008.

Commenting on the achievement, Intelex’s President and CEO, Mark Jaine had the following to say, “We are very thrilled to have ranked in this year’s Fast 50 program and be recognized at such a prominent level. It is really a testament to the vision of the company and dedication of our employees who strive to make us an innovative leader in our industry.” Jaine also attributes Intelex’s success to a focus on collaboration with our customers. “For us to continue to rapidly grow, especially during turbulent economic times, is a great achievement and a real indication of the value of our product. We strongly believe in collaboration with our clients, involving them in both product development and direction, and thus improving their return on investment while expanding our business. This has ultimately proven to be a highly successful formula.”

Qualifying companies for the program must have been in business for at least five years, have revenues of at least $5 million, be headquartered in Canada, own proprietary technology, and conduct research and development activities in Canada. Those who qualify are then evaluated and judged by a panel of experts based on four key criteria: competitive advantage; size, growth, and market attractiveness; management effectiveness and organization; and financial performance. Congrats to the whole Intelex team on this great accomplishment!