Alberta Beverage Container Recycling

Success facilitated and documented the initial Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation (ABCRC) Strategic Information and Technology Plan in 1996. This Plan laid out a course of migration from character-based UNIX accounting focused systems to mainstream Windows technologies. ABCRC provides used beverage container recycling services on behalf of bottlers, manufacturers, and importers of ready-to-drink beverages in Alberta, complying with provincial legislation and working closely with independent return centres (depots) and the provincial agency, the Beverage Container Management Board.

Success provided the detailed analysis, design and construction and implementation of a set of operations applications that operate in a replicated environment between their Calgary and Edmonton locations. The applications are used to reconcile off-loads of used beverage containers from depots throughout the province and to automatically calculate and generate electronic payment to depots and transport carriers bi-weekly. Integrated applications manage the processed inventory bale weights and track shipments to re-manufacturers.