Marijuana Business Magazine - January 2017

For example, finding effective inventory software that meets the unique needs of the legal cannabis industry is challenging, Stokes said. TCD needed software that was simple to use. It also had to integrate with Oregon’s seed-to-sale tracking system and handle distribution for a third-party logistics hub that houses multiple growers’ products at differ- ent stages of production. That software didn’t exist. But TCD, leveraging the CannaGuard team’s experience with technology and soft- ware development, was prepared to do the heavy lifting. In September, TCD bought and deployed inventory software it pur- chased fromWashington state’s Verde- Mark. The software works in conjunction with METRC, the Franwell seed-to-sale tracking system used in Oregon. The software also has an e-com- merce feature that allows retailers to browse the distribution company’s inventory and add items to a shopping cart. Those goods are then transported to buyers – the retailers – in Canna- Guard Transport’s secure vehicles. TCD has spent more than $100,000 developing the software to tailor it for the cannabis industry, and it plans to spend more than $1 million to make the software com- mercially available to its Oregon clients – plus those in California and Colorado. Like Salesforce, TCD plans to host the software in the cloud and charge clients for the license to use the technology. The Cannabis Distribution Company delivers product to Oregon retailers. Photo courtesy of TCD Co. THC - CBD - EDIBLES Cannabinoid Detection Kit WORKS WITH CANNABIS BUDS, EXTRACTS AND OILS, MOST EDIBLES AND VAPES ENSURE YOUR PRODUCT QUALITY www.cbscientific.com 720-370-3554 TRANSCUTANEOUS CANNABINOID PENETRATION NANO-EMULSION FOR SUSTAINED TIME RELEASE CannaDERME TM