TRAX-IT
TRAX-IT is food-industry software from Merit-Trax Technologies of Montreal. Its modules cover production management, quality assurance, warehousing and lot-level traceability using barcode, RFID and handheld data collection. It is sold to meat and food processors, slaughterhouses, bakeries, distributors and cold-storage warehouses, and customised per customer.
Last reviewed

- Best for
- Meat, poultry and food processors, Bakery producers
- Pricing
- Quote only
Who it is for
Meat, poultry and food processors
Yield, cost and margin analysis per supplier lot and production lot, with lot traceability and HACCP records.
Bakery producers
A bakery version covers bills of materials, batch production, allergen tracking and costing.
Food distributors and cold-storage operators
Warehouse and 3PL modules handle lot, pallet and box inventory and storage billing.
What it does
Lot and ingredient traceability
Traces finished product boxes back to production batches, quality lots and supplier lots, with allergen tracking.
Bill of materials and recipe management
Uses bill of materials and material planning to control raw material inventory and product costing.
Production batch management
Tracks work in process with yield, cost and margin analysis per supplier lot, production lot and sales invoice.
HACCP quality records
Keeps HACCP quality assurance records and alerts operators before a quality or food safety issue occurs.
Weighing, boxing and labelling
Supports catch-weight products and boxing, weighing and label printing.
Warehouse management
Receives and manages inventory by lot, pallet, box, weight and SKU with sales order entry and invoicing.
3PL cold storage
Cross docking, storage location management and recurring storage and activity-based billing.
Hardware data collection
Interfaces with weigh scales, barcode scanners, thermometers, wireless sensors and RFID readers on handheld and touch-screen computers.
EDI and data sharing
Electronic data sharing with suppliers and customers, following GS1 and Can-Trace standards.
Regulatory support
The vendor says the software helps meet FSMA and SFCR requirements.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Quote only
No prices are published; the vendor customises the software and asks visitors to contact it.
How it compares
Compared with the 5 products in Traceability & Recall Management that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 15 integrations. The median in this category is 1.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Dynamics 365, Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, FreshBooks, Genesis Foods, GS1 EPCIS, Power BI, QuickBooks, Sage 200. Of these, this product's listing names Dynamics 365, Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, FreshBooks, Power BI, QuickBooks, Sage 200.
Works with
- Accounting
- Dynamics 365Dynamics 365 Business CentralDynamics GPDynamics NAVFreshBooksQuickBooksQuickBooks OnlineSage 200Sage 300Sage IntacctSAPSAP Business OneXero
- Other
- SalesforceSPS CommerceMicrosoft Power BI
Also lists custom interfaces with camera, packaging, box packing, x-ray and trolley hook tracking systems, and Canadian CLTS databases.
Where and how it runs
- Available in
- Canada, United States
- Languages
- English, French
- Hardware
- Runs on rugged touch-screen and mobile handheld devices, and interfaces with weigh scales, barcode scanners, thermometers, wireless sensors and RFID readers. Hardware partners include Zebra Technologies, Honeywell and others.
The vendor cites both Canadian (SFCR, Can-Trace) and US (FSMA) regulations and has a French version of its site; it does not publish a sales list.
The company
- Company
- Merit-Trax Technologies Inc.
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- St-Laurent, Montreal, Canada
Security and support
- Support
- Office hours 7am to 6pm Eastern, with someone on the support team on call.
Listing details
- Vendor
- Merit-Trax
- Built for
- Food manufacturing, Wholesale
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- merit-trax.com
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- Price and contract terms
- Cloud or on-premise deployment and platforms
- Named customers
- Employee count and funding
- Security certifications
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.
- Homepagehttps://merit-trax.com/
- Company and hardwarehttps://merit-trax.com/company/
- Founded 2000https://merit-trax.com/history/
- Partnershttps://merit-trax.com/partners/
- Food processing modulehttps://merit-trax.com/food-processing-software/
- Bakery modulehttps://merit-trax.com/bakery-management-software/
- Warehouse modulehttps://merit-trax.com/warehouse-management/
- 3PL modulehttps://merit-trax.com/3pl/
- Integrationshttps://merit-trax.com/software-integration/
- Address, supporthttps://merit-trax.com/contact/
- Consulting and presidenthttps://merit-trax.com/traceability-services/