LevelOps at CTAQ Marketing Event: Operational Excellence for Food Businesses

LevelOps at CTAQ 2025

The CTAQ (Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec) annual Marketing Event at the Palais des congrès de Montréal brings together the leadership of Quebec's food and beverage industry — directors, marketing teams, sales leaders, and innovation executives — to explore the direction of the industry.

LevelOps was present to share how operational excellence and process automation apply specifically to food businesses: manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers navigating the complexity of B2B order management, multi-SKU catalogs, and demanding retail buyers.

The Opportunity for Food & Beverage Companies

Food and beverage companies face unique operational challenges: seasonal volume spikes, complex customer-specific pricing, strict traceability requirements, and high-frequency order cycles. Manual order processing — handling PDF purchase orders from retailers, distributors, or foodservice operators — creates unnecessary friction at every step.

Automation tools like PDF to Order eliminate the manual re-entry step entirely, converting purchase orders directly into Shopify or ERP records with over 99% accuracy. For food companies managing dozens of weekly B2B orders, this translates to hours saved every week and significantly fewer fulfillment errors.

The Bigger Picture

The best food companies aren't just automating tasks — they're building operational systems that scale. LevelOps helps food businesses connect their customer-facing Shopify storefront, their inventory and production system (Katana, Odoo, Business Central), and their financial workflows into one coherent, automated backbone.