Opinion
End-to-end solutions
The supermarkets’ recession-led move towards more own-label products and low cost basic ranges looks like good business for many food processing companies. Yet, a lack of real-time production and supply chain information is leading many to chase revenue without any certainty of making a profit.
Too many organisations are embracing big revenue contracts that turn out to be loss leaders
Aged spreadsheets and ERP systems that are limited to finance and sales are inadequate. Organisations need end-to-end solutions that integrate the back-office with the shop floor in real-time.
But with time against them, food processing companies can’t afford the high price tag and long implementation timescales required to adapt general purpose enterprise systems to their needs.
By improving real-time information throughout the supply chain, food processors can tune their operations to drive down costs, reduce wastage, minimise packaging inventory and improve supplier management.
Too many organisations are happily embracing big revenue contracts that turn out to be loss leaders, as the supermarkets pass the squeeze on margins down the supply chain.
Accurate real-time cost information can only be delivered quickly and reliably by taking an integrated approach and extending ERP to the shop floor and throughout the supply chain.
It’s only with accurate and detailed information on costs – from raw ingredients to processing and packaging – that companies can confidently turn opportunity into profit.
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Andrew Brown is MD of the process manufacturing systems division of Solarsoft
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