Enterprise resource planning software

ERP (enterprise resource planning) software is a streamlined software system that integrates various software systems into a single package. An ERP system can be tailored to a number of industry verticals, from large scale manufacturing and distribution to small businesses. Food industry specific ERP is a software solution tailored to the needs of the food service industry, with scope enough to satisfy any food related businesses needs.

Having a single software solution for you business requirements means increased efficiency and cost savings. ERP software will streamline not only administration, but also business processes. The benefits of ERP are numerous for any industry vertical, but here are some of what we feel are the most important:

• Pulling data from several independent data sources and correlating that data into another system is a big drain on resources. Having all of your data available for all your employees from a single reporting source will cut the time it takes to correlate data. By cutting out a lot of the monotonous administration duties required with multiple systems, time and resources can be redirected to where they’re needed most. As an example, with information instantly available to the sales team and shorter and simpler input of customer details, orders and prospects, the extra time can be redirected into extra sales. • A food ERP system is incredibly beneficial when it comes to process manufacturing. Specific amounts of ingredients need to be combined to make the product, and to make it exactly the same each and every time. The formulation also needs to be scalable, allowing for variations in order size and scope. In process manufacturing you can make as much of a finished product as is specified in the formula for the smallest quantity in stock of one of the ingredients.• Integration of barcode technology into manufacture and distribution processes makes tracking the orders or location of materials and products in the supply chain simple. It allows for real time tracking of stock levels, giving greater insight and efficiency during the planning and ordering processes. Automation of the planning and ordering processes is also an option, with new product and materials ordered automatically when existing stocks or new orders reach a preset level. • Food ERP software can be versatile. A single system over a single site is beneficial in itself, but ERP software gives you the ability to expand the system to include all of your sites. With real-time updates to data from multiple sites, efficient sharing of resources between various sites becomes a reality.

There are many, many more benefits to implementing an ERP. Within such a fast moving and competitive industry, the integration of a reliable and highly efficient software system is becoming more and more necessary.

The author of this article works for a company that specialises in Food manufacturing software .