Acumatica Case Studies Agribusiness switches from Dynamics SL to Acumatica, reduces ERP-related programs from 14 to 4
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Agribusiness switches from Dynamics SL to Acumatica, reduces ERP-related programs from 14 to 4

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Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Agriculture
Discrete Manufacturing
Logistics & Transportation
Inventory Management
Manufacturing System Automation
System Integration
IMG Enterprises, Inc. is a diversified organization with nearly 400 full-time employees and annual revenues surpassing $60 million. The company's operations include citrus farming, ornamental tree farming, and landscape construction. However, the complexity of IMG Enterprises’ operations led to a complicated IT situation. The company started using Solomon in the 1990’s and re-implemented Dynamics SL again in 2004. They also used 14 different programs in conjunction with SL, paying for maintenance on all of them. They wanted to bring in a manufacturing component, including work orders and material resource planning. However, they didn't feel there were many good manufacturing programs that worked with SL and could fulfill their needs.
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IMG Enterprises, Inc. is a diversified organization that began in 1979 as a small citrus operation in central Florida. The company has grown into a complex organization with nearly 400 full-time employees and annual revenues surpassing $60 million. The company's operations include citrus farming, ornamental tree farming, and landscape construction. IMG Enterprises' Director of Planning and IT, Jim Lieffort, explains that Cherry Lake Tree Farm has grown into one of the largest tree farms in the southeast U.S., offering “1,800 acres of ornamental trees, shrubs and palms in sizes ranging from small one-gallon up to 1,400-gallon pots.” In 2005, IMG Enterprises created a landscape construction division to further diversify their operations. LegacyScapes provides landscape and irrigation construction services to some of the most demanding and prestigious projects in Central Florida. Their clients include the major theme parks such as Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, and Universal as well as premium general contractors and developers.
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IMG Enterprises decided to purchase Acumatica on a perpetual license and activate the annual maintenance plan for ongoing support and services. They plan to host on-premise at first and later move hosting off-site. IMG Enterprises plans to use all of the available suites (Financial Management, Customer Management, Distribution Management, and Project Accounting), plus two add-on programs: JAMS for the manufacturing component and SpitFire, a project management software. With the help of Acumatica Partner SBS Group, the implementation is starting with Cherry Lake Tree Farm and LegacyScapes, and will be followed by IMG Citrus. They intend to complete the implementation of Acumatica at IMG Citrus in the fall of 2015. With Acumatica, Lieffort expects to go from 14 down to 4 programs.
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Improved connectivity and productivity for staff through remote access
Web-based system will allow quicker disaster recovery
Acumatica will save IMG Enterprises time and money, from being able to enter orders and production information directly in the field, to minimizing travel time, saving on vehicles, saving on fuel
Reduction of ERP-related programs from 14 to 4
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