BatchMaster Software Case Studies Custom Ingredients Inc. Creates Custom Flavors while Capturing Record Growth with BatchMaster

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Custom Ingredients Inc. Creates Custom Flavors while Capturing Record Growth with BatchMaster

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Inventory Management Track & Trace of Assets
Services	System Integration Training
Challenge	Custom Ingredients, Inc. is a privately held company that supplies the Southern California food and nutraceuticals market with high quality flavors. The company's primary goals are dependable service, trustworthy relationships and up-to-date regulatory standards. However, when the company first started blending flavors, they relied on tools such as Excel to record formulations and inventory, with inventory tracking done manually. This was not efficient and did not allow for optimal inventory control and lot traceability. The company needed a formula-based manufacturing solution that could handle these tasks and more. Read More
About Customer	Custom Ingredients, Inc. is a privately held company that has been serving its customers for over 10 years. The company focuses on creating custom flavors for a diverse range of products and supplies the Southern California food and nutraceuticals market with high quality flavors. Their customers range from confectionery, coffee & tea, sport & beverage, nutrition bar and supplement manufacturers. The company prides itself on its dependable service, trustworthy relationships and up-to-date regulatory standards. Read More
Solution	Custom Ingredients, Inc. chose BatchMaster Enterprise as its ERP solution. BatchMaster is well-known in the industry and used by other Flavor companies. The transition to BatchMaster was highly successful due to all the scenario testing that was done up front. With BatchMaster in place, Custom Ingredients has been able to focus on its priorities, leaving the critical data management and manufacturing functions to BatchMaster. The company has been able to track purchasing patterns and optimize purchases. They have also improved their inventory control and lot traceability. The system they have in place with BatchMaster is so robust, it was easy to show that they have full traceability. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Track & Trace of Assets

Services

System Integration

Training

Challenge

Custom Ingredients, Inc. is a privately held company that supplies the Southern California food and nutraceuticals market with high quality flavors. The company's primary goals are dependable service, trustworthy relationships and up-to-date regulatory standards. However, when the company first started blending flavors, they relied on tools such as Excel to record formulations and inventory, with inventory tracking done manually. This was not efficient and did not allow for optimal inventory control and lot traceability. The company needed a formula-based manufacturing solution that could handle these tasks and more.

About Customer

Custom Ingredients, Inc. is a privately held company that has been serving its customers for over 10 years. The company focuses on creating custom flavors for a diverse range of products and supplies the Southern California food and nutraceuticals market with high quality flavors. Their customers range from confectionery, coffee & tea, sport & beverage, nutrition bar and supplement manufacturers. The company prides itself on its dependable service, trustworthy relationships and up-to-date regulatory standards.

Solution

Custom Ingredients, Inc. chose BatchMaster Enterprise as its ERP solution. BatchMaster is well-known in the industry and used by other Flavor companies. The transition to BatchMaster was highly successful due to all the scenario testing that was done up front. With BatchMaster in place, Custom Ingredients has been able to focus on its priorities, leaving the critical data management and manufacturing functions to BatchMaster. The company has been able to track purchasing patterns and optimize purchases. They have also improved their inventory control and lot traceability. The system they have in place with BatchMaster is so robust, it was easy to show that they have full traceability.

Impact #1	Improved inventory control and lot traceability.
Impact #2	Optimized purchases and better material forecasting to meet customer demand.
Impact #3	Improved formula control and formula revision history.

Impact #1

Improved inventory control and lot traceability.

Impact #2

Optimized purchases and better material forecasting to meet customer demand.

Impact #3

Improved formula control and formula revision history.

Benefit #1	Completed the entire lot traceability exercise in under 2 hours, well ahead of the required time.
Benefit #2	Maintained a 5-7 day lead time due to optimizing Inventory with BatchMaster.

Benefit #1

Completed the entire lot traceability exercise in under 2 hours, well ahead of the required time.

Benefit #2

Maintained a 5-7 day lead time due to optimizing Inventory with BatchMaster.

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Custom Ingredients Inc. Creates Custom Flavors while Capturing Record Growth with BatchMaster

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