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Customer Success Berner Food & Beverage

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Inventory Management
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Berner Food & Beverage was looking for smart ways to transform and grow its business. The company needed technology solutions to manage inventory and costing, and improve plant utilization. Approaching full capacity and with an ambitious 5yr growth plan, the company wanted to improve throughput efficiencies and reduce performance variances. Read More
About Customer	Berner Foods is a market-leading supplier of quality food products, including natural cheese, specialty performance cheese, processed cheese and soy beverages. The company is a private label manufacturer of foods and beverages including dips and cheese sauces. Its major manufacturing facility is located in Illinois and it maintains three distribution facilities. The company has an ambitious 5-year growth plan and is approaching full capacity. Read More
Solution	The company implemented Ross ERP to manage inventory, costs and financing and Factory MES to improve factory operations and increase capacity through better utilization. Berner Food & Beverage also chose Pivotal CRM to manage its customer relationships. The Event Management Framework ties it all together and issues real-time alerts. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Inventory Management

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Berner Food & Beverage was looking for smart ways to transform and grow its business. The company needed technology solutions to manage inventory and costing, and improve plant utilization. Approaching full capacity and with an ambitious 5yr growth plan, the company wanted to improve throughput efficiencies and reduce performance variances.

About Customer

Berner Foods is a market-leading supplier of quality food products, including natural cheese, specialty performance cheese, processed cheese and soy beverages. The company is a private label manufacturer of foods and beverages including dips and cheese sauces. Its major manufacturing facility is located in Illinois and it maintains three distribution facilities. The company has an ambitious 5-year growth plan and is approaching full capacity.

Solution

The company implemented Ross ERP to manage inventory, costs and financing and Factory MES to improve factory operations and increase capacity through better utilization. Berner Food & Beverage also chose Pivotal CRM to manage its customer relationships. The Event Management Framework ties it all together and issues real-time alerts.

Impact #1	By leveraging these tailored solutions, the company has expanded its business from primarily cheese products to include beverages.
Impact #2	Plant capacity has increased through efficiency improvements and scheduling.
Impact #3	The Ross ERP system manages product margins.

Impact #1

By leveraging these tailored solutions, the company has expanded its business from primarily cheese products to include beverages.

Impact #2

Plant capacity has increased through efficiency improvements and scheduling.

Impact #3

The Ross ERP system manages product margins.

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Customer Success Berner Food & Beverage

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