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Sage Enterprise Intelligence: a smart choice for Ganong Bros.

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Procurement
Use Cases	Inventory Management Predictive Maintenance
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	Ganong Bros. Limited (Ganong) has been producing some of the finest chocolate and confectioneries in Canada for the past 140 years. The company operates from three locations across the country and ships its products to various mass merchandisers, drug stores, and grocery chains. Despite its long history and tradition, Ganong's operations are decidedly twenty-first century, with the company continually investing in tools and technology that enable it to run in a lean and efficient manner. However, Ganong was facing a challenge with its complex financial statements, which include more than nine million entries. The company was using Sage ERP X3 as its financial, manufacturing, and distribution solution, but it lacked a more efficient way to produce its complex financial statements. Read More
About Customer	Ganong Bros. Limited (Ganong) is a Canadian company that has been producing some of the finest chocolate and confectioneries for the past 140 years. The company operates from three locations across the country and its chocolates are shipped to various mass merchandisers, drug stores, and grocery chains including National Grocers, Sobeys, Shoppers Drug Mart, Wal-Mart, Safeway, Metro, and London Drugs. Despite its long history and tradition, Ganong's operations are decidedly twenty-first century, with the company continually investing in tools and technology that enable it to run in a lean and efficient manner. Ganong was an early adopter of Sage Enterprise Intelligence, a data analysis and reporting solution that delivers the strategic data the company uses to make the best business decisions. Read More
Solution	Ganong adopted Sage Enterprise Intelligence, a data analysis and reporting solution that delivers the strategic data the company uses to make the best business decisions. The reach of Sage Enterprise Intelligence goes beyond the Sage ERP X3 database, allowing Ganong to easily include other databases and spreadsheet files in its queries. The solution includes a number of predefined data views that Ganong staff made immediate use of, enabling them to hit the ground running. The dynamic, flexible nature of Sage Enterprise Intelligence saves both time and frustration, allowing users to add or remove columns and subtotals, hide or highlight data, and add the filters they want. They can then save that view for quick recall. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Procurement

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Predictive Maintenance

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

Ganong Bros. Limited (Ganong) has been producing some of the finest chocolate and confectioneries in Canada for the past 140 years. The company operates from three locations across the country and ships its products to various mass merchandisers, drug stores, and grocery chains. Despite its long history and tradition, Ganong's operations are decidedly twenty-first century, with the company continually investing in tools and technology that enable it to run in a lean and efficient manner. However, Ganong was facing a challenge with its complex financial statements, which include more than nine million entries. The company was using Sage ERP X3 as its financial, manufacturing, and distribution solution, but it lacked a more efficient way to produce its complex financial statements.

About Customer

Ganong Bros. Limited (Ganong) is a Canadian company that has been producing some of the finest chocolate and confectioneries for the past 140 years. The company operates from three locations across the country and its chocolates are shipped to various mass merchandisers, drug stores, and grocery chains including National Grocers, Sobeys, Shoppers Drug Mart, Wal-Mart, Safeway, Metro, and London Drugs. Despite its long history and tradition, Ganong's operations are decidedly twenty-first century, with the company continually investing in tools and technology that enable it to run in a lean and efficient manner. Ganong was an early adopter of Sage Enterprise Intelligence, a data analysis and reporting solution that delivers the strategic data the company uses to make the best business decisions.

Solution

Ganong adopted Sage Enterprise Intelligence, a data analysis and reporting solution that delivers the strategic data the company uses to make the best business decisions. The reach of Sage Enterprise Intelligence goes beyond the Sage ERP X3 database, allowing Ganong to easily include other databases and spreadsheet files in its queries. The solution includes a number of predefined data views that Ganong staff made immediate use of, enabling them to hit the ground running. The dynamic, flexible nature of Sage Enterprise Intelligence saves both time and frustration, allowing users to add or remove columns and subtotals, hide or highlight data, and add the filters they want. They can then save that view for quick recall.

Impact #1	Real-time financial, sales, inventory, purchasing, manufacturing information is now easily obtained and is strategically used to boost efficiency and minimize waste.
Impact #2	Four reporting programs were replaced with a single, easy-to-learn tool, minimizing the learning curve and reducing the need for IT resources.
Impact #3	Just 15 Sage Enterprise Intelligence queries replaced 100+ separate queries, streamlining the reporting process.

Impact #1

Real-time financial, sales, inventory, purchasing, manufacturing information is now easily obtained and is strategically used to boost efficiency and minimize waste.

Impact #2

Four reporting programs were replaced with a single, easy-to-learn tool, minimizing the learning curve and reducing the need for IT resources.

Impact #3

Just 15 Sage Enterprise Intelligence queries replaced 100+ separate queries, streamlining the reporting process.

Benefit #1	Sage Enterprise Intelligence is twice as fast as former reporting tools, reducing time spent looking for data.

Benefit #1

Sage Enterprise Intelligence is twice as fast as former reporting tools, reducing time spent looking for data.

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Sage Enterprise Intelligence: a smart choice for Ganong Bros.

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