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Sage Enterprise Intelligence: a smart choice for Ganong Bros.

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
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 chocolates 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 decided to adopt 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. For example, the company has a separate forecasting database and Sage Enterprise Intelligence easily links to it and allows Ganong to incorporate that data in its queries. Sage Enterprise Intelligence includes a number of predefined data views that Ganong staff made immediate use of. These prebuilt templates enabled Ganong to hit the ground running, with many of them used as is, and others modified to fit specific requirements. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

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 chocolates 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 decided to adopt 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. For example, the company has a separate forecasting database and Sage Enterprise Intelligence easily links to it and allows Ganong to incorporate that data in its queries. Sage Enterprise Intelligence includes a number of predefined data views that Ganong staff made immediate use of. These prebuilt templates enabled Ganong to hit the ground running, with many of them used as is, and others modified to fit specific requirements.

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, saving time for staff.

Benefit #1

Sage Enterprise Intelligence is twice as fast as former reporting tools, saving time for staff.

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Sage Enterprise Intelligence: a smart choice for Ganong Bros.

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