Retail Ready Foods Gains Flexibility with Blue Link

Founded in 1996, Retail Ready Foods Inc. distributes meat products to independent retailers throughout Ontario, consolidating the distribution of products from manufacturers and meat packers throughout North America. Inventory is over 3000 items, including fresh beef, pork, poultry, processed meat and deli products, with approximately 500 items in use at any one time.

RRF had an in-house system that was cumbersome for report generation, inefficient for inventory tracking, and was generally out of date for the company’s growing business needs.

RRF needed a flexible new system to track inventory (including at one 3rd party warehouse), invoicing, and reporting processes. It had to be flexible enough to administer the multiple units of measurement used by RRF, including shipping by the case, and invoicing by weight; promotional pricing; and occasional incentive offers.

The company wanted a system to replace the one it had, to speed-up reporting and inventory management, but also to reduce the risks associated with having an outdated system. The company wanted the flexibility to allow for temporary special pricing to assess sales changes, and volume discounts to increase sales as well as a system that would manage and control inventory, allowing accurate invoicing in one system.

After much consideration, the Blue Link solution was determined as the best fit for the business as it was a system customizable to suit the flexibility and inventory tracking needs. Blue Link worked with Retail Ready Foods Inc. to customize and integrate all their out-dated systems into one efficient application. As RRF went live on their new business management software, Blue Link helped RRF to set up the network, easing implementation.

According to Marc Jones, IT Manager, the implementation was extremely successful in achieving Retail Ready Foods Inc.’s objectives of streamlining time-consuming business processes, providing accurate and timely information to management and staff, and ensuring secure, timely updates and troubleshooting processes for the entire system. “Blue Link is very client-focused, and has always been concerned about our unique needs. Blue Link will seek out viable solutions for any ERP issue or need that arises… and provides timely and effective support by people who know the system inside out.”

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