Phocas Gives Heritage Brands A Clear View Of Business

Heritage Brands is an Australian owned business that caters nationally for the health, wellness and beauty markets. Based in Melbourne, Heritage Brands sells direct to the major mass variety retailers and over 4,500 pharmacies Australia-wide.

As a result of a recent merger, Heritage Brands restructured its sales force to cope with increased sales volume and develop growth strategies. Having the sales force perform at optimum efficiency required immediate access to up-to-date sales information and analysis - something the current ERP system didn't adequately provide.

Heritage identified the need for a Business Intelligence solution that would allow them to merge all data from a range of disparate systems into one central database and chose to deploy Phocas Business Intelligence Software in the central office in Melbourne while Phocas Mobile was implemented for their sales representatives on the road.

Phocas has been fundamental in the restructuring of Heritage Brand’s sales force and has allowed the company to perform gap and sales analysis quickly and effectively to target customers for other products. In addition, Heritage can now identify small problems before they become big problems, and quickly see what product lines have dropped off and why.

To learn more about Phocas Business Intelligence and read additional business case studies, visit the Phocas Blog.

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R. Hamilton & Co. Launches Modern And Personalized ERP With Infor

Electrical accessories manufacturer, R. Hamilton & Co., recently announced that they have deployed Infor CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine) for improved data handling and business intelligence.

The new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application will support two locations in the United Kingdom, and help improve decision-making and reduce business continuity risks.

With a previous system that was over 20 years old and heavily customized, Hamilton maintenance and support was managed in-house and was reliant on a limited number of personnel, exposing the company to risk. This bottleneck also restricted the flow of information around the business and limited opportunities to implement changes to the business in a fast, effective manner.

Following a thorough review of the market, Infor CloudSuite Industrial was chosen on the basis of better functionality and the ease with which screens, data and reports could be personalized. Before going live with the new system, Hamilton performed essential personalization to ensure that the business could take customer orders (at an average of 1,300 lines per day), produce job documentation for shop floor, process the shipping of orders, purchase stock, invoice customers and pay vendors.

To read more about the Hamilton implementation, and review additional Infor business case studies, visit the Infor Customer Newsroom.

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Ring’s End Lumber Selects Epicor For Inventory Data Collection

Ring's End Lumber was founded in 1902 in Darien, Connecticut. Today, it is one of Connecticut's most prominent retail lumber, millwork, and building specialties companies. In addition, the company has vastly improved the speed and accuracy of their physical inventory counts by collaborating with Epicor to help design wireless bar code scanning guns that automatically synchronize with the Epicor ECS Pro system. The result is the Epicor Inventory Management Assistant.

Ring's End has one of the largest and most diverse inventories in its area. While they can satisfy the needs of a wide variety of customers, it also creates considerable business challenges. Previously, Ring's End used a homegrown solution for inventory counting which was vulnerable to human errors such as double-counting or overlooked stock. Data collected on wired scanning guns had to be manually entered into the ERP system, making the process susceptible to further errors.

Since the implementation of the Epicor Inventory Management Assistant, employees simply scan inventory items in its eleven retail locations with the Epicor wireless guns. A worksheet environment is created directly on the handheld units. The new system notifies users about inventory discrepancies during the scanning process and direct uploads to the server reduce errors by eliminating manual data entry. Because the new system enables easy cycle counting throughout the year, it is anticipated that Ring's End will be able to completely eliminate the need to do yearend counts.

In addition, the system improves customer service. In the past, if a customer inquired about a product, employees had to physically verify that the merchandise was in stock. Today, because the company can count inventory on a more regular basis with greater accuracy, personnel can be confident that the information on their screens is correct.

To learn more about the Ring's End case study, visit the Epicor Newsroom. Epicor Software Corporation delivers business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services industries. With 40 years of experience, Epicor has more than 20,000 customers in over 150 countries.

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Demand Solutions Placed Among Top Food Logistics Technology Providers

Demand Management Inc., a global supply chain planning software company that offers affordable, easy-to-use tools for manufacturers and distributors, recently announced that it has been named one of Food Logistics’ FL100+ Software and Technology providers for 2014. The listing, which has been compiled for the past eleven years, appears in the November/December 2014 issue of Food Logistics. This is the sixth year that Demand Management's Demand Solutions has be recognized by the publication. Demand Solutions is a supply chain planning suite for forecast management, demand planning, collaborative forecasting and inventory planning as well as modules for advanced planning and scheduling (APS), sales and operations planning (SOP) and point of sale analysis.

The Food Logistics editorial staff reviews dozens of applications before selecting a list of honorees. The list not only honors outstanding companies, but also serves as a valuable resource guide for the magazine’s readers. The editors of Food Logistics—the only publication dedicated exclusively to the global food and beverage supply chain—annually profile software and technology providers that hold influential roles in the global food and beverage supply chain. These companies offer products that reduce food waste, extend shelf life, facilitate safe and sanitary transportation of products, assure regulatory compliance, and deliver a host of other benefits.

“Being named to the FL100+ for a sixth time is a tremendous honor for our company,” said Bill Harrison, president of Demand Management.

To read more about the Demand Solutions supply chain planning suite, visit their website.

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