ERP SYSTEMS IN FOOD MANUFACTURING: HOW CAN THEY BENEFIT MANUFACTURERS AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN?
June 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
Food manufacturers, distributors and suppliers worldwide are looking to enterprise resource planning (ERP) computer systems to help streamline their businesses, and make the shift from using basic, disconnected food industry software. A holistic ERP system can replace multiple databases with a single, centralised data source, with information relating to products, services, customers and suppliers accessible by anyone in a company. These interconnected and robust systems can be powerful, integrating internal and external management information ...
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