CASE STUDY / FOOD PACKAGING

Connecting companies
and plants
with Epicor ERP

From separate records to a shared view of production, inventory and sales in one database.

Multi CompanyMulti PlantManufacturing & Trading

Illustrative food packaging factory with foil trays, baking cups and paper containers — Illustrative industry image

BusinessFood packaging manufacturing & trading

StructureMultiple companies • Multiple plants

Sales channelsB2B • B2C • Modern Trade • Online

THE CHALLENGE

Separate information obscures the overall picture

Before ERP, the group relied on small systems and separate records. Each company and plant maintained its own information. Inventory discrepancies and Excel consolidation made a group-wide view difficult. Goods were moved to a consolidation location before delivery, but work and transfer status could not be tracked promptly.

Inventory spread across locations
Disconnected working systems
Delayed work and transfer visibility
Management waits for data consolidation

CONNECTED OPERATIONS

Adeptus connects operational information

Illustration of food packaging prepared for dispatch, cartons and a delivery truck

Adeptus implemented Epicor ERP with Multi Company to reduce working steps and connect production, inventory, transfers, sales and accounting. This supports cross-company and cross-plant review for a business combining manufacturing with buy-and-resell trading.

BUSINESS OUTCOMES

Operational visibility from factory to management

Production and costing

Production results are visible when recorded, together with the cost of each production job.

Inventory and transfers

Shared inventory information and traceable transfers between plants.

Good output and scrap

Production records show good and scrap quantities.

Sales by plant

Sales reports for each plant are available in one database.

Forward delivery preparation

Visibility of future sales orders helps prepare goods for dispatch.

System-based accounting close

Accounting close uses transactions recorded through operational processes.

GROWING WITH ERP

From the first project to further group adoption

After seeing the benefits of the first implementation, other companies in the group gradually adopted ERP as well.

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