Aptean Food & Beverage ERP LINKFRESH Edition
Aptean Food & Beverage ERP Gives Moulton Bulb Co. Greater Visibility and Profitability Accurate data capture and reporting puts produce business in a position for growth Industry
Food & Beverage
Challenges
» Reliant on cumbersome
paper-based record keeping
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Need for greater traceability throughout supply chain
Benefits
» Greater accessibility of KPI and management reports
» Confidence in accurate, realtime data and metrics
Established in 1979, Moulton Bulb Company Ltd. is one of the largest suppliers of onions, garlic and shallots to the UK market. The company supplies more than 1,700 tons of onions each week to customers including Asda, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Co-operative Food and Iceland Foods, amounting to more than 25% of the UK’s supermarket requirement. Headquartered in Moulton, the company employs 300 staff responsible for grading, packing, labeling and distributing whole and prepared alliums supplied both from its own farm and a specially selected group of growers from the length and breadth of the UK. Technology is at the forefront of Moulton Bulb’s operations, and the company is focused on process innovation to improve quality and drive cost out of the business. In fact, the factory features the only fully automatic robotic onion peelers in the world.
Enabling Growth In order to drive the business forward, the management team identified a need for greater visibility and easier access of management information and improved structure to the production process.