Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
Pizza Joe’s Deploys Cloud-Based Aptean Food & Beverage ERP for Impressive Operational Improvements Industry
Food & Beverage
Challenges
» Outdated system lacked essential
functionality and delivered a poor user experience
» Limited visibility into financial data impacted decision-making
» Inaccurate inventory counts required a costly reconciliation process
Benefits
» Fully modernized solution helping to ensure robust ROI
» High degree of data accessibility
facilitates more informed purchasing
» Comprehensive inventory management features boost precision
In 1980, when Joe “Pizza Joe” Seminara opened the first Pizza Joe’s in New Castle, Pennsylvania, he had a vision for what was to come—a successful chain with many locations, all serving delicious pies and other Italian-inspired favorites. Within a few years, he’d opened additional locations in the local area and gained the support of the community. The first independently owned franchise opened in March 1985 in nearby Ellwood City, and many more followed. Today a subsidiary of Classi-Co Foods, Pizza Joe’s has 39 locations in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. The business repacks various frozen, cool and dry ingredients at their corporate facility in New Castle and sells those to franchises. The company also manufactures frozen dough at that facility for sale to approximately 20 of the locations. Jerry Dugan, controller for Pizza Joe’s, was brought on three years ago and immediately became involved in the search for a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to replace the outdated system that was in place. That marked the beginning of a fruitful digital transformation journey powered by Aptean.