Access Supply Chain is the recipe for success at Imagefarm
Press Release - Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Rapid growth and an increasing market demand for product innovation have inspired frozen food manufacturer, Imagefarm, to replace its existing business software solution with Access Supply Chain.
Founded in 1990 and based in north-west London, Imagefarm manufactures added-value frozen foods; primarily whole-muscle and reformed poultry products for the food service sector. An independently-owned company, its customers include restaurant groups and brewery chains. The company takes particular pride in its ability to create innovative new recipes in its in-house development kitchen, offering a bespoke development service for customers as well as continually adding to the Imagefarm branded range.
Imagefarm was experiencing rapid growth and its existing business system – a combination of accounting software and spreadsheets – was beginning to feel the strain. Systems analyst and implementation project manager, Ian Lycett, commented, “We knew we needed to introduce significant changes to maintain the level of efficiency we’d become accustomed to. We wanted an integrated solution that would allow us to consolidate our information and improve its visibility throughout the company. That was critical if we were to go on making well-informed and timely decisions as the business continued to expand.”
After an extensive 10-month review of the market, the company selected the Access Supply Chain system. “The software jumped through every hoop and the professionalism demonstrated by the people at Access was instrumental in our decision to select them as our supplier - we knew we’d be very comfortable working with them,” commented Ian.
Ian expects the new system to help bring about immediate improvements in communication and collaboration across the business as a result of the improved visibility of information: “As soon as a sales order comes in, it will be visible to everybody – we expect that to contribute significantly to the effectiveness of our purchasing, planning and scheduling. We will build on those improvements, using the system’s innate flexibility to help automate some of our more time-consuming processes.”
Regular introduction of new products is vital for Imagefarm to maintain its competitive edge. The Access Supply Chain system will allow synchronisation of the costing formats used by new product development and the factory, ensuring new recipe costs are based on live production figures. Ian concluded, “Access Supply Chain will support the introduction of new recipes into the factory by allowing us to refine costings through information gathered during production trials and subsequent production runs. That will allow us to really nail down our costs.”
For more information on Access Supply Chain or its software solutions, contact Claire Moore on 0845 170 8888 or visit www.access-supplychain.com/
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About Access Supply Chain
Access Supply Chain specialises in the provision of manufacturing and distribution solutions for small, medium and large companies.
The Access Supply Chain software is a modular Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that helps manage and facilitate the operations of most vertical industry companies.
Modules cover every procedure from purchasing of raw materials, automation of works orders, bill of materials, scheduling and traceability, to costing, quotations, SFDC, warehousing and despatch.
With its scalable modular structure, excellent functionality and flexibility, the Access Supply Chain software combines all the advantages of a standard packaged software with the fit of a bespoke solution. It has limitless potential for integration and can be deployed with complete confidence in every part of the organisation.
Access Supply Chain recently received major honours at the Best of British IT Manufacturing Awards 2007 with two of its customers, winning 'best use of IT in supply chain management' and being highly commended for 'best use of IT in manufacturing and business management'. It was also recognised at The Manufacturer Awards 2007, when one of its customers won the 'IT in Manufacturing' category, and for its pivotal role in helping sister company Access Accounting win the title of Financial Software Provider of the Year at the Real FD/CBI FD's Excellence Awards 2007.
Access Supply Chain is part of the Access Technology Group of business software companies. Formed in 1991, Access was one of the first software vendors to recognise the huge potential of the Windows® operating system and to harness Microsoft® applications for the benefit of its clients, delivering them significant commercial advantage.
For further information contact:
Helen Carpenter
Head of Group PR
T: 01206 322575
F: 01206 322956
E: helen.carpenter@access-accounts.com
W: www.access-supplychain.com
