The world of Business inventory management software often referred to as Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP, comprises a huge world of options, vendors, and applications, the following videos may help. Also check Capterra.com…you won’t regret it!

Bay Area Bakery Sweetens Operations With New Technologies

Bay area based Sugar Bowl Bakery sells and ships its baked donuts, brownies and pastries to retailers Starbucks, Costco and Safeway every day. The small business averages yearly sales of more than 40 million dollars and recently spent 400000 dollars on an IT makeover to help streamline operations. Correspondent Sumi Das interviews Sugar Bowl Bakery president Andrew Ly and general manager Michael Ly about the various technologies the SMB is using to manage its operations, from deploying inventory management software to building new cooking systems that help the bakery produce their products in mass volume.

Spühl AG Chose Epicor

“Our core business is production so every department uses the Epicor software . The MRP-module has had the largest positive impact and our Just-in-Time capabilities have increased. and we have full global and multilingual support. The integrated Epicor solution has reduced education costs, improved data consistency, and provided global support. Implementing Epicor has been a win/win situation.” Paul Krämer, Spühl AG. The Story: Business Challenges: The need for a single, integrated system built on Microsoft standards for integration with MS-Office via ODBC for executing a process re-engineering and just-in-time manufacturing improvement. A solution that would allow Spühl AG to innovate, connect with customers during manufacturing and design process, and cut down on order-to-delivery time. To remain competitive, Spühl AG needed faster production at less cost. Solution : Epicor is a tightly integrated and industry-specific end-to-end ERP, CRM and SCM solution, targeting the divisions of Global 1000 corporations and large local and regional companies worldwide. Business Benefits: – Order-to-Delivery time and errors were drastically improved – Global support and integration allowed for actual Just-in-Time methodology – Manufacturing operating costs were reduced – Increased flexibility and easy to use system for quickly realizing any necessary business adjustments The Results: “Working with the program is easy. Next, we’re implementing on-line purchase order and on-line spare part order. Overall, delivery time has been reduced, improving customer service, but, it was the sum of all functions that Epicor offered that was important to us.”