Worcestershire-based pet food firm Fish4Dogs has selected Microsoft Gold Partner In2grate Business Solutions to supply its ERP and warehouse management system.
Explaining that Fish4Dogs expects to gain instant visibility of key business information as well as inventory management and traceability, financial controller John Bethell says that In2grate stood out.
"The consultant had taken the time to understand the business and could show us how the system would be configured for our needs," he says. Also, Microsoft Dynamics NAV is ... readily configurable, which means we won't be faced with bespoke programming and the usual associated costs," he adds.
Other benefits he anticipates include significant efficiency and service level improvements, through the automation of business processes.
"Our existing software packages do not provide the full control within the warehouse we require as a food company," continues Bethell.
"They were installed about four years ago and we've grown seven-fold since then... We needed a system that would help us to understand what we have in stock and where it is. We also need batch control and traceability for food products through the system."
Bethell says that the Microsoft Dynamics NAV-based system will automate this and eliminate the paper records, providing real-time track and trace using barcodes.