Irn-Bru manufacturer live and pumping on QAD ERP upgrade

The company, which also manufactures Rubicon, Strathmore and the Barr range of carbonated products, says it deployed the new ERP software to improve user efficiency and reduce operational costs across its supply chain. Alex Short, finance director at AG Barr, explains that the firm is growing rapidly and that the software will support all four of its production plants in Scotland and Wales – with QAD's Microsoft .Net-based user interface enabling wider employee participation. He also cites critical improvements as automating the company's workflows and providing industry best practice processes that support, for example, lot traceability, while also streamlining communication with suppliers. "We have successfully gone live on the latest release of QAD Enterprise Applications and anticipate the new user interface will help us quickly realise the benefits from this upgrade," comments Short. "In the coming months, we will continue to work towards reducing our IT footprint and complexity, and we also plan to extend our use of QAD Enterprise Applications with QAD's Trade Management and Fixed Assets modules," he adds.