Current state of the industry

The food & beverage industry is the lifeline of humankind and an ancient and evergreen industry. It has grown immeasurably along with economic development and advancement in scientific techniques. Not with standing the proliferation of emerging industries, the food industry has remained to be the largest manufacturing industry globally. The level of modernization of a nation's food industry is a key indication of the level of living quality of its people and the level of its development.

Business challenges

Coordinating the delivery time is extremely complex for the food & beverage industry.

Food manufacturers deal with several thousand products and diverse range of work processes (including fresh goods, refrigerated goods, goods in cold store and goods with good quality period) to service a wide range of customers including retailers, chain stores, independent shops, food & beverage service companies, restaurants and exporters.

The manufacturers are required to respond to the needs of retailers and customers at all times. They are also required to manage the supply chain process as well as ensure its timeliness.

Solutions

Microsoft Dynamics Navision can provide powerful application solutions for the food & beverage manufacturers. They can undertake rapid deployment of the integrated application programs at low cost, without any need for complex self-definition or carrying out lengthy project implementation.

• Use projected real-time sales information to uncover market trends and develop new products
• Exchange electronic data to achieve accurate decisions based on centralized data
• Bring forward deployment plan and undertakes effective integration of resources
• Comprehensive management of hosting, transportation, taxation and container shipment
• Monitor food specification and product quality management, and checks the status of the products
• Monitor the entire process and achieves large-scale business dealings

Customer’s benefits

Adjustment of product portfolio based on consumption trends

• Support changes in inventory and production plan
• Carry out adjustments in formula in order to adapt to constantly-changing batch scale
• Quicken introduction in the market through highly-effective integration of formula, manufacturing, finances and purchasing
• Manage complex marketing plans and sales incentive measures

Improvement of supply chain management

• Increase visibility of global supply chain
• Improve supply chain management and factory floor manufacturing processes to optimize manufacturing ability, purchased materials and inventory of finished products
• Provide single display to show real-time data from multiple institutions and departments
• Actively respond to issues concerning exhaustion of stock inventory
• Increase efficiency through harbor deployment and distribution plan

Monitor food safety

• Enable automation of key safety requirements such as HACCP and compliance measures
• Automatic tracking of raw materials and products at each stage
• Implement operating standards
• Improve and automates testing programs
• Achieve rapid and automatic recall through the use of batch records
• Shorten management response time