Food & Beverage ERP Solutions

We will precisely map out your needs, wants, and how you would ideally use new automated solutions across your wholesale distribution company, whether you are primarily agricultural, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, or retail.

We will guide you through selecting the best fit and most cost-effective business applications to tackle all the complexities of the Food & Beverage industry. This includes contract negotiation services, where it is essential to have a 3rd party like us that lives and breathes ERP software and can save you both funds and future headaches.

After finalizing your software and services contracts, EAG stays with you to oversee your implementation until you successfully go live.  We will oversee integrations, data migration, change management, budgets, design and configuration, walkthroughs, training, testing, and go-live cutover and will provide executive and project sponsor support throughout the duration of your project.

• Forecasting relies on the aggregation of numerous data points from across systems and is largely influenced by sales fulfillment history rather than actual historical customer demand.
• Manually traced origin data and other vital producer information, causing inconsistencies and errors.
• Lack of visibility creates cumbersome inventory location transfers.
• Current system is unable to provide meaningful customer information across a range of requirements, from order status and purchase history to pricing product identification information.
• Difficult to track food lot traceability between raw materials and finished goods.

• Inventory management and planning are bottlenecked by reliance on multiple systems and complex rules/approvals surrounding order allocation.
• Disparate data across systems leads to missed pricing opportunities.
• Manual process for planning manufacturing capacity, demand plan, raw material lead times, etc.
• Poor visibility across systems complicates the management of transportation and logistics operations.
• Insufficient integration between internal systems requires duplicate data entry and creates fulfillment difficulties.

Our rapidly-growing mid-market clients are already very busy with their day jobs and do not have time to become ERP experts.  Though your key people still have to devote some time to an ERP initiative, hiring an ERP consultant frees them up to focus on the important ERP decisions while keeping the focus on their day job.

The more complex your business, the more likely for difficulty when selecting and implementing software.  ERP Advisors Group will help you uncover your true needs and will only vet the most viable options for your size, requirements, resources, and strategy.

We will create your requirements document and demonstration script with your food and beverage industry best practices in mind while retaining what is unique to them, leaving out the manual workarounds.

Many clients hire us when they suspect there will be a business case for new software, especially in a distribution company on legacy applications.  ERP Advisors Group helps stakeholders buy into what is best for the company by getting their input at multiple stages including the Needs Analysis, Selection, and Implementation.

A frequent complaint we hear from prospects who tried to select software on their own is feeling confused about the software's capabilities.  We have vendors show your requirements during their product demonstrations.  This ensures you feel confident about selecting the best products to meet your needs.

We negotiate tens of millions of dollars of deals every year for our clients.  We provide contract reviews on all terms and conditions, including software, services, and every agreement embedded throughout the contract. Our clients receive price protection for many years to come on their purchases. While we don't guarantee it in writing, we normally save our fees on this step alone. Check out our Guide to Contract Negotiations.

• Easy and comprehensive forecasting influenced by sales fulfillment history and customer demand.
• Automatically combined demand plans, manufacturing capacity, production schedules, inventory levels, and purchasing lead times into developing plans.
• Integration between systems provides visibility during the fulfillment process.
• Single source of information for planning, scheduling, and order allocation.
• Automation around transportation scheduling, status, and cost tracking, with easy data entry for critical shipping details.
• Automation of purchasing processes and detailed framework for cost visibility.

• Production and material requirements planning, including issuance of raw materials and receipt of finished goods, resulting in increased productivity.
• Analytics function is automated and accurate, providing quality source data and reports.
• Reduced manual work allows business data to be integrated and accessible.
• Automated offer and sales order processes are integrated into email.
• Container and shipment information, locations, and lead times allow for tracking inventory in disparate locations.