Geac wins contract
Corporation, has announced that it has won a £200,000
(€315,000)contract with ZPC Mieszko, one of Poland's leading
manufacturers of sweets, biscuits and crackers.
Geac Enterprise Solutions, the UK-based division of Geac Computer Corporation, has announced that it has won a £200,000 (€315,000)contract with ZPC Mieszko, one of Poland's leading manufacturers of sweets, biscuits and crackers.
Mieszko has selected System21 Food, Geac's enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution designed specifically for the food industry. System21 will help the company to effectively perform lot traceability and transport planning on over 50 dispatches made each day. The system is scheduled to be live by the end of 2002.
System21 Food, incorporating financials, distribution and manufacturing, will be linked to an IBM iSeries for 48 users within Mieszko. The solution will provide the company with quality management functionality including recipe and specification management, new product development, traceability and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) with both EDI and Internet connectivity.
Mieszko is expected to benefit from a more stable system, reduced downtime and cost savings through more effective stock control, specifically in the areas of packaging and goods packaging demand planning.
"We chose System21 because of its proven track record and excellent customer references both in the food industry and within Poland," commented Mieszko general manager Tomasz Gajdzinski. "System21, based on the IBM platform, will enhance the development of our IT infrastructure and enable us to better control company costs."
Capabilities of System21 not found in Mieszko's prior ERP implementations include transport planning, lot traceability for finished goods, semi-finished products and raw materials, and the ability to issue goods according to FIFO (First In First Out) inventory convention. As a company, Mieszko has grown tenfold in the last 10 years and the Geac solution will assist in its continuing strategy of expansion through acquisition. Mieszko also looks forward to introducing eCommerce and CRM applications in the future.
System21 Food has been acknowledged as a leading performer in the industry and has helped hundreds of organisations such as Dairy Crest, Hygrade Foods, Lindt & Sprungli and Freshbake Foods grow their businesses and benefit from the integration of Geac ERP solutions. System21 Food is completely Web-enabled, allowing companies to launch themselves as eBusinesses, and uses advanced technology to enable continuous process improvement and business transformation.
