John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

Location:  Elk Grove, Illinois, USA

Industry:  Food & Beverage

Company Description: John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc. is a processor, packager, marketer and distributor of shelled and in-shell nuts. They also market and distribute other food and snack items including peanut butter, candy and natural snacks and trail mixes. They are sold worldwide under private labels and also under the company’s Evon’s, Fisher, Snack ‘N Serve Nut Bowl, Sunshine Country, Flavor Tree and Texas Pride brand names.

Challenges:

• To process large volumes of customer orders with accuracy and speed
• Needed reliability and flexibility in their EDI system in order to process customer orders without delays
• Manual processing

Solution: QAD MFG/PRO version 9.0, SP6 with QAD EDI eCommerce and Sterling Commerce’s Gentran NT Server

Results:

• Implemented in approximately 6 months
• Highly efficient management of product lines by JBSS brands and private labels
• Ability to meet any and all customer requirements, from basic EDI to highly complex demands
• Elimination of manual processes, reducing costs associated with paper-based processing and the errors that arise from manual data entry