SPC Ardmona Limited

Location: Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

Industry: Food & Beverage

Company Description: SPC Ardmona Limited is a leading Australian processor and marketer of premium quality food products for both domestic and international markets. Two fruit processing operations were merged in January 2002 to create SPC Ardmona Limited.

Challenges:

• Different operating platforms were being used
• Increased need for a scalable platform for sales, manufacturing and EDI functions
• Needing to fulfill customer and supplier needs while positioning the company to move into eCommerce
• Reducing overall costs

Solution: QAD Enterprise Applications for order entry, manufacturing and EDI

Results:

• Integrated two operating systems into one
• Two-phased project completed on time and on budget
• Overall 10 percent plus reduction in IT costs
• Lower procurement and supply chain costs
• Increased scalability to better accommodate dynamic business growth