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News Release from: Sanderson | Subject: Shop Floor Integration
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2005
Shop floor integration solution for
cakes
Memory Lane Cakes is the latest company to take on the Shop Floor Integration solution from Sanderson, the leading UK-owned food, formulation and process industry software provider
Memory Lane Cakes, part of the Finsbury Food Group, is the latest company to take on the Shop Floor Integration solution from Sanderson, the leading UK-owned food, formulation and process industry software provider Worth over GBP100,000, the new contract will revolutionise recipe weighing and is part of a 4-phase project to integrate shop floor production and warehouse operations with the rest of the business
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 4 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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This will drive out inefficiencies and position the pre-pack cake manufacturer to embrace aggressive expansion plans through organic and acquisitive growth.
Under the contract, Sanderson will replace several standalone weigh scales at the Memory Lane Cakes Cardiff site and the Nicholas and Harris premises in Salisbury, with 14 weigh scales and touch screen PCs.
These will link into a central Sanderson server currently used to manage sales and financial processes.
Shop floor staff will be able to enter data directly onto the server creating a centralised recipe record that will replace duplicate copies currently held on weigh scales, the Sanderson system and paper files.
Live recipe data will significantly improve traceability and increase control of recipe weighing.
By replacing weekly variance information with accurate reports that monitor daily 'waste', problem areas can be rectified immediately to reduce raw material giveaway.
The flexibility of the Sanderson software also allows new sites to be quickly incorporated into existing operations, as the business expands or new companies are acquired.
According to Gary Evans, the Memory Lane IT project manager: "The existing weighing solution was too restrictive to meet today's industry requirements or our company's demands.
Despite a competitive tender we chose the Sanderson solution as it was the best fit for our business.
Although we could have created interfaces to integrate solutions from other vendors, they just didn't match the functionality or the experience offered by Sanderson.
Steve Fisher, Account Director, Sanderson said: "The successful move by Memory Lane Cakes from SAP to Sanderson software and the seamless integration of Nicholas and Harris into wider Group operations, demonstrates the Sanderson ability to meet the requirements of food organisations, both large and small.
We look forward to working with Finsbury Food Group to meet their long term growth objectives.".
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