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News Release from: Sanderson | Subject: Finsbury Food
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 July 2008
Business intelligence for Finsbury Food
Group
Sanderson, the publicly owned UK provider of software solutions for the food and process industries, has won a contract to supply its Business Intelligence solution to Finsbury Food Group
Finsbury Food Group is one of the leading UK manufacturers of premium cakes and breads The group has grown rapidly in the last two years and doubled sales to GBP150 million
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 5 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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With the acquisition in 2007 of Lightbody Cakes, the leading supplier of birthday cakes, and Anthony Alan Foods, cake licensees for the best selling Weight Watchers brand, the Group now employs over 2500 people in the UK.
Sanderson provides its Formul8 food and processing solution to Finsbury Food Group to manage its Memory Lane, Nicholas and Harris and Campbells Cakes subsidiaries.
Phil Batchelor, Group Commercial Director, explains why the Group chose Sanderson to implement its Business Intelligence solution following the latest series of acquisitions: "As one of the biggest bakery suppliers dealing with the major grocery multiples, it is vital we have instant access to sales management information such as: sales turnover, sales volume, gross margin and performance versus previous years.
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Sanderson has been a valued partner of Finsbury Foods for several years and its Business Intelligence solution was a great fit for our sales information needs".
The Sanderson Business Intelligence solution will enable Finsbury Foods to analyse consolidated data from all of the Group subsidiaries.
Accessible via the internet, the system has powerful reporting and analysis tools, that will also allow key users from each subsidiary to easily analyse and monitor individual business performance.
The integrated Sanderson system reduces the time taken to produce sales and financial figures, helping to improve the responsiveness and efficiency of management decision-making.
Each subsidiary will be able to produce sales figures based on the financial year of their customers as well as their own, enabling them to identify and capitalise on sales trends.
Batchelor continued: "The Sanderson Business Intelligence system offers a very flexible and powerful platform which is also user-friendly.
As it can be accessed remotely using a web browser, the entire Group will benefit from the extensive reporting and analysis functions in the software".
Roger Stares, Managing Director, Food and Process Industries at Sanderson commented: "We are delighted to extend our relationship with Finsbury Food Group with our Business Intelligence solution.
With instantaneous access to accurate data analysis, the software will help the Group and its subsidiaries increase business responsiveness and optimise decision-making".
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