Chefs on an ERP Roll
Customer Company Size
Mid-size Company
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- SYSPRO ERP
- Bar-Code for Impact
Tech Stack
- SQL Database
- Windows 2000
- RAID5
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Customer Satisfaction
- Cost Savings
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
- Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Applicable Industries
- Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Track & Trace of Assets
- Process Control & Optimization
Services
- System Integration
- Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
Two Chefs On A Roll Inc., in Carson, California, manufactures a full range of custom savory and bakery products in a state-of-the-art certified organic manufacturing facility. Founded by Culinary Institute of America graduates Lori Daniel and Eliot Swartz in 1985, the company began operations as a wholesale dessert company specializing in distinctly American sweets. Today, Two Chefs On A Roll produces 7 bakery and 10 savory product lines totaling approximately 100 stock keeping units which are marketed globally to food manufacturers, retail food outlets, and casual dining food services. The company’s success is an example of perfect market timing and product ingenuity. Founders Daniel and Swartz saw the requirement for easy-to-prepare gourmet dishes comprised of all natural ingredients and set about to develop quality products to fill the need. Using a combination of their culinary studies, restaurant background, and extensive world travels, they developed unique, tasty product lines to satisfy the pallet and today’s fast-paced lifestyle. Currently, more than 195 employees extend the vision, supporting preservative-free, all natural food manufacturing, and an unswerving dedication to quality products, superior service, and doing what others won’t.
The Challenge
It was the move to a new manufacturing facility in April 2003 that prompted Two Chefs to conduct a search for a new ERP software solution. When they relocated their manufacturing plant, tripling their physical space and manufacturing capacity, they realized it was also time to implement an ERP solution to support growth and future needs. Two Chefs had been using outmoded accounting software, which was not only limited in functionality, but was no longer being supported. Their “wish list” for the new system included an integrated solution and support for bar coding to reflect industry standards.
The Solution
After an extensive search, the choice narrowed to SYSPRO ERP software. In addition to extensive integrated ERP capabilities, SYSPRO also offered bar-coding support. More importantly, it provided in-depth lot traceability and allergen tracking throughout the manufacturing process, key requirements for quality food processing. Assessing the impact of the software, the food manufacturer agrees that SYSPRO enables them to react more quickly to changing market conditions and customer requests with added flexibility and knowledge. The software is integral to Two Chef’s purchasing decisions and material requirements planning (MRP) recommendations. Previously, purchasing and MRP decisions were calculated manually. Consequently, they feel SYSPRO has added functionality and better control and reporting of our manufacturing processes. While they are still fine-tuning implementation and establishing new reporting formats, Two Chefs has gained the lot traceability and allergen tracking required, and can properly measure product and customer profitability. Presently, Two Chefs On A Roll is in the process of implementing a bar-coding system to enable scanning and tracking all product movements throughout the plant from receiving, raw material storage, work-in-process, finished goods, and shipping. When fully functional, the bar-coding solution will further improve internal control of inventory and produce more accurate inventory information on which it can base purchasing decisions and better manage cash flow.
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