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Traditional fabrics manufacturer founded in 1736 selects SAP Business One and ProcessForce

Old meets New as William Clark’s select FUEL as their new IT Partner to deliver the latest SAP Business One Financial Management and Manufacturing System   William Clark, situated in the rural village of Upperlands at the foot of the Sperrin Mountains, is one of the world’s oldest companies specialising in the manufacture of traditional […]

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Food and Beverage marketing kit now available in SAP Virtual Agency!

Industry related marketing makes you stand out in the crowd, by illustrating your domain expertise and relating to the customer, thus giving a competitive edge.   With great support from the SAP Business One global marketing team we have pulled together a full marketing pack for the Food and Beverage industry, to support our partners […]

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MicroChannel Services receives ProcessForce partner award 2016

“2015 was a very exciting year for ProcessForce, and we would like thank all our partners for their contribution and helping to grow the global footprint of our solutions. Winner of the SAP APJ Partner Excellence Award 2016 for SAP Business One: http://bit.ly/1O0Z8QM MicroChannel Services, headquartered in Australia  is the winner of both the ProcessForce […]

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How do Good Manufacturing Practices and ERP work together?

Within the Food and Beverage industry, a common voiced concern is audits and regulatory compliance, and across the industry there are many standards, such as Safe Quality Food (SQF), British Retail Consortium (BRC) and others which are HACCP based food safety and quality management systems   Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical […]

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Scheduling Allergen optimisation while improving on-time customer deliveries

Improving on-time customer deliveries, creates happier customers and ultimately improves cash flow. Therefore, when moving production orders to take in account changes to the planned schedule, it’s paramount to have the visibility if the changes will negatively impact the customers required delivery date.   But as a Food and Beverage manufacturer it’s not just a […]

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As a Food and Beverage company, does the FDA and BRC influence your Top 10 ERP manufacturing requirements?

As a result of greater reported health incidents due to poor labeling, cross contamination and false ingredient declaration across the global supply chain has led to increasing regulation. For example the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), with respect to Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for imports, the setting of a minimum recall standard of 4 hours […]

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Its all about the Fat

Within in our daily diet we should be aware of the amount of fat we are eating, both good and bad. But for the Dairy industry, fat is good and the more they get, the higher production yields of products such as cream and cheese will occur. As a consequence of making cheese, cream is […]

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The Complexities of Expiry Date Control

In a previous blog post we talked about yield and how this can be different from company to company and product to product, and for expiry date management this is very similar. The life of a product or an ingredient can vary greatly, for example making a frozen ready meal or a sterilized sauce the […]

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How to manage yield?

Yield is a very common requirement across many process and semi-process manufacturing industries and on the surface it looks very simple, but how enterprises manage yield varies considerably depending on the raw materials being consumed, the product or products being produced, and the production process. Some enterprises plan for yield to increase the amount of […]

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ProcessForce Product Update

As winners of the SAP Industry Solution Excellence Award 2014, our latest 9.1 PL06 and PL07 releases illustrate our continuous commitment to our industry verticals with a number of enhanced features and functions. Yield Planning and Analysis Yield is a common process manufacturing requirement, but how it’s managed in a business can vary greatly depending […]

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