VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing
Reaps 200% Growth for Park 100 Foods, Inc.Park 100 Foods, Inc., had a clear vision of the future - cut costs, increase productivity, enhance employee performance and grow exponentially. They succeeded with Columbus IT, Microsoft Dynamics NAV and VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing. Leading edge technology ensured rapid ROI with new sales, expanded customer service, improved communications and time saving functionality efficiency.
Outdated Accounting System Inhibits Expansion
Expanded manufacturing facilities, new products and an ever increasing customer base stretched Park 100 Foods 15-year old Genesis accounting system to its limit. Expansion was both a blessing and an ever-increasing liability.
Genesis had severe limitations and never lived up to its initial expectations. Time consuming, operational complications, restrictive functionality, cumbersome data output, and just as significant, insufficient post-implementation training left employees both frustrated and ill-prepared. A strategic business plan brought Park 100 Foods to the pinnacle of success, yet growth was not going to continue without an infrastructure investment to drive the company’s forward mobility.
An ever-sophisticated and demanding customer base, coupled with new, stringent FDA requirements for ingredient labeling and processing required a flexible, scalable and user friendly solution. They found all this and more with Columbus IT’s VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing solution.
“Timing was perfect, we received a telemarketing call - we needed a new system, Dynamics NAV was based on Microsoft technology, easy to use, user friendly. We didn’t have time to compare, we saw what VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing solution could do – it delivered,” says Thom Bondus, CFO, Park 100 Foods, Inc.
“VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing could do everything we needed. You can drill down. It’s user friendly, and state of the art. If you know Microsoft Excel, it becomes even more user friendly. Any report to any database - its only a key stroke away.”
Flexible, Scalable
VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing Delivers Columbus IT had the experience and expertise required to provide Park 100 Foods a path for continued financial success. Columbus IT’s software developers drew upon their collective 30 years of experience in food processing to integrate industry-specific features into Dynamics NAV, widely regarded as one of the most flexible ERP solutions on the market.
Most ERP systems record only one output per Bill of Material definition. VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing allowed Park 100 Foods multiple outputs to be defined for a process definition. These outputs can be established as co-product or by-products and each output can be lot tracked separately.
“We didn’t want to waste time, you don’t save time shopping, comparing. You are just kidding yourself. VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing could do what we needed. We didn’t need to compare with MAS 90 and others. It would have been a waste of time if we did,” explains Bondus.
“The old system was cumbersome and difficult to do things well - and in a timely manner. A company report would take 30 minutes with the out-dated Genesis technology, now it takes 30 seconds with VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing’s state-of-the-art cost accounting system.”
Initiating Immediate ROI
Columbus IT used its decades of experience to minimize and eliminate day-to-day business interruptions during implementation. Staff was trained on all aspects of the new system, effectively increasing productivity and immediate ROI. Post implementation satisfaction remains high due to Columbus IT’s strong emphasis on education dissemination and continuous customer awareness of products and services.
“People don’t understand what’s involved in a new implementation. We hadn’t done one in fifteen years. We didn’t realize everything that VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing could do,” says Bondus. “Initially, we trained twenty people. The conversion went extremely well. 99.9% of our data exported without any problem. The exporting occurred during our training so when we went live everything was up and running. We had no problem after the conversion, everything
went perfect.”
Post Implementation Satisfaction
Integration of VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing was key to Park 100 Foods enhanced productivity, customer satisfaction, synergetic functionality and new growth opportunities. Leading edge technology and backing from a forward-thinking, innovative and strategic IT partner will provide the company with the security and satisfaction required by today’s leading food manufacturers and distributors for countless years to come.
“Every year someone from Columbus IT has taught us the next step. Every company needs a yearly checkup to learn more, it’s just so much functionality, every year it gets better and better. I’m thrilled by everything VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing can do,” says Bondus.
“We anticipate that Park 100 Foods will grow 100-200 percent due to the implementation of this state-of-the-art system. Don’t compare – don’t waste your time, save time – and money, purchase Dynamics NAV and VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing, you won’t regret it – ever!”
About Park Foods 100
Park 100 Foods is a manufacturer of custom, frozen soups, sauces, chili, side dishes, gravies, fruit toppings, dips, entrees and portioned breaded meats. The products, whether fresh or frozen are all custom formulated. The packaging is typically a “boil in the bag” concept and ranges from one pound to eight pounds. Park 100 Foods has three Midwest based facilities with over 100,000 square feet of process space, employs over 250 employees with sales over $100 million (U.S.).