FOOD & BEVERAGES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

The food and beverage industry is evolving at a rapid pace, leading way for increasing
competition and critical business challenges. Companies within the industry are searching for
new and innovative ways to excel. Control over business operations has become paramount
to deal with the quickly changing market conditions and attain a competitive advantage.

Why Food & Beverage Business Needs ERP Software?

ERP systems for food manufacturers play a crucial role in helping businesses overcome
complexities. These software solutions aid you in complying with industry regulations,
ensure product traceability and maintain control on quality.

It enables you to consolidate real-time data from different departments, into a single system,
thereby providing a birds-eye view over every operation and empowering you to control all
those processes from a single, centralized hub.

ERP solutions provide management the information they need for accurate forecasting and
planning business strategies related to inventory procurement, logistics and production. When
integrated with industry-specific tools, these systems become capable of building a cohesive
and productive organization.

ERP VENDORS
For the Food & Beverages Manufacturing Industry top three vendors are named below, which
are most suitable as per the function of the industry.
A. SysPro
B. Epicor ERP
C. Net Suits

Further, we will discuss about these three software on different parameters given below:

Corporate History, Experience and Profile

A. SYSPRO
Established in 1978, SYSPRO is an industry-built Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution
designed to simplify business complexity for manufacturers and distributors.
SYSPRO’s strengths lie in a simplified approach to technology, and a commitment to both
customer and partner success. With 40 years of solving manufacturing and distribution
business challenges is built into our flexible ERP software and proven services. SYSPRO is
easy to do business with and is focused on delivering increased business performance and
reduced risk. The SYSPRO software solution aspires to exceed customer requirements, is
highly scalable, and can be deployed on-premise, in the cloud, or accessed from a mobile
device. Future-proof your business and experience the power of simplicity .
B. EPICOR ERP

Epicor Software Corporation provides industry-specific business software designed around

the needs of manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services organizations. More than 45
years of experience with our customers’ unique business processes and operational
requirements is built into every solution―in the cloud or on premises.

Currently, over 20,000 customers in 150 countries around the world rely on our expertise and
solutions to improve performance and profitability.

Epicor products are working today on a global scale, delivering impressive benefits to
companies just like yours. With a deep understanding of your industry, Epicor solutions
promote growth while managing complexity and increasing efficiency. The result is powerful
solutions that free your resources so you can grow your business. For more information,
contact us.

C. NET SUITS

On November 7, 2016, Oracle completed the acquisition of NetSuite, the very first cloud
company.

In 1998, NetSuite pioneered the Cloud Computing revolution, establishing the world’s first
company dedicated to delivering business applications over the Internet. Currently, NetSuite
provides a suite of cloud-based financials / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and
omnichannel commerce software that runs the business of more than 22,000 customers in
more than 200 countries and territories.

The addition of NetSuite will enable Oracle to expand its ability to support customers of any
size in more industries and more countries.

Market Strategy and Strategic decision

(Market Share, Market strategy, Overall strengths)

Product Offerings (ERP solutions), Integration and scalability

 (Overall Product Line, Module Integration Strategy, Web Based application Strategy, New
Offerings)

SYSPRO
Product Offerings- Sypro offers various business solutions. Some are:
 Supply Chain Optimization
 Business Operations
 Financial Management
 Inventory Management
 Lean Manufacturing
 Warehouse Management

Integration Strategy

The power of SYSPRO ERP software is further enhanced via 3-tier client/server setup and
SYSPRO e.net solutions, component-based framework that provides a standard way of
directly accessing the business functionality within the SYSPRO solution while maintaining
the software's built-in business rules and security. In addition to enabling Web services,
SYSPRO e.net solutions also facilitates the integration of other best-of-breed applications
with SYSPRO software.
Explore the various ways in which you can use a combination of Microsoft Office
and SYSPRO to deliver information, using tools like Excel and Word that your
employees already know. SYSPRO Office Integration Brochure focuses on
integration methods that are built into SYSPRO ERP and require no
programming or development skills.
“Combine SYSPRO with Microsoft Office, the de facto standard for desktop
product software, and you have a great way to manage and disseminate
information across the enterprise.”

Web Based
Web-based version of SYSPRO 8 in the fourth quarter of this year to proactively enhance
their manufacturing and distribution solution for business owners. SYSPRO 8 is a dual
user-interface offering, allowing for companies to selectively deploy either the Windows
client or the web-based solution at their discretion. The reason for this is that it
provides business continuity and ensures a smooth transition for users. This dual
offering will provide significant value and flexibility to organisations, deploying the rich-
UI (user interface) to data capture intensive users and the web-UI to users who prefer a
web-based engagement with SYSPRO.

New Offering

SYSPRO’s powerful new features integrated with the latest innovative technologies,
paves the way to digitalizing your business and streamlining your supply chain,
providing greater control and visibility, while simplifying and personalizing your
experience.
 Scalability- Whether your business growth demands high-transaction volumes or transactional
elasticity, with SYSPRO ERP, you get an industry-built technology infrastructure that is flexible and
scalable enough to grow with you along every step of your growth journey, and is supported by
technology platforms that offer the highest level of availability.

Epicor
Product Offerings- Epicor offers various business solutions. Includes:

 Supply Chain & Logistics

 Business Intelligence and Analytics

 Enterprise Content Management

 Mobile Applications

 Planning and Scheduling

 Risk and Compliance

 Service Management

 Manufacturing Execution System

Integration Strategy

Epicor B2B and EDI Managed Service On-Demand offers comprehensive Business-to-

Business Integration solutions that provides your organization with flexible data integration,
powerful electronic data interchange functionality, and database translation engines to
increase your efficiency and reduce the significant costs associated with B2B Integration. We
do so by providing a fully automated and integrated system that simplifies data sharing and
removes the roadblocks for the seamless exchange of information.
Web Based Application Strategy

Epicor offers software as a service (SaaS) in the cloud, letting you focus on core
growth initiatives instead of IT. Achieve lower cost of ownership, faster time to value,
and consistent access to data from any device—anywhere in the world. Reap
the benefits of cloud ERP with software and services that meet or exceed industry
standards, including:

 Application and user support

 Version updates and continuous innovation
 Greater than 99.5% uptime
 Backup and disaster recovery

1. Consulting Support
 (Support for application modules, technical support for implementation, Cost of consulting
support)
Syspro
With over 40 years of’ practical hands-on experience, our Consulting Services team
are experts in enabling business capability through ERP software. We take the time to
understand your strategic business needs and desired outcomes, working as a trusted
advisor, helping you to spend more time with your customers, creating greater value for
your business.

Support for application modules

 Early integration of your training needs into your overall project plan
and implementation methodology and journey is a key principle of
SYSPRO’s approach. By taking a people first approach you can be sure
of a more enjoyable learning experience and a smoother transition into
live service.
 At the outset of your SYSPRO journey, your Project Manager will work
with your team to help you develop a training plan.
 Core training sessions will be established to focus on the following
functional areas: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General
Ledger, Purchase Orders, Inventory, Bill of Materials, Materials
Requirement Planning, Sales Orders, Work in Progress, System
Administration, SYSPRO Reporting Services.
 Access to SYSPRO LearnIt education offering and the SYSPRO Learning
Channel.

Techical Support for Implementation

Experts in SYSPRO performance, scalability, and best practice implementation

considerations, our experienced team are on-hand to provide advice and
recommendations around hardware, operating systems and databases, helping ensure
that you are able to make an informed, cost effective choice that works for your
business.

5. Availability of Training
(Training in configuration, technical training)
SysPro

SYSPRO LearnIt education and training combines a digital learning experience as well as
instructor-led learning, giving your SYSPRO users total control of their own learning
journey and path to career success. Whatever your ERP business systems and
technology level of expertise or career aspirations, SYSPRO LearnIt provides a full
 learning experience and management system that brings practical self-directed
education to life through fully immersive, intuitive learning experiences that are
designed to be inspiring and easy-to-use – ensuring they deliver positive results for
business, employees and customers.

Net Suits
The NetSuite’s specialized training is designed to empower the end user of the system to quickly
reach proficiency with their day to day usage. This is always specific to your industry and most often
customized to Company configuration. NetSuite Product Managers and solution experts, developing
valuable intellectual property including courseware in multi-modal formats. It offers product training
to enable administrators, project team members, power users and developers to participate in
implementation, management and configuration of the system.
Epicor
We’ll deliver training that fulfils all of your objectives. We carefully assess the strengths
and knowledge gaps of your team, and then design customized training packages that
will give you everything you need to maximize your ROI with ERP.
In our on-site or remote training sessions, you’ll work with the same consultants who
implemented your system to:

 Walk through the possibilities for your Epicor ERP system.

 Configure a demo system using your data, which will help them determine which data
needs to be migrated from your legacy systems.
 Migrate your data, test on this data, and learn what you need to do to keep the new
system running smoothly.

6. Fit with business processes

7. Reporting Applications
8. User Friendliness
9. Cost (Cost of ERP modules, cost of implementation, cost of training,
Maintenance fees and software licenses)

License/Subscription Cost SYSPRO ERP costs begin at $199 per user, per month. The
more additional modules are added, the more expensive the
program will be. The price of on-premise software installation
starts at around $12,000.

Maintenance Cost Customer support is available to users via the SYSPRO

Reseller Channel and SYSPRO Partners. In-house support
is also available from the vendor to help meet the specific
 requirements of each customer.

Installation/Implementation Cost Deployment is an additional cost. SYSPRO provides

implementation services through its SYSPRO Reseller
Channel (qualified professionals) and SYSPRO Partners.
The cost of this implementation varies based on number of
users, system architecture, implementation scope and
complexity, company size, industry, and if your company
requires any third-party integrations.

Customization Cost Customization and additional applications are both additional

costs to the on-premise and cloud-based versions of
SYSPRO ERP.

Data Migration Cost/Change These costs are also additional and will vary depending on
Management/Upfront Switching your current software, amount of data to be migrated,
Cost availability of migration tools, complexity of data and gaps
between the existing system and the new system.

Recurring/Renewal Costs For both types of deployments, the cost will vary depending
on the number of subscription-based user licenses
purchased plus the additional cost of software updates,
support, customization and integration.

10. Ability to integrate with other ERP modules