Food and Beverage

Analytics and AI
Global Enterprises Using SAP BTP to Cut Customization Debt and Prepare ERP for AI
SAP BTP enables enterprises like McDonald’s and a global consulting firm to adopt clean-core ERP strategies by reducing custom code and fostering agility through extensibility, allowing for scalable operations and AI readiness in their digital transformation journeys.
M&A
Analytics and AI
Canix Acquires Trym to Build Cannabis Industry Advanced ERP Platform
Canix has acquired Trym to create a comprehensive cannabis ERP system that merges cultivation management capabilities with operational intelligence, addressing industry challenges and emphasizing integrated platforms for enhanced efficiency and profitability.
Workday signage on a building.
Analytics and AI
Workday Launches Paradox ATS for Faster Frontline Hiring
Workday's integration of the AI-driven Paradox Conversational Applicant Tracking System streamlines frontline hiring by enabling mobile-first applications, drastically reducing time-to-hire to an average of 3.5 days and automating up to 90% of hiring tasks.
Analytics and AI
SAP, Partners Turn Embedded Business AI into Concrete ERP Wins
SAP and its partners are transforming AI from concept to implementation by integrating SAP Business AI and SAP BTP into workflows that enhance efficiency and collaboration, as illustrated by successful case studies from companies like FRoSTA and Aspen Pumps.
Clorox ERP
ERP Strategy and Planning
Clorox ERP Modernization: Lessons from a Large-Scale Transition
Clorox's recent ERP system launch, while an ambitious, faced challenges including concerns over costs and a decline in sales during the transition, illustrating the complexities and disruptions inherent in large-scale ERP migrations.
SAP Sovereign Cloud
Application Development and Integration
Nestlé Expanding ERP Solutions Using SAP S/4HANA
Nestlé is upgrading to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition aiming for greater agility, efficiency through AI and automation and a flexible cloud infrastructure for their global business processes.
Analytics and AI
The Algorithm: What It Means to Be an AI-First Company
“We’re moving beyond the hype cycle into a period where AI’s real value is emerging. Yet, many manufacturers are struggling to bridge the gap between its potential and its practical implementation.” — TVN Reddy, CEO, Aptean
A Recipe for Resilience and Aptean
Cloud Platform and Technology
A Recipe for Resilience
How food and beverages companies can succeed in the digital era.
fresh produce
ERP Strategy and Planning
Fresh Produce Companies Find Value in Upgraded, Industry-Specialized ERPs
We examine case studies to see how a specialized ERP for fresh produce companies is helping them scale and achieve their goals.
FSMA 204
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Navigating the FSMA 204 Traceability Extension for Food Manufacturers
The FDA's extension of FSMA 204 compliance to July 2028 offers food manufacturers a strategic chance to enhance traceability systems, fostering competitive advantages and operational excellence, as highlighted by the collaboration of key industry organizations to standardize practices and address challenges in the food supply chain.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Harvesting Resilience: How Aptean Is Helping Food and Beverage Companies Thrive in the Age of AI
Aptean is providing food and beverage manufacturers with industry-specific ERP and AI solutions to enhance operational efficiency, compliance, and adaptability in an increasingly complex and regulated market.
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Fresh Produce ERP Buyer’s Guide: Finding the Right Solution for Your Business’s Needs
Aptean Fresh Produce ERP is hosted on the robust Microsoft Azure cloud offering a SaaS-native solution that ensures scalability, security and seamless integration. What’s more, the system’s AI-powered features transform data into actionable insights and empower your team to make smart decisions.
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Beverage ERP Buyer’s Guide: Finding the Right Solution for Your Business’s Needs
Aptean Beverage ERP Drink-IT is a complete and easy-to-use beverage management solution covering your entire value chain. From ingredient sourcing and quality management to order fulfillment and customer service, it addresses all the unique challenges of the beverage industry.
Automation
Aptean’s Food and Beverage Solution Suite
Our software suite helps businesses digitalize and automate processes, mitigating human error and manual record-keeping, while also ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Supply Chain Management
Industry Expert eBook: Transforming the Fresh Produce Supply Chain
Discover how the right technology can transform your workflow from constant firefighting to effortless, proactive operations.
Automation
Industry Expert eBook: How Automation Powers Growth in the Food and Beverage Industry
To dive deep on this subject, the impetuses for automation, what it looks like in practice today and what it might look like in the future with the technology of tomorrow, we turned to some our internal subject matter experts.
Data and Data Management
Aptean Food & Beverage PLM
Bring people and proudct informaiton together-accelerating innovation processes and time to market with real-time data and enhanced collaboration.
Supply Chain Management
Aptean Food & Beverage TMS
Take the complexity out of managing your transportation operations and run your fleet using less time, less miles, less trucks and less drivers.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
Streamline operations, connect departments and boost process efficiency while adressing safety, regulatory and quality demands with our tailored food and beverage ERP built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Rodda’s Video Case Study
In 1890, Eliza Jane Rodda started making clotted cream in a farmhouse in Cornwall. Fast forward over 130 years, and Rodda’s family business is now a global exporter, transforming quality Cornish milk from local dairy farms into Cornish clotted cream, churned butter, shortbread, fudge, and bottling and supplying fresh and Barista Cornish milk nationwide.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Case Study: Rodda’s Clotted Cream
IFS gives us live data showing the progress of shop orders as they’re being made, so our planning team can see how production is working, and our logistics side can see when orders are coming in and product needs to be dispatched. IFS provides traceability with just a couple of clicks because it tracks the whole process through from end to end.
Analytics and AI
The Impact of AI in the Food and Beverage Industry: An Expert Q&A With Benny Dor and Chad Merck
The article discusses the transformative impact of AI on the food and beverage industry, highlighting its potential to automate processes, improve decision-making, and drive sustainability, while Aptean collaborates with Microsoft to integrate AI capabilities into its ERP systems and support companies in overcoming adoption challenges.
Supply Chain Management
Unlock the Next Level of Inventory Management with GS1 Standards
Consumer and regulatory pressures are driving the need for enhanced food traceability from farm to table, necessitating global standards like the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) to fully realize the benefits of the Food Traceability Final Rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act.
ClickUp AI Agents
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Mary Ann’s Specialty Foods Enhances Efficiency with QAD Advanced Scheduling
Mary Ann's Specialty Foods is enhancing its production efficiency by implementing QAD Advanced Scheduling, building on its previous success with QAD Redzone Connected Workforce to streamline scheduling operations and improve real-time visibility, ultimately aligning with the company's vision for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
FSMA 204
Business Process Management and Automation
Digital transformation: Why it matters for the food and beverage industry
The food and beverage industry faces pressing challenges from outdated legacy systems that hinder compliance and efficiency, significantly pushing the need for digital transformation and the adoption of modern ERP solutions to meet new regulations and improve operations through enhanced data accuracy, automation, and sustainability initiatives.
J.P. Morgan & Oracle Deepen ERP Integration for Finance
Supply Chain Management
Europastry Selects Blue Yonder TM Solutions to Optimize European Supply Chain
Europastry, a leader in frozen bakery products, is enhancing its supply chain efficiency and sustainability by implementing Blue Yonder’s transportation management solutions, which will optimize logistics, reduce costs, and improve customer service across its global operations.
Human Capital Management
Oracle and Inoapps serve gastro giant with Fusion HCM
Mitchells & Butlers has chosen Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management, supported by Inoapps, to enhance employee engagement and streamline HR processes for its workforce of nearly 48,000 across the UK.
J.P. Morgan & Oracle Deepen ERP Integration for Finance
Supply Chain Management
The power of 4: How Blue Diamond Growers solved supply chain issues
Between 2022 and 2023, Blue Diamond Growers enhanced its supply chain efficiency through the integration of SAP Transportation Management with SAP Integrated Business Planning, improving logistics visibility and forecasting while also exploring AI for sustainability and innovation.
FSMA 204
Supply Chain Management
Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Selects Blue Yonder to Optimize Production Operations
Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. will enhance its supply chain efficiency and customer satisfaction by utilizing Blue Yonder Production Planning, with the support of PwC, to optimize production processes, reduce costs, and improve asset utilization.
Supply Chain Management
Mondra AI spurs food industry net zero as ChatGPT power endures in Microsoft
Product footprinting and supply chain decarbonization platform, Mondra, has launched Sherpa, a transformative AI-powered assistant that comes as part of the company’s imperative in bringing the food industry towards a net zero food system. The chatbot comes built using Microsoft Azure...
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