Plastics manufacturer PFF Packaging Group turned to Exel Computer Systems’ EFACS E/8 ¹ś²śĀŅĀ× system to provide real-time visibility of its operations
Exel Computer Systems plc this year celebrates the landmark achievement of 35 yearsā success in delivering business software solutions for the manufacturing and service sectors.
The UK-based author and developer of the EFACS E/8 āEnterprise Resource Planningā (¹ś²śĀŅĀ×) system and the Eagle Field Service āField Service Managementā (FSM) system continues to draw on its experience and expertise to meet the demands of the market.
Over the past 35 years, EFACS E/8 has grown from a capacity planning and production solution into a fully comprehensive business solution, incorporating full ¹ś²śĀŅĀ×, financials, CRM, field service, document management, business intelligence, workflow, and mobile applications.
A family affair
One example of a company that has benefitted from Exelās experience in the manufacturing sector is PFF Packaging, based in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
Formed in 2006 as two companies ā one company manufacturing extruded PET plastic, and one using this as a raw material for the production of thermoformed food packaging products ā family owned PFF Packaging Group recognised that its existing systems were acting as a brake on growth.
PFF Packaging Group has an extensive customer base within the UK supermarket sector, the lack of real-time information provided by its existing systems was holding back its effectiveness in responding to customersā fast-evolving requirements.
āConsumersā demand for particular foodstuffs is largely seasonably dependent, requiring supermarkets and their suppliers to respond very quickly,ā says Stephen Tomlinson, PFFās head of group IT. āThe previous systems, supported by an extensive set of spreadsheets, struggled to deliver the necessary real-time visibility into the business.ā
PFFās core remit has always been to deliver, in full, the clientās requirements. Therefore, the challenges for PFF were customer delivery, customer service, control of stock and a need for real flexibility in production planning.
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