SI Foodware
Schouw Informatisering has been providing computerised systems for Food & Beverage companies successfully for many years. This success is not just due to a thorough project approach, but is also attributable to the unique combination of Microsoft Dynamics® NAV (before Navision) and SI Foodware®. This standard company-wide ERP solution for Food & Beverage companies by Microsoft is rewarded with the highest possible qualification by Microsoft: "Certified for Microsoft Dynamics".
"The ERP standard for Food & Beverage companies"
Current market situation
Our clients, production and distribution companies in the food industry, are increasingly being forced to introduce innovations in their business processes. This pressure is being exerted from government, retail and consumers. Bottlenecks which arise in order to meet all these external requirements are eventually pushed back into the supply chain to the distribution or production companies. In this way they are forced into running an excellent operation, where the emphasis lies on setting up and streamlining the business processes in such a way that products can be delivered at the required greater quality, lower prices and stricter, demonstrable food safety. A direct consequence of this is the drop in the number of new A-brands which have been introduced in contrast to the rising number of new private label products. Besides the optimal streamlining of the business processes, one solution to achieve operational excellence is further automation of the business processes.
Expand your strengths
Generally speaking, just automating the business processes is not effective enough. By now all organisations have some form of automation in their business. The real benefits from automating the business processes are not just being able to meet all the external requirements, but more explicitly by excelling through expanding the strengths of your organisation using automation and therefore acquiring a unique position in the market. In this way, despite the increasing pressure, you can allow your organisation to grow or develop further.
SI Foodware: the best practices
Schouw Informatisering has already successfully automated many Food & Beverage organisations and has therefore at its disposal not only a wealth of experience but also a wide range of specific functionality for Food & Beverage companies, fully integrated into Dynamics NAV. This functionality has been extensively tested and is used daily by a wide range of Food & Beverage companies. But, in the light of the continuous endeavour to achieve and improve the operational excellence of our customers, Schouw Informatisering has bundled the best practices into a standard sector specific software solution, SI Foodware®. SI Foodware is sold in additional modules of Dynamics NAV worldwide. In this way our clients can benefit continually from the newest standard ERP application which is fully orientated towards their sector. This is valid for the functionality as well as the technical areas, because, after all, SI Foodware is based on Dynamics NAV, so you benefit from the investment in development by the innovative software giant Microsoft. SI Foodware is seamlessly integrated with Dynamics NAV.
Advantages of SI Foodware are:
- In the first place SI Foodware aims to provide optimal support for business processes as they occur in the Food & Beverage sector.
- SI Foodware is also under continuous development so that Food & Beverage organisations can continue to meet all the external requirements (compliance) set by governments, customers and consumers.
- Because of the combination of SI Foodware and Dynamics NAV, we can guarantee that you will only purchase the software you need. A complete application which is flexible and can grow with your company, and is adjustable to new developments in your organisation and in the market.
- Depending on the most attractive alternative for your organisation, a user based pricing model can be applied so that the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is kept to a minimum. It is also possible to calculate the Return on Investment (ROI) in advance.
- Schouw Informatisering has developed pre-loaded Food & Beverage implementation models based on SI Foodware. By using these implementation models the time needed to complete the implementation is considerably shorter. Upgrading the software to a new version of Dynamics NAV also becomes simpler, because with SI Foodware there is no customisation, but only standard software.
SI knowledge centre
Within Schouw Informatisering the Knowledge Centre is responsible for the development of SI Foodware. The knowledge centre team is made up of food technology specialists who continually track all trends and developments in the food industry. Whether it has to do with new legislation, retailer’s requirements, questions from clients or new technological opportunities, our Knowledge Centre assesses per development whether there are consequences for our clients and whether changes to SI Foodware are necessary. So with SI Foodware you are always prepared for new developments. By choosing for this software model Schouw Informatisering can actually contribute to the realisation of operational excellence and to the desired growth and development of our clients.