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BatchMaster ERP is helping Bar Bakers Grow Exponentially
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries
- Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Manufacturing System Automation
- Inventory Management
Services
- System Integration
- Training
The Challenge
Bar Bakers, a private label manufacturer of baked and cold process cookies, wafers, and nutritional bars, was experiencing exponential growth. The company needed a system that could manage the entire flow of inventory, from work order and demand to purchasing, receiving, A/P, and material consumption. They also needed a system that could provide rapid lot number traceability, crucial for their commitments to food safety and their pursuit of a BRC food safety certification. The system also needed to provide document management throughout the company for transparency and ease of access to information. As a rapidly growing company, Bar Bakers needed a system that could scale with them and support their operations.
About The Customer
Bar Bakers, LLC is a private label manufacturer based in Los Alamitos, California. The company focuses on a variety of baked and cold process cookies, wafers, and nutritional bars, manufacturing for major retailers, large brands, and small companies. Despite being a relatively new company, Bar Bakers boasts over 200 years of combined managerial and engineering industry experience within its team. The company is experiencing exponential growth, with several new customers expected in the coming months. Bar Bakers has a dedicated focus on product development and has helped customers scale from producing very small batches in their garages to manufacturing half a million bars within a month.
The Solution
Bar Bakers chose to implement BatchMaster ERP with SAP Business One. This system allowed them to align their operations from the start, managing the entire flow of inventory. The Material Requirements Planning feature of BatchMaster ERP allowed them to keep a lower level inventory for most items due to their ability to see what the real demand is. The system also provided rapid lot number traceability, enabling Bar Bakers to comply with BRC's product traceability and lot recall codes. Document management was another significant benefit, with ingredient specifications loaded into the solution for easy access and hard copies of documents for all transactions scanned in. The company also set up a test environment for staff to learn BatchMaster ERP, with in-house product expert Christian Jones available for questions.
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