Important Features of O2 Food ERP Software: Sales Forecasting

Accuracy in reporting is incredibly important to any process manufacturing business, especially when relying on ERP software data.  Did you know that the process manufacturing software, O2 Food ERP software, also provides sales forecasting?  This tool can be really helpful to show what inventory levels your business will need in order to fulfill the projected sales forecast.

O2 Food ERP Software is a food manufacturing software system that was developed specifically for the process manufacturers in the food and beverage industry.  This complete system combines quality control, regulatory compliance and good manufacturing practices into a solid food software system that understands how food and beverage manufacturers operate.

The Sales Forecasting module in O2 Food ERP software brings forecasting technology together with dynamic inventory policy simulations.  This food processing software makes it easy to experiment with alternative supply strategies and see the effect on service and projected inventories immediately.

For more information on the food specific process manufacturing ERP software system, O2 Food ERP, visit www.evs-sw.com.

EVS Is Awarded with Sage Development Gold Partner Status

Escape Velocity Systems (EVS) is an ERP software developer, specifically developing for the Sage 500 ERP software system, has been awarded the Sage Development Gold Partner status.  Currently, EVS has developed two major projects for Sage 500 ERP software.  The first is O2 Mobile Warehouse, an inventory management software used for warehouse distribution.  This system provides the user with real-time views of inventory levels using a patented Smart-Barcode technology.

The second ERP software product is O2 Process Manufacturing, a process manufacturing ERP software system.  O2 Process Manufacturing was developed specifically for those manufacturers who require formulas or recipes while manufacturing.  Some of the industries served include, food and beverage, commercial bakery, nutraceutical and cosmetics, chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences.

For more information on any of these ERP software products or the services offered by EVS, visit their website at www.evs-sw.com.

New Rules Outlined by FDA for Nanotechnology In Food Manufacturers Packaging

According to this recent article, the FDA is recommending that food manufacturers wanting to use nanoparticles in product packaging should provide additional safety testing.  As of this past Friday, food and packaging containing these nanoparticles may need a closer look.

The regulations that are related to the food processing industry are constantly changing and it can be a lot of work to make sure your company is in compliance on all levels.  In fact, there are a number of operational issues that are critical to a food manufacturer's success and having the right process manufacturing software system can help to reduce the amount of manual and error prone work allowing more time to focus on other important areas of your business.

One great example of this is O2 Food ERP software by EVS.  This food software was developed specifically for process manufacturers in the food and beverage manufacturing industry.  The food manufacturing software helps with lot tracking, formula security and other food safety concerns, which is extremely important with the number of regulations in the industry.

For more information on the multiple ways this food and beverage ERP software can help your business manage all of the unique needs found in your industry, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Important Features of O2 Food ERP Software: Nutritional Database & Labeling

As anyone involved in the food and beverage manufacturing industry may know, nutritional database and labeling plays a large role in daily operations.  Accurate labeling of processed foods is required and there are a number of regulations set in place that need to be followed.  Finding a process manufacturing ERP software system that includes nutritional database and labeling can be a real benefit to a food and beverage manufacturer.  This is a feature offered by food manufacturing ERP software, O2 Food ERP.

The Nutritional Database & Labeling module provided by this food ERP software completely integrates with the USDA's National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. The FDA's regulations meet the provisions of the Nutritional Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (NLEA), which requires the FDA to make nutritional labeling mandatory for almost all process foods.

Using O2 Food ERP software, nutritional data is included with the raw material items, easily creating nutritional labels, ingredient statements, allergen declarations and nutrient content.

For more information one this food and beverage ERP software, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Important Features of O2 Food ERP Software: Royalties & Rebates

Today, let's move on to the features found in the Royalties and Rebates module found in the process manufacturing ERP software, O2 Food ERP.  This can be a important module for food and beverage manufacturers because it provides the ability to automate royalties, rebates, field development, slotting fees, customer refunds or any other paid fee based on orders.

O2 Food ERP software was developed specifically for food manufacturing and understands their unique needs.  This food manufacturing ERP software and Royalties and Rebates module allows users to set up relationships between items, vendors and customers in one maintenance screen.  The end result is to create an automated payable transaction to the vendor.  This eliminates the need for "offline" spreadsheets to calculate what is owed to vendors and saves significant time at period-end.

I encourage any food processors who are evaluating ERP software to take a closer look at O2 Food ERP software today.  You will not only find a food and beverage manufacturing software system, but a company with the experience and industry expertise to help you grow your business.

For more information, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Important Features of O2 Food ERP Software: Cost Set Scenarios

Today, I'd like to talk about the Cost Set Scenarios module found in O2 Food ERP software by EVS. The Cost Set module allows food manufacturers to perform "what-if" analysis on raw material costs, then see their effect on the cost of finished good and intermediates.  With each scenario, the expected impact of the cost change on finished goods can be determined.

Food processors can simplify the entry process by utilizing a linked Excel spreadsheet.  When done, simply click "import" and your cost set will be updated in the food manufacturing ERP software.  The Cost Set Scenarios module can also be utilized to roll up costs to other inventory buckets, such as replacement cost and landed cost.

As you can see by this article, as well we the past articles describing various modules found within the process manufacturing ERP software, there are a number of advantages to implementing and ERP software developed specifically for the food and beverage manufacturing industry.

For more information on the food and beverage ERP software, O2 Food ERP, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Important Features of O2 Food ERP Software: Production

Production efficiency and output can play a large role in the success of a food and beverage manufacturer. Food manufacturers need accurate methods to measure and evaluate operations in order to make positive changes.   EVS's O2 Food ERP software is a process manufacturing ERP software developed specifically for the food and beverage manufacturing industry.  This food manufacturing ERP software includes a Production module, which provides powerful operational and analytic tools to help maximize efficiency and intuitively analyze historical operations.

Whether you produce complete batches, require finished goods to ship before a batch is closed or operate in a "continuous flow" environment, O2 Food ERP software can easily facilitate your food processing method.  The "Active Role Interface" is a completely customizable workbench which provides a powerful tool to manage your operational schedule.

Our food software provides clear, accurate, real-time information and visibility across your whole enterprise.  For more information about O2 Food ERP software, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Important Features of O2 Food ERP Software: Formulas/Recipe Management

Taking a closer look at some of the unique features of our food ERP software, today I'll discuss the formula and recipe management module found in O2 Food ERP software.

O2 Food ERP software combines powerful formulation and analysis with formula management capabilities, such as formula group security and R&D notebook.  This feature is important to many food and beverage manufacturers who need to keep propriety recipes and formulas secure.  A recent example of this feature's importance was demonstrated by an EVS client.  One reason King's Hawaiian Bakery selected the O2 Bakery ERP solution was to manage their concern about safety of their propriety recipe information.  According to Mark Taira, CEO of King's Hawaiian, "With a new plant, it was extremely important to find a system that permits the sharing of information while keeping our proprietary recipes confidential.  No system allowed that until we found O2."  This is an area of concern shared by many in the food manufacturing industry, and O2 Food ERP software can help to mitigate that risk.

The Formulation module also takes full advantage of the strong physical property module.  With our food manufacturing ERP software, you can formulate to multiple specifications, performing many complex calculations quickly and accurately, eliminating the need for complex and mistake-prone spreadsheets.

For more information on how our food and beverage manufacturing software can help your business secure formulas and recipes, visit EVS at www.evs-sw.com.

Important Features of O2 Food ERP Software: Auditing & Security

With the amount of regulations and controls found in the food and beverage manufacturing industry, have an internal auditing and security system in place is critical.  While there are a number of options for ERP software in the marketplace, finding a food manufacturing ERP software will bring your business the security needed.

For example, O2 Food ERP software was developed specifically as a food and beverage manufacturing software system.  Our food ERP software provides the necessary tools and facilitates compliance with government auditing and security regulations, including the Sarbanes-Oxley and the FDA 21 CFR Part 11b.  Many ERP systems can process your data, but our process manufacturing ERP software goes one step further by helping you validate and audit your data.

For more information on our food processing ERP software and other process manufacturing software related services, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Important Features of O2 Food ERP Software: Quality Control

There are multiple features that make will make selecting a food-specific ERP software the right choice for your food and beverage manufacturing business.  Over the course of the next few articles, I'm going to outline some of the great features found in O2 Food ERP software by EVS, starting with Quality Control.

Anyone involved in any type of manufacturing realizes that quality control is an important aspect of a successful business.  O2 Food ERP software was developed as a process manufacturing ERP software with the food manufacturing industry in mind.  For this reason, providing a Quality Control module was a critical feature when developing the food manufacturing software.

With the Quality Control module you can define a number of tests to perform for purchased material or manufactured products and set the acceptable range for the test.  If a test fails, the lot can be placed on hold. A work queue can be used to help alert quality control personnel of products which need to be tested and automatically generate a test schedule for production batches.

For more information on EVS's food manufacturing ERP software, visit www.evs-sw.com.

O2 Mobile Warehouse Distribution Software Is Soon to Be In .NET

EVS has just announced they will release a .NET version of O2 Mobile Warehouse distribution software for Sage 500 ERP software starting in August 2012.

Releasing O2 Mobile Warehouse in .NET will give the inventory management software better usability and it will improve the look and feel of the software.  The conversion will also provide better tools to help users personalize the warehouse distribution software to better meet their specific needs.

The O2 Mobile Warehouse .NET project enables an even more seamless integration with EVS cloud solutions hosting and aligns with their broader plan of cloud-based ERP software solutions.

For more information on the .NET conversion, read the entire news release and visit EVS at www.evs-sw.com.

Why Growing Food Manufacturers Are Selecting O2 Food ERP Software

There's no doubt that any company in business is excited about growth.  That excitement, however, can quickly wear off once the challenges of growth start to creep in.  This is especially true in the manufacturing industry, or in this case the process manufacturing industry.

In the food manufacturing industry, growth can result in significant problems within operations. For example, food processors may find themselves operating under disparate systems or they may find that manual operations and reporting are no longer adequate.  

O2 Food ERP software is a food and beverage manufacturing ERP software system that addresses these issues and more.  Our food manufacturing software provides real-time reporting in a central location.  In addition, O2 Food and Beverage ERP software allows food manufacturers to better manage recipes by utilizing bakers percentage and recipe revisions.  The food safety features provided by this food software offers integrated quality control and recall functionality.

For more information on O2 Food ERP software, success stories and videos, visit www.evs-sw.com and take a look at our food and beverage manufacturing industry page.

The O2 Food ERP Software Solution: Production

O2 Food ERP software was developed specifically for the food and beverage manufacturing industry.  Taking into account the unique needs of food processing, our food manufacturing software address quality, regulatory requirements and good manufacturing practices (cGMP).  Compliance with auditing and security regulations are also managed within O2 Food ERP software.

Today, I'd like to take a quick look at how our food and beverage ERP software also aids in production.  The Production module provides powerful operational and analytic tools to help food manufacturers maximize efficiency and intuitively analyze historical operations.  Whether you produce complete batches, require finished good to ship before a batch is closed or operate in a "continuous flow" environment, O2 Food and Beverage ERP software can easily facilitate your manufacturing method.  In addition, the "Active Role Interface" is a completely customizable workbench, which provides a powerful tool to manage your operational schedule.

For a closer look at how this process manufacturing ERP software can help your food manufacturing business, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Process Manufacturers Need an Industry-Specific Process Manufacturing ERP Software System

There are a number of options available to process manufacturers when it comes to finding the best ERP software.  What I find interesting is that many process manufacturers find themselves evaluating ERP software that was developed with discrete manufacturing in mind.  It not only makes sense to find a process manufacturing ERP software system, but one that was made specifically for your industry.

This is where O2 Process Manufacturing software come into play.  O2 was developed to address unique needs of the process manufacturing industry as well as individual needs found in each specific industry served.  From customer specifications and formula engineering to production, quality control, regulatory reporting and security, O2 has the features that you need.  O2 Process Manufacturing ERP software currently serves the food and beverage, commercial baking, life sciences/pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics/nutraceutical and metals industries.

While the process manufacturing industries have many similarities, finding the exact product for your industry will only bring additional benefits to your business.  O2 Process Manufacturing software offers formula security, cradle-to-grave lot tracking, inventory forecasting, multiple unit of measure calculations, compliance reporting and more.  Each industry-specific ERP software solution also offers key features to address the unique concerns of the industry.

If you're looking at ERP software solutions, stop wasting time evaluating solutions that weren't developed around your industry needs.  For more information, visit www.evs-sw.com.  

Food ERP Software: Costs, Profitability & Customer Satisfaction

In the third installment of the Food ERP Software series, I'm going to discuss how our food software can help food manufacturers with costs, profitability and customer satisfaction.

As any food and beverage manufacturer will tell you, low margins and often highly fluctuating  material costs make managing profitability a must. Our food and beverage software, O2 Food ERP software, helps manufacturers manage and continually address these challenges.

O2 Food and Beverage ERP software offers real-time cost data, helping you track material costs (including intermediates), labor, packaging and finished goods.  The food software also provides "what-if" cost-analysis to help make pricing decisions easier, improve your bottom line with better visibility throughout the entire budget, pricing and analysis process.

Managing these factors while simultaneously keep customers satisfied can be a balancing act at times.  Customer/product price tiers and promotional pricing can be difficult for growing food and beverage manufacturers.  Let our food and beverage manufacturing ERP software reduce the difficulty of pricing tiers, rebates and promotions by allowing your to better manage pricing at all levels including: customer, product, region and calendar.  Gain real insight into your food and beverage profitability and identify variances quickly.

For more information on a process manufacturing ERP software developed specifically for the food and beverage industry, visit www.evs-sw.com.