Business Intelligence Blog

The changing demand for organic, fair-trade or locally sourced products, as well as changing food industry regulations, are putting a strain on food and beverage distribution companies. Coupled with the perishable nature of many products and the power of major grocery chains, increasing  margins can be a challenge. Data analytics is proving to be a powerful way for food and beverage companies to predict changes in demand and respond accordingly.

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Topics: Industry - Food and Beverage, Industry - Wholesale Distribution, Job Role - Executive

 

Savona, an independent British food distributor, wanted a BI tool that reviews sales information includes human resources data and brings together online and offline orders into one version of the truth. The team also plans to use the functionality in Phocas for the management of daily exception reporting to send to users rather than having it recreated in the ERP system. Exception reporting in Phocas highlights where actual results diverge significantly from the budget, usually in a negative way. Savona will use the outcomes to focus its team on the areas of its business that need immediate attention.

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Food and Beverage, Industry - Wholesale Distribution, Job Role - Sales, Job Role - IT, Job Role - Inventory/Operations

Harrisons Sauces is part of BI Europe and manufactures condiments and sauces, supplying a variety of sweet and savoury sauces and seasoning to a wide range of market sectors across the globe. The company uses an ERP system to manage and control its manufacturing processes and has added Phocas cloud business intelligence software to streamline products and increase profitability.

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Manufacturing, Business Intelligence Basics, Industry - Food and Beverage, Job Role - Inventory/Operations, decision-making, Dynamic reporting, business intelligence dashboards, data visualizations

Dayla Drinks is an independent on-trade drinks distributor specializing in the procurement and supply of over 3,000 products such as beer, spirits and soft drinks. The company recognizes the importance of data to its operations so it can be flexible and provide excellent service to its customers across the United Kingdom. Phocas data analytics helps the Dayla team carry out margin analysis and recommend a greater variety of products to its customers. The whole business can see where profit margins are down and focus on areas of the business that need the most attention.

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Food and Beverage, ERP - Merlin, data analytics, business intelligence dashboards

Phocas is pleased to announce a new partnership with Strategic Information Group that will extend our data analytics software to Strategic’s QAD cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software customers. Phocas seamlessly integrates with dozens of ERP systems, including QAD Adaptive ERP powered by the QAD Enterprise Platform. Strategic is a QAD reseller in the U.S. and Canada, and also has full distribution rights to sell and service QAD ERP applications across Ireland. Strategic plans to market and sell Phocas to customers across North America and Europe.

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Topics: Industry - Health and Medical, Industry - Food and Beverage, Industry - Consumer Goods, Press release, ERP - QAD

A chain restaurant’s profitability often depends on its capacity to control costs. Data analytics provides a full picture of customer preferences and is a valuable tool for restaurant chains to address stock control and to attract local business.

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Topics: Industry - Food and Beverage, Job Role - Sales

Grocery wholesale distributors use networks for buying power and breadth of product range. For many members of the Countrywide Food Service Network, data analytics is the new secret weapon to stay competitive.

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Food and Beverage, Industry - Wholesale Distribution, Job Role - Sales, Job Role - Executive, Industry - Consumer Goods

Having the appropriate data analytics solution is vital to strategic decision making. However, one-size-fits-all solutions don’t always address a company’s specific needs. Cloud technology has facilitated the rise of vertical SaaS data analytics and more bespoke solutions.

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Topics: Business Intelligence Basics, Industry - Food and Beverage, Industry - HVAC/Plumbing, Industry - Building & Industrial Supplies, Job Role - Executive

Rashays’ team uses data to better understand customer preferences, improve the loyalty program and get results

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Food and Beverage, Job Role - Executive, Industry - Retail

From the apple tree to the check-out, business intelligence (BI) uncovers opportunities and risks hidden in your product lifecycle and company performance. Food and Beverage managers are using data analytics and instant reporting daily to make smart business decisions about their stock, their sales and their customers.

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Topics: Industry - Food and Beverage