Three ways you can use your phone or tablet to take advantage of today’s mobile ERP technology to keep ahead of the competition.

1. 3 Things Your
Food or Drink
Manufacturing
Company Could do
With Mobile ERP
Three ways you can use your phone
or tablet to take advantage of today’s
mobile ERP technology to keep ahead
of the competition.

2. 3 Things Your Food and Drink Manufacturing
Company Could do With Mobile ERP
Mobile ERP isn’t a new idea. Businesses have been updating and
reporting from their ERP systems through mobile devices for a decade.
What’s new is the ability to integrate your ERP with today’s most
ubiquitous mobile devices - the smartphone and the tablet. Through
mobile apps, you can give your team access to the key information they
need from your ERP system, from wherever they are.
Here are three real-world examples of how food and drink
manufacturers are applying this technology for business benefits today.
You may read them and start to ponder - how can your food or drink
manufacturing business take advantage of today’s mobile ERP
technology to boost productivity and profitability?
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3. Put CRM and sales order processing firmly
into the hands of the sales team
The days of sales reps updating their customer records
or completing sales orders when they get back to the
office are numbered.
With a CRM or sales order processing app on their
phone, they can now easily perform these critical
processes on the spot. The result is data that’s more
accurate and timely and, crucially, is immediately
integrated into the ERP system.
The most effective CRM systems present an accurate
and up-to-date picture of your relationship with your
customers. Mobile ERP helps bring that picture into
sharper resolution.
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4. 01
‘ON AVERAGE,
FIRMS ARE ALREADY
SPENDING 10% OF
THEIR IT BUDGET ON
MOBILE ERP AND THIS
FIGURE IS RISING.’
IDC
10%
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5. 01
‘IT LEADERS BELIEVE
PRODUCTIVITY COULD
BE INCREASED BY 36%
IF KEY ENTERPRISE
APPLICATIONS BECAME
MOBILE.’
FT.com
36%
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6. Manage your customer
product samples more
effectively02
Mobile technology makes it easy to maintain
more than just data about clients. It can help
you organise lots of fast-changing information,
such as your product samples database.
Through mobile apps, your team can monitor
and report on key attributes such as quantity,
quality, packaging, food hygiene, storage
condition and more. Keeping track of samples
becomes much simpler when information about
them is uploaded to and accessed from your
ERP system via mobile. Wastage is reduced and
products can be targeted more effectively.
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7. 02
THE TOP THREE TRENDS IN FOOD
MANUFACTURING:
1. AUTOMATION/ROBOTICS
(INCLUDING MOBILE).
2. FOOD SAFETY.
3. CONSUMER DEMANDS.
Food Engineering
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8. 02
‘THE WORKFORCE SEE MOBILE
AS AN ADDITIONAL CHANNEL FOR
COMMUNICATING WITH ENTERPRISE
SYSTEMS. PEOPLE ARE NOT LOOKING
AT THE IPAD AS A REPLACEMENT FOR
THEIR ERP USER INTERFACE - THEY
WANT IT AS AN ADDITIONAL USER
INTERFACE, AND STILL HAVE THE CORE
SYSTEM ON THEIR DESKTOP.’
Nigel Montgomery, Enterprise Software
Research Directory, Gartner
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9. Improve regulatory compliance through
mobile monitoring and prompt reaction
With mobile ERP, alerts can be triggered and
communicated immediately, with delivery to mobiles
helping to ensure action is taken right away.
Temperature recording is one such area where mobile
ERP is making a difference. Records can be captured
and uploaded in an instant through a mobile app. Even
better, extend ERP to your machinery - automation
allows fridges or ovens to report on their own status,
feeding the data directly into the ERP system.
The result is more than just an accurate, up-to-date
audit trail - it empowers faster business responses too.
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10. 03
‘ALMOST 90% OF
CIOS SAY THEIR STAFF
WANT MORE ACCESS
TO ERP APPLICATIONS
ON THEIR MOBILE
DEVICES.’
FT
90%
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Here’s some advice on
planning your mobile
strategy from IBM...
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12. Remember, mobile ERP technology on
your phone or tablet can:
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13. Remember, mobile ERP technology on
your phone or tablet can:
Put CRM and sales order processing powers
in the hands of the sales team, increasing
efficiency.
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14. Remember, mobile ERP technology on
your phone or tablet can:
Put CRM and sales order processing powers
in the hands of the sales team, increasing
efficiency.
Manage your customer product samples more
effectively, reducing wastage.
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15. Remember, mobile ERP technology on
your phone or tablet can:
Put CRM and sales order processing powers
in the hands of the sales team, increasing
efficiency.
Manage your customer product samples more
effectively, reducing wastage.
Improve regulatory compliance.
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16. Take time to stop and think where the food and drink sector is
heading in 2014, before your competitors steal a march on you.
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