| Customer Type - Beverage Manufacturer and Distributor |
Since 1986, Alfresh Beverages (formally known as Fairlee
Fruit Juice) has been using the Minotaur Business System
to manage their day to day business operations. Alfresh
Beverages is a manufacturer and distributor of fruit juices
and some carbonated beverages. Alfresh is known for their
brands Sunlike, Everfresh, and Fairlee. Alfresh distributes
and co-packs various brands such as Stewarts, Arizona,
C-Plus and Orangina. They distribute their products across
North America and internationally and enjoy creating beverages
that will quench the thirst of every age group. Alfresh's
fully automated manufacturing plant located in Etobicoke,
Ontario has the ability to produce over a million bottles
of juices of various sizes daily. |
Alfresh chose to implement the Minotaur Business System
based on a referral. Before the Minotaur Business System,
they were running their business manually by using spreadsheets
to track their inventory, orders, manufacturing and accounting.
As the Minotaur Business System can be implemented incrementally,
Alfresh took advantage of this and first implemented Minotaur's
Accounting, Order Entry and Purchasing modules. Eventually
Alfresh needed tighter control over their inventory tracking
and they also required automated control on their manufacturing
process. They moved forward to utilize Minotaur's Inventory
Control and Manufacturing modules. |
Recently Alfresh has undertaken co-packing for various
companies within the beverage industry which is tracked
in Minotaur. This aspect of their business is one they
are hoping to expand over the next several years. With
the configurability of the Minotaur Business System, Alfresh
has requested some distinctive requirements that Minotaur
has developed for them over the years. Minotaur has created
two unique sales reports that give Alfresh a hierarchly
structured 'snap shot' of their sales for a given month.
This allows them to print various levels of detail for
the executives and sales representatives. These reports
have reduced a large amount of time when proceeding to
do month ends and have provided Alfresh employee's with
information that is applicable to their position. |
Another feature of the Minotaur Business System that Alfresh
utilizes frequently is Minotaur's Flexible Report Writer.
This feature allows Alfresh to create reports at any time
which are pertinent to their business process and they
receive very accurate information. |
By using the Minotaur Business System Alfresh has the
ability to track coolers they lend out to their customers
for storing their juices. This is done by using Minotaur's
Service module which will track maintenance agreements,
services and support provided to customers. They can also
record work orders for service on the coolers. |
In the mid 1990's Alfresh decided to implement Minotaur's EDI
module which is fully integrated and has saved them both money
and time as they were previously executing EDI manually. Alfresh
is extremely happy with the EDI support they receive. Over the
next couple of years, Alfresh has plans to implement Minotaur's
Lot Control and Bar-coding modules for tighter control in their
manufacturing plant. With this in place Alfresh will have a well-organized
software solution that will manage both their front-end office needs and
manufacturing floor requirements. |
Over the next couple of years, Alfresh has plans to implement
Minotaur's Lot Control and Bar-coding modules for tighter
control in their manufacturing plant. With this in place
Alfresh will have a well-organized software solution that
will manage both their front-end office needs and manufacturing
floor requirements. |
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