SAP Business One for Animal Feed: Integration
This is the second blog in our series, “Top Four Reasons for Choosing SAP Business One in Animal Feed”. In this series, we focus on four key reasons why manufacturers and wholesalers within the agribusiness sector choose SAP Business One as their ERP system to support business growth, improve control and manage sector-specific challenges.
The importance of integration in animal feed manufacturing and distribution
Integration is one of the key reasons for investing in ERP. Integration streamlines the flow of information between departments; it is efficient and can greatly enhance the speed and accuracy of reporting.
A typical ERP implementation will integrate sales, purchasing, inventory, and production. In animal feed, this list usually needs to be extended to include process control. Specialist systems such as Imperium4 from Optio (formerly DSL Systems) control the actual machinery of production. As such, they are a natural extension of ERP.
Without integration, planning is disconnected from delivery, data is fragmented across systems, and processes may be slower and more reactive. Integration enables each system to focus on what it does best. Process control runs the plant. ERP runs the business. Integration ensures they operate as a single solution.
How SAP Business One from LAKE can help animal feed manufacturers and wholesalers
LAKE solutions based on SAP Business One include proven Integration with Process Control, Weighbridge Automation, Transport and Delivery. We are able to do this because SAP Business One is not a closed system; it is a platform for integrating specialist systems into one seamless solution. And the benefit to you? Here are three examples of ways that an integrated SAP Business One and process control solution can help your business.
Improved Visibility across the business
SAP Business One delivers real-time visibility across your whole business. It is a reporting platform that centralises all the information you need – sales, inventory, formulations, Bills of Materials, production orders, etc. – and delivers it via interactive dashboards and reports that engage users and enhance decision-making.
Bridges the gap between planning and execution
Integration bridges the gap between planning and execution. SAP Business One manages production planning, scheduling, and material requirements planning. When integrated with process control, production orders flow automatically to the plant and actual production data flows back into SAP.
Strong batch traceability
SAP Business One provides full batch / lot tracking with forward and backward traceability. In animal feed this is essential for feed safety compliance, rapid, targeted recalls, and audit readiness. With SAP Business One, you know what stock you have, where it is, and how it moves through the business, from order to cash. No more unpleasant surprises.
Take the next step
In the next blog in this series, we focus on scalability. To find out how SAP Business One from LAKE could help your business, download one of our Guides to SAP Business One, take a virtual tour, or contact us to discuss your requirements.
By Paul Barns