Community Coffee Brews Up Successful Business Processes with IDS Scheer ARIS(TM) SmartPath for Foods/Beverages.BERWYN, Pa. -- IDS Scheer, the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence, today announced that its Small and Medium Enterprises (SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. ) business unit has successfully completed a project go-live in the consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one industry with Community Coffee Company, the largest family-owned retail coffee brand in the United States. The company selected IDS Scheer's ARIS ARIS American Religious Identification Survey ARIS Architecture of Integrated Information Systems ARIS Active Rack Isolation System ARIS Aggregate Route-based IP Switching ARIS Agentia Romana pentru Investitii Straine SmartPath for Foods/Beverages solution, incorporating SAP(R) Best Practices for Fast Moving Consumer Goods “CPG” redirects here. For other uses, see CPG (disambiguation). Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), also known as Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), are products that have a quick turnover and relatively low cost. , with ARIS-based industry-specific reference models and consulting services. "For over 85 years, Community Coffee Company has leveraged innovation and experience to make and deliver fresh, great-tasting coffee. This new system will further enable us to have the right products in the right place at the right time to better serve our customers," said Matt Saurage, President and fourth generation founding-family member of Community Coffee Company. "We are thrilled to support an industry leader like Community Coffee with its strategic initiative of aligning business processes with IT to better serve its customers," said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of IDS Scheer for the Americas. "Our industry-specific ARIS SmartPath solution will play an integral role for Community Coffee in the management of its enterprise processes, specifically manufacturing processes. This is another example of our leadership in process solutions for the consumer products industries." Founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana For the Canadian restaurant, see . Baton Rouge (from the French bâton rouge), pronounced /ˈbætn ˈɹuːʒ/ in English, and in 1919, Community Coffee is an importer and roaster of premium quality coffees that are distributed to grocery stores, offices, restaurants, hotels and convenience stores in the Southeast United States. The company operates 34 specialty coffeehouse locations in Louisiana and ships products to customers nationwide who shop online at www.CommunityCoffee.com. Prior to working with IDS Scheer, Community Coffee had been using various legacy systems to manage its business operations. "We hope to gain Consumer Goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and best practices through this implementation that will drive our business growth," said Annette Vaccaro, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , Community Coffee. According to Vaccaro, about 260 Community Coffee employees are using the new system. Led by Community Coffee Project Manager David Fahr, the IDS Scheer team worked in collaboration to roll this out to over 50 distribution and retail locations and to several remote sales team members. The implementation go-live date was July 1, 2006. "Consumer Goods industry expertise was one of the main drivers for Community Coffee's selection of our ARIS SmartPath solution. Plus, we were able to provide them with relevant consumer goods customer success stories to guide their decision," said John Haddad, managing director of IDS Scheer SME. "Because ARIS SmartPath provides a process-based foundation based on proven best practices, this implementation will enable Community Coffee to achieve its goal of being the best coffee company in America." As a result of the implementation, Community Coffee hopes to gain the following benefits: --Improved customer service --Better inventory control --Increased profitability --Fully integrated system across the entire organization --Consolidation of financial processes About IDS Scheer in the Americas With the ARIS Platform, IDS Scheer is the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence. The company's ARIS-based solutions offer a complete portfolio of software, services and methods to address all phases of the business process lifecycle: strategy, design, implementation, controlling, documentation, and continuous improvement. From small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 organizations, IDS Scheer helps companies optimize their investments in Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Architecture (EA), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ), Corporate Performance Management (CPM), and Compliance Management. As a Global SAP Service Partner and strategic SAP development partner, IDS Scheer has unmatched domain expertise in Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), Supply Chain Management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ), Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), and SAP NetWeaver. With more than 2,500 employees worldwide and 6,000-plus customers in over 70 countries, IDS Scheer's 2005 revenues reached $386.4 million USD/318 million Euros. IDS Scheer was established in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer, widely recognized as a founding father of Business Process Management. For more information on IDS Scheer in the Americas, visit http://www.ids-scheer.com/us. Copyright (C) 2006 IDS Scheer All rights reserved. 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