Major Dairy Manufacturer Selects IDS Scheer's Industry-Specific ARIS SmartPath for Foods/Beverages.BERWYN, Pa. -- IDS Scheer, the leading provider of business process excellence services and tools, 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. ) SAP reseller business unit has secured a significant customer win in the 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 industry with Heartland Farms, a manufacturer and distributor of dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl for a wide range of customers. Heartland Farms has 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 (TM) 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. , as well as enhanced DSD (Direct Stream Digital) See SACD. capability, with the ARIS Process Platform for Business Process Management. As an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. that addresses industry-specific business needs, IDS Scheer's ARIS SmartPath takes a process-oriented approach to the implementation and management of 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. , SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. software. "We are pleased to add Heartland Farms to our prestigious roster of CPG CPG central pattern generators. companies," 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 and Japan. "Our industry-specific ARIS SmartPath solution will play an integral role for Heartland Farms in the management of its manufacturing process and other critical areas." Founded in 1986, Heartland Farms (www.heartlandfarms.com) produces and distributes quality dairy products for a wide range of customers from its new City of Industry, CA, facility, which was completed in 1998. Heartland Farm's 250,000 sq. ft. plant has fully automated dairy processing and product handling systems. Prior to IDS Scheer, Heartland Farms had been using disparate legacy systems to manage its business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . "The lack of integration and technical support required to maintain our systems were principal drivers for the evaluation of an alternative enterprise solution," said William Fenstermaker, Vice President of Finance & Administration. "We were initially only seeking to replace our financial and warehouse systems, but we soon discovered many advantages of the ARIS SmartPath solution. We realized that we could replace more of our existing systems with a single solution that would meet current needs and provide a scaleable platform to support future requirements." ARIS SmartPath for Foods/Beverages enables organizations to: --Improve sales --Increase profitability --Make the best decisions quickly, using accurate profitability reporting --Manage promotions and track results --Gain better control of inventory --Optimize the supply chain with an efficient co-packer relationship --Efficiently expand the supply chain Heartland Farms selected IDS Scheer due to the company's industry expertise and the business process methodology embodied in the ARIS SmartPath solution, based on the mySAP All-In-One application suite. Implementation timeframe for the ARIS SmartPath for Foods/Beverages solution is scheduled to go-live later this year. As a result of the implementation, Heartland Farms will realize the following efficiencies: --Improved financial management and reporting for all aspects of operations, including product costing, production, distribution and warehousing --Superior management of pricing, rebates and promotions --More efficient order processing via DSD and route settlement --Availability of real-time current stock status "With ARIS SmartPath, companies get the benefit of world-class enterprise software, industry-specific reference models, and the power of ARIS which is recognized in the industry as the leader in business process management tools. Because of this packaged solution of products and services, Heartland Farms will implement SAP faster and smarter. By replacing multiple systems with one integrated system, the business will realize significant benefits in better financial and sales reporting, enhanced stock management, and improve its supply chain coordination with distribution and production," said John Haddad, managing director of IDS Scheer SME. About IDS Scheer in North America IDS Scheer is the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence. The company's ARIS-based solutions offer a complete portfolio for "Business Process Excellence," including the services, software and methods to address all phases of the business process lifecycle: design, implementation, execution and continuous improvement. From small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 organizations, IDS Scheer provides a wide array of solutions to help customers optimize, and profit from, their investments in Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), 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), and Next Generation Business Process Automation solutions. As a SAP Global Services Partner, IDS Scheer enables customers to maximize their SAP investment and build winning businesses. As part of an organization of more than 2000 employees worldwide and over 250 in North America, IDS Scheer is built upon a foundation of business process excellence that began when the company was founded in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer, widely recognized as a founding father of Business Process Management. For more information on IDS Scheer in North America, visit http://www.ids-scheer.com/us. Copyright (C) 2005 IDS Scheer All rights reserved. Note to Editors: When referring to ARIS, please print in all caps. 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