Mrs. Gerry's achieves operational efficiency in their manufacturing process with Columbus

The Mrs. Gerry’s team takes advantage of ColumbusFood “add-ons” in its business, especially tools for batch planning and batch reporting. On the financial side of the business, promos, rebates and commissions met the team’s needs out- of-the-box with few subtle customizations.

On the shop floor, from a production planning standpoint, Ness says they’ve increased their scope and visibility without adding additional people, which improved productivity. ColumbusFood has also helped to simplify some of the on-floor management output.

As for future innovation, Mrs. Gerry’s plans to continue its focus on producing high quality products while stressing less about software. “Our goal is not to become masters at software,” said Ness. “Our goal as a company is to be masters in producing salads and side dishes. We do it very well and we don’t want to be the best developers on Dynamics NAV. We’re looking to Columbus to drive the vision that we have for getting our tracking and reporting capabilities brought in and moving us forward by gaining visibility into our business.”

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ColumbusFood simplified Mrs. Gerry's business process by delivering industry-specific solutions implemented right out-of-the-box.

• Inventory management: Visibility into existing production activities and equipment allowed Mrs. Gerry's to schedule new production batches appropriately.
• Rebates and commissions: Based on sales and purchase activity, Mrs. Gerry's was able to set up sales and marketing plans where amounts are accrued and paid out to a recipient.
• Batch planning: Columbus provided production setup, planning and reporting features allowing Mrs. Gerry's to leverage the flexibility in creating different types of packages that can be included in the bills of materials.