To support its business, cherry supplier Coral Beach Farms Ltd. used to rely on limited software applications and the information in its people's heads. When the shortcomings of this fragile platform began to jeopardize customer satisfaction, the firm moved to the SAP Business One application. "Our competitors in agriculture are lucky if they have so much as a Web site, let alone good business software," says Mike Lane, the company's controller. "SAP Business One is a huge competitive differentiator".

Challenges and Opportunities:

• Provide a single, trustworthy, highly visible source of business information
• Improve inventory control
• Simplify cost tracking
• Provide real-time accounting
• Eliminate duplicate data entry
• Institute controls to prevent unauthorized data modification
• Improve customer satisfaction

Objectives

• Implement a comprehensive enterprise resource planning solution
• Maintain separate databases for 2 distinct legal entities

Implementation Highlights

• Completed project in 3 months, meeting budget and schedule goals

Benefits

• Eliminated reliance on human memory for business data
• Increased information visibility and accessibility
• Sped up accounting processes
• Improved inventory control
• Eliminated need for duplicate data entry, saving 1 to 2 full-time equivalents
• Improved ability to track costs
• Achieved usability from any computer
• Increased data accuracy
• Created a more detailed general ledger structure
• Increased ability to monitor budgets
• Improved reporting environment
• Heightened customer satisfaction

Read the full success story: Coral Beach Selects SAP Business One and Coastal Range Systems

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