Food and Beverage ERP Software | Western Computer

Streamline Operations, Foster Innovation, and Ensure Compliance to Drive Profitability and Growth

Competition, changing demand, regulations, and tight margins are constantly challenging Food & Beverage manufacturers to look for ways to cut costs and differentiate themselves while remaining compliant. Look to Western Computer for proven industry solutions and services that will empower you to innovate and increase profitability while controlling costs, taking control of your inventory and supply chains, and managing compliance.

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Solving Food & Beverage Challenges

Tight Margins

Balancing cost control and commissions/discounts with innovation and efficiency while adapting to changing demand

Recipe Management

Responding to changing consumer trends while maintaining compliance
and consistency

Quality, Safety, and Compliance

Keeping up with changing food safety and other regulations to avoid costly recalls, fines, and damage to the brand

Labor Shortages/Automation

Finding and retaining skilled labor while automating where possible to combat the issue while increasing efficiency

Visibility

Tracking and managing inventory across the supply chain to minimize waste and optimize stock levels

Inventory Management

Monitoring shelf life, managing stock levels, and forecasting demand to control costs and maintain efficiency

“One Microsoft”: A Single Modern Cloud Solution for All Your Food & Beverage Needs

While other solutions offer food & beverage features, Microsoft offers benefits they cannot. Microsoft’s robust, fully integrated cloud ecosystem—or “One Microsoft”—provides everything you need to increase productivity and efficiency, ensure compliance, innovate continuously, and expand and grow to meet demands in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry:

Comprehensive F&B Functionality

Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a robust Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that integrates essential business and process manufacturing functions crucial for managing supply chains, production, safety, quality, and compliance. With Dynamics 365, you get real-time insights into inventory, demand forecasting, resource utilization, and supplier performance to reduce waste, avoid stockouts or overstocking and manage costs. This helps you gain control over commissions and discounting so you can optimize profit margins.

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Cloud Scalability

Microsoft Azure offers a robust, flexible, scalable cloud infrastructure, providing the ability to scale storage, computing power, and data according to business needs, which is especially important for manufacturers dealing with fluctuating demand and seasonal production cycles. Azure allows you to utilize advanced data analytics and AI tools for predictive demand forecasting, quality control, and operational efficiency.

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Food Safety and Compliance

Dynamics on Azure is one of the most compliant platforms available today, helping you ensure you’re meeting stringent food safety regulations (e.g., FDA, HACCP, GFSI). The ability to track every ingredient through the production process and maintain comprehensive records is critical for audits and recalls, which is why Dynamics 365 and Azure offer full ingredient and product traceability/lot tracking, helping you trace food safety issues to their origin quickly and efficiently.

Collaboration and Productivity

Microsoft 365 offers powerful collaboration tools that help you improve internal communication and streamline workflows. With tools like Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint, employees can communicate and collaborate in real time across different locations, ensuring everyone from the production floor to management has access to the same information. Microsoft 365 also offers integrated document management and version control to help with managing compliance documentation, product specs, and recipes.

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AI and Machine Learning for Innovation

The AI capabilities in Dynamics 365 and Azure enable you to innovate faster. AI tools can be used for optimizing recipes, improving production efficiency, and reducing waste. Machine learning models can predict equipment failures, enabling preventive maintenance that reduces downtime.

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End-to-End Visibility and Transparency

A fully integrated platform gives you full visibility into operations. From ingredient sourcing and production processes to distribution and customer feedback, you get real-time data and analytics to make informed decisions. With Power BI, you get customizable dashboards that provide insights into key performance indicators (KPIs), helping you stay agile and responsive to market changes.

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EDI

Dynamics 365’s EDI capabilities help you automate and streamline the process, improving efficiency, reducing errors, and maintaining compliance with industry standards. This enhances supply chain visibility and responsiveness, crucial for managing perishable products.

Security

Through Azure and the entire platform, Microsoft offers robust security features and services that most companies could not afford or manage on their own. Data encryption, compliance with industry regulations, advanced threat protection, disaster recovery, and more help you protect sensitive data, ensure the continuity of operations, and meet stringent food safety and cybersecurity standards.

Western Computer: A Proven Microsoft Partner with Food & Beverage Expertise

Your partner is as important as your technology. With Western Computer, you get a respected, seasoned partner—a Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist and Inner Circle Member (the top 1% of partners worldwide). We have decades of Microsoft and Food & Beverage experience along with unique products we have developed for the industry. We are also experts at moving companies from legacy systems to the cloud. We take an industry approach, collaborating with you to deliver a modern, comprehensive solution that will help you tackle your challenges, meet your strategic goals, and scale with you as your business changes and grows.