MW Brands (John West)

Client: MW Brands

Category: Distribution & Importation

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Date: August 08

Business Situation

After spinning off from its former parent, the H.J. Heinz Company, MW brands inherited a dated and expensive IT infrastructure that could not adequately support their supply chain network or plans for expansion. To remain competitive, they needed a more open and affordable IT platform.

MW Brands, eager to replace the old systems swiftly and create its own independent IT architecture,  rejected the large-scale ERP approach many corporations were pursuing. The MW Brands board felt that it was too big, too complex, potentially too costly and too risky for the size of the company that they had acquired. The new architecture had to be more flexible, more responsive, quick to integrate with existing systems, cost-effective but still capable of maintaining a high level of service to customers.

Solution

Recognising the need for a new management and connectivity environment and working with Grant Thornton, MW Brands went through an ERP system selection process. In July 2006, MW Brands selected Microsoft Dynamics NAV as the core ERP system.   evo-soft erp working in Partnership with Spargonet (both Gold Service Microsoft Partners) carried out the implementation.  

Benefits

• Significantly reduced IT platform costs
• Message response times slashed by over 200 percent
• Profitability forecasting improved
• Dependency on inherited legacy systems removed