The offering
ColumbusFood meets the unique manufacturing and distribution needs of food and beverage companies.
Columbus is your food industry expert. We offer integrated business solutions tailored for food-sectors such as prepared foods, produce, meat, dairy and bakery.
ColumbusFood solution for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 enhances core ERP capabilities to meet food-centric needs, and also builds in industry-specific features traditionally found only in third-party ecosystem solutions. Our goal is to deliver, and continuously enhance, an affordable solution that meets common requirements and scales and upgrades with minimal customizations.
Our solution also includes the Role Tailored user experience, multi-currency capabilities, and seamless integration with Microsoft products that make Microsoft Dynamics AX a world-leading IT investment. ColumbusFood enables you to meet customer demand, dissolve traditional barriers to doing business, and adapt internal procedures to create a lean, profitable environment—now and into the future.
Solutions Overview
On a daily basis, food processors and distributors must deal with a wide range of incoming raw materials and produce consistent quality. Their supply chain is constrained by shelf life and complex regulations. Razor-thin profit margins require superb supply chain efficiency. Their demand chains and distribution channels are constantly changing, and quite diverse. Food & Beverage for Microsoft Dynamics AX enables companies to meet these challenges efficiently and cost-effectively:
- Eliminate data re-entry and ensure traceability with centralized data and system-wide updates
- Automate scheduling and production; optimize planning with graphical capabilities
- Efficiently plan, schedule, and execute maintenance work orders without juggling applications
- Use potency management features to pay suppliers or vendors based on accurate valuations
- Broaden your supply chain coverage with features traditionally found in third-party applications
- Eliminate workarounds and juggling applications with one “Food Central” solution
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- HACCP Plans
- Configurable QC Tests
- Test / Lab Tech Works Management
- Lot Specifications and QC Parameter Tracking
- COOL – Country-of-Origin Labelling
- Lot History and Lot Hold
- Expiration Dating
- Certificate of Analysis
- R&D Recipes
- R&D Trial Batches
- Finished Good Produced Lot
- Raw Material Lot
- Intermediate Product Lot
- Route Planning
- Optimized Route Planning
- Route Settlement
- Inbound Load Planning
- Direct Store Delivery (DSD) Field Operations
- Batch Process Recipe Management
- Product Structure
- Dynamic Batch Sizing
- Multiple Version
- Definition of Nutritional Data
- Multiple Units of Measurement
- Dual Units of Measurement
- Unapproved Items
- Co-Product / By-Products
- Planned Yield Loss or Gains
- Rework / Re-blend
- Shop Floor Reporting
- Finance and Accounting Functionality
- Sales Order Processing
- Configurable Pricing
- Marketing (Trade Spend) and Commission Plans
- Accounts Receivable / Deductions Management
- Customer Relationships
- Robust Purchase Order Management
- Vendor Marketing (Rebate) Plans
- Options for Standard or Actual (lot-based-costing) are supported
- Layered, Inventory Costing Structures
- Production Planning, Scheduling and Sequencing
- Process Production Planner
- Production Sequencing
- Capacity Planning
- Material Supply Planning
- Scheduling / Coordination of Preblends / Solutions / Premix
- Scheduling / Picking for Special Handling
- Asset Categories
- Spare Parts
- Preventative Maintenance - Calendar & Usage
- Asset Ledger - Labour, Materials, Contractors
- Corrective Work Orders
- Fully Integrated with Inventory Management
- Fully Integrated with Purchasing
- Fully Integrated with Accounting
- Standardized Batch Reporting
- Yield Analysis
- Plant Floor Material Logistics
- Catch-Weighted Products
- Flexible Labelling
- Configurable Pricing
- Multi-Location Support
- Item Reservations and Order Tracking
- Location to Location Transfers
- Full Lot Tracking, Lot Aging / Lot Hold-Release Features
- Repack
- Activity Based Costing
- Robust Warehouse Management Options
- Containerisation / Pallet Placard License
- Bulk Container / Tank Storage Management
- Truckload Receiving
- Barcode Scanning
- Product / Internal Labelling
- 3PL Integrations
- Parcel Pack / Ship Support (eship)
- Demand / Forecast Planning
- Master Planning
- Multi-Location Warehousing
- Quick Planner
