Access Supply Chain is the recipe for success at Imagefarm

Emley, UK - 28th August 2007 - Rapid growth and an increasing market demand for product innovation have inspired frozen food manufacturer, Imagefarm, to replace its existing business software solution with Access Supply Chain.

Founded in 1990 and based in north-west London, Imagefarm manufactures added-value frozen foods; primarily whole-muscle and reformed poultry products for the food service sector.  An independently-owned company, its customers include restaurant groups and brewery chains.  The company takes particular pride in its ability to create innovative new recipes in its in-house development kitchen, offering a bespoke development service for customers as well as continually adding to the Imagefarm branded range.

Imagefarm was experiencing rapid growth and its existing business system - a combination of accounting software and spreadsheets - was beginning to feel the strain. Systems analyst and implementation project manager, Ian Lycett, commented, "We knew we needed to introduce significant changes to maintain the level of efficiency we'd become accustomed to.  We wanted an integrated solution that would allow us to consolidate our information and improve its visibility throughout the company.  That was critical if we were to go on making well-informed and timely decisions as the business continued to expand."

After an extensive 10-month review of the market, the company selected the Access Supply Chain system. "The software jumped through every hoop and the professionalism demonstrated by the people at Access was instrumental in our decision to select them as our supplier - we knew we'd be very comfortable working with them," commented Ian.

Ian expects the new system to help bring about immediate improvements in communication and collaboration across the business as a result of the improved visibility of information: "As soon as a sales order comes in, it will be visible to everybody - we expect that to contribute significantly to the effectiveness of our purchasing, planning and scheduling. We will build on those improvements, using the system's innate flexibility to help automate some of our more time-consuming processes."

Regular introduction of new products is vital for Imagefarm to maintain its competitive edge. The Access Supply Chain system will allow synchronisation of the costing formats used by new product development and the factory, ensuring new recipe costs are based on live production figures. Ian concluded, "Access Supply Chain will support the introduction of new recipes into the factory by allowing us to refine costings through information gathered during production trials and subsequent production runs. That will allow us to really nail down our costs."

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