JunctionF/B addresses your unique challenges of improving control over operations and finances, simplifying compliance with regulatory and customer driven mandates, and connecting with customers, suppliers and employees across your business. The JunctionF/B solution brings you the benefits of a highly specialised business management system that adapts to the way you do business - now and in the future.

Food processors face increased regulatory control requirements, and must manage multiple, complex variables such as seasonal supply, fluctuating market demand and variable quality ingredients in order to produce and deliver quality food products to consumers. To successfully meet market demand for seasonal items, food processors are uniquely challenged to not only streamline the production of goods, but also to accommodate variability in ingredient quality, availability, specifications and cost to produce consistent, high-quality products.

Microsoft Dynamics AX is the foundation for JunctionF/B based on the combination of unique flexibility, advanced technology, low cost of ownership and global capabilities. Its use of .NET technologies and integration to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are key to delivering an unmatched powerful and adaptable business solution. The Microsoft Dynamics AX platform provides the foundation needed to address your growing business’s system transaction processing and reporting needs as you grow your business.

Order Management, Customer Service & CRM

Tools to profitably manage customer relationships and multiple channels, from marketing programs to order fulfilment.

Commodity Supplier Relationship Management and Grower Accounting

The Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) module is designed to enhance and manage the relationship between a company and its suppliers for the acquisition of commodities that are variable in nature. Variable commodities can not be described by just an item number. They usually require additional information such as grade, multiple units of measure or attribute information. Payment for these types of commodities may also be based on similar factors. Some examples of these products includes: fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and raw or frozen meats and seafood.

Catch Weights

JunctionF/B allows companies that process or produce items such as fresh meat to use actual weight throughout their supply chain. Since the actual weight of each instance of an item varies (each chicken has a different weight), the actual variable weight must be captured and tracked for each instance of an item. This actual variable weight is known as the “Catch Weight” of the item.

Trade Promotions

Trade promotion from analysis, funding, planning, executing and claim processing; including tracking promotion calendars related to events by customer and trade money accounting and settling. • Complete integration and to fully support the entire promote-to-profit business process.

Recipe Management

Sophisticated multi-level and scalable recipe management of multiple inputs and outputs .Variable Input and Output Units of Measure (UOM)Support for convertible, non-linear inputs and outputs including catch weight, potency, and multiple packaging types.

Quality and Regulatory Management

Software to support inbound and production quality management, process quality control points, and regulatory compliance.

Purchasing and Receiving

Manage supplier relationships, procurement of ingredients and packaging, and inbound logistics.

Inventory and Warehouse Management

Tools that provide complete control of many storage dimensions (from warehouse to pallet) and item dimensions (multiple dates, attributes, lot, and serial control).

Production Scheduling and Control

Solutions that help develop and manage optimal production schedules that balance ingredient availability, capacity, and processes.

Optimisation

A fully integrated set of advanced mathematical decision support tools to solve for a variety of constraint based optimisation scenarios.

Financial & Cost Management

Full-featured accounting including GL, AR, AP and support for sophisticated recipe and production costing.

Specific Food and Beverage industries supported

These include:

Dairy
Meat processing
Seafood
Prepared Foods
Bakery
Candy & Confectionery
Snack Foods
Coffee & Tea
Breakfast Cereals
Pet Foods
Cheese
Frozen Foods
Frozen Dairy
Can and bottled Beverage
Sauce & Seasoning
Dietary Supplements
Medicinal Herbs

Food and Beverage Solutions

Food & Beverage Solutions

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“This is part of an overall effort to continually improve the experience our customers have with Mrs Fields Gifts. In this area and others, we’re taking advantage of some of the most advanced processes available to make sending our unique and delightful gifts as simple and easy as possible for the customers.”

Greg Berglund

President

Mrs Fields Gifts Inc