Vestey Foods select Microsoft Dynamics with Columbus IT

As part of their continued growth plans Vestey Foods has selected Microsoft Dynamics as their new ERP solution with leading Microsoft partner, Columbus IT.

The Vestey Foods Group comprises thirteen food companies specialising in the import, storage and distribution of a wide variety of foodstuffs from global suppliers into the various local market places in which they operate. They have a combined turnover of £500m p.a. and principally trade beef, pork, lamb, poultry, game, fish, seafood and convenience products into some 70 countries.

Nick Reynolds, Financial Controller at the Vestey Head Office explains: “To assist our rapid growth we needed to consolidate our disparate business systems from the UK and across the group into a best practice ERP solution. Many of our processes are still manual which is hindering our expansion plans”.

Vestey Foods have initially purchased 30 users of Microsoft Dynamics which includes functionality around finance, sales, purchasing, stock and warehousing. Nick continued: “This is just the beginning of a much wider roll out which will help us to improve efficiencies across the group, reduce our costs, gain greater insight into our business and ultimately manage our growth.”

Martin Burden at Columbus IT comments: “Columbus IT has great experience in the food sector and it is great to have organisations such as the Vestey Group as customers.”

Nick went on to say: “When we began our selection project Columbus IT was recommended as the experts in this sector and we have been impressed with their knowledge of both product and the food sector.”