There's something brewing in Holland's Bavaria NV besides beer. The brewery found the Swedish software company StreamServe to provide an intelligent output management software package that would help enable individual system users to quickly retrieve the data needed to perform their jobs, while improving efficiency in every area from sales and distribution management to warehouse management and financial reporting.
Independent software vendors form an alliance with Big Blue in order to deliver total solutions that increase the benefits and minimize the anguish of converting to an ERP platform.
The key requirements and the trade-off between building a system in-house vs. purchasing an off-the-shelf application are examined, along with the critical role ERP integration plays in driving payback and competitive advantage from an environmental, health safety system investment.