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News Release from: SSI
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 November 2001
Food processors blend in ERP
Two more companies have joined the increasing ranks of food and beverage manufacturers using the TROPOS fast-response ERP suite from SSI.
Two more companies have joined the increasing ranks of food and beverage manufacturers using the TROPOS fast-response ERP suite from SSI SSI consultants are already on site at London-based Rayner Food Group (www.rayner.co.uk), which makes sauce essences, horseradish sauce, and soft drinks, and its Bristol-based subsidiary Cauldron Foods (www.cauldronfoods.co.uk), a manufacturer of quality vegetarian products, working for an early go-live
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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