LINKFRESH and Hitachi Solutions Partner with The Fresca Group
VENTURA, CA – LINKFRESH and Hitachi Solutions have joined together to deliver LINKFRESH SRP on the Microsoft Dynamics AX platform to The Fresca Group.
This service is expected to deliver major benefits across the business in finance, operations and commercial.
Fresca Group is the U.K.’s largest independent fresh produce organization with sales in excess of $750 million, according to a press release. The companies in the group have differing fresh produce interests, from grower to wholesaler on the full supply chain, importer to ripener and packer to logistics expert.
“We selected LINKFRESH and Hitachi Solutions because their expertise combines the Microsoft AX suite of programs with the best industry-specific software, supported in its deliver through a leading systems implementer. Once the team has deployed the system, all core processes will be managed together – improving reporting, eliminating manual intervention and reducing costs,” says Mike Musk, Group Finance Director at Fresca Group.
This multi-million dollar investment is codenamed Project Compass and will deploy the complete LINKFRESH ERP suite to approximately 800 users across multiple locations in four core Fresca businesses – Mack, MMG CITRUS, DGM Growers and Thanet Earth Marketing.
Nikki Scarr, LINKFRESH COO, said, “We are very excited to be deploying our LINKFRESH ERP solution for one of the U.K.’s leading fresh produce organizations who are a major part of the fresh food chain in Britain and beyond. The fresh food industry expertise and Microsoft Dynamics AX software development skills of our LINKFRESH team, in partnership with the world class project implementation experience and methodologies brought by Hitachi Solutions, will deliver a winning combination to ensure a successful deployment.”
The LINKFRESH and AX solution is being implemented for Fresca by Hitachi Solutions. That company was selected because of its process driven implementation approach and experience with large scale Microsoft Dynamics AX deployments.
