Leading Frozen Food Supplier Achieves 60 Percent Revenue Growth Leveraging Ross Systems' ERP Oxford Frozen Foods Uses Ross ERP To Support Growth, Comply With Industry Regulations And Meet Customer Demands

Atlanta - Ross Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a division of CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation, announced that leading frozen food supplier, Oxford Frozen Foods has capitalized on its investment in the Ross ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) suite. With Ross ERP as Oxford's platform for growth, the company has increased revenue by 60 percent, met growing regulatory mandates and expanded its customer base to include leading U.S. food manufacturers.

As a leader in the specialized market of cultivating and supplying wild blueberries, a product widely sought after for its health benefits, Oxford began its operations as a small, family owned business in Nova Scotia, Canada. As the wild blueberry market boomed, so did Oxford's business. With Ross' ERP suite, the company has been able to quickly and easily manage growth to meet customer demands.

"We needed a solution that scaled to our vision and enabled us to streamline all of our procedures to support our growth metrics," said Milton Wood, CFO of Oxford Frozen Foods. "Ross ERP was key in helping us achieve our business goals. Not only have we seen a return on our investment in one year, but we have also seen our revenue jump 60 percent since implementing Ross' technology."

As its operational system-of-record, Ross ERP arms Oxford with the ability to manage its day-to-day manufacturing, inventory and customer management activities while acting on business-critical initiatives key to the company's growth. With greater visibility and automation, Oxford has more than doubled its warehouse storage capacity to 110 million pounds of product, enabling the company to better respond profitably to growing customer demand. The company has also added several warehouses and farms, including North America's largest fruit farm, Cherryfield Foods.

In addition, Ross ERP helps Oxford uphold its commitment to quality and the ability to meet both industry regulations and customer demands. Automated data collection functionality from Ross eliminates manual processes and helps Oxford to efficiently comply with FDA, USDA, C-TPAT and HACCP regulations, and achieve independent quality certifications from organizations such as The American Institute of Baking (AIB), Food Products Association and The Canadian Food Inspection Agency. With integrated quality control and bi-directional lot tracing, Ross ERP helps to ensure the quality and safety of Oxford's products.

"Our solutions are designed to provide a complete operational platform – supporting companies like Oxford through rapid growth and plant expansion while optimizing manufacturing capabilities and profitably meeting customer demand," said Scot McLeod, senior vice president of marketing for Ross Systems. "The results our customers have achieved with expanded operations and market share underscore the importance of Ross ERP and validates that our products are successfully meeting expectations."

SOURCE: Oxford Frozen Foods