COSTA MESA, Calif. -- February 17, 2010 -- SYSPRO USA, the leading
provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, has today announced that Honest
Tea reports it has slashed inventory levels by more than 50% thanks to the
combination of astute management aided by real-time inventory data and greater
forecasting accuracy from its SYSPRO ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
software implementation. According to CFO Jonathan Clark, SYSPRO software lets
the company know how much raw materials it has on hand at any point in time as
well as enabling it to more precisely forecast production levels. These
elements are particularly critical, notes Clark, as Honest Tea outsources all
manufacturing to co-manufacturers or co-packers, providing each with the raw
materials and recipes to make the teas,
Honest Tea chose SYSPRO software in 2007 after an extensive software
search. Clark simply states, "SYSPRO fit our needs. We're going to be a $200 to
$250 million company, and we needed software that could handle that volume.
SYSPRO does have a great track record, and SYSPRO has room for growth." He adds
that SYSPRO reseller Driscoll and Associates, Inc., was also a key factor in
the company's choice of SYSPRO. "We gave them a lot of questions, and they
always came to us with answers and solutions," he says.
About Honest Tea
Honest Tea, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, makes a variety
of ready-to-drink bottled organic teas, thirst quenchers and drinks that are
sold in tens of thousands of stores across the US.
In 2008 The Coca-Cola Company acquired a 40 percent interest in
Honest Tea, and today Coca Cola and its subsidiaries are both suppliers and
customers. In 2010 Honest Tea will be expanding its relationship with Coca
Cola, whereby Coke will be manufacturing Honest organic teas in glass bottles
out of its plant in Massachusetts.
Since its inception in 1978, SYSPRO has been delivering
state-of-the-art business solutions to some of the world's leading companies.
As a global leader in the production of world-class ERP software, the company
now caters to the specialized needs of 14,000 licensed companies in more than
60 countries worldwide. SYSPRO is marketed globally through regional territory
distribution centers and a global reseller network in the US, Canada, Africa,
Asia Pacific, Australia and the UK.
SYSPRO is a fully integrated business software solution that
provides complete control over the planning and management of all facets of
business including accounting, manufacturing and distribution operations in a
variety of industries.