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The company has replaced its previous on-premises enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) infrastructure with the industry-specific multi-tenant platform at five locations within just 6.5 months .

Emmi is the leading manufacturer of high-quality dairy products in Switzerland . The company was founded in 1907 as a merger of several cooperatives of dairy farmers in the Lucerne region . Emmi attaches the utmost importance to the careful treatment of nature , animals and people , and also contributes to value creation in rural regions . The company manufactures its products with around 9,000 employees at more than 50 locations in 11 countries .

Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage is designed specifically to meet the needs of the food and beverage industry and also provides special functions for dairy processing companies . Infor ’ s public cloud strategy enables Emmi to benefit directly from proven industry best practices at its international acquisitions . Locations in Canada , the United Kingdom and Benelux are working with Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage , as well as two subsidiaries in Turlock and Sebastopol , California , in the United States . More subsidiaries are being deployed in Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage .

Of particular benefit to Emmi are , among other things , the scalability of the cloud platform – which allows new branches to be connected easily – as well as the lower costs in operation . In addition , the multitenant-capable solution is always up to date due to regular real-time updates . Emmi can benefit particularly from the newest functions in the areas of finance and reconciliation .

The out-of-the-box functionalities for the dairy and cheese industry enabled a fast and efficient implementation at Emmi . These include , for example , the receipt of milk in fat , protein and dry matter components ; push-pull planning for milk and dairy products ; consideration of variable weight in cheese production , and seamless batch traceability .

“ Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage is a great asset to us ,” said Markus Blatter , Project Lead at Emmi . “ It is not only more transparent and has a better cost structure compared to the old on-premises system , it also shows itself to be more flexible and agile due to the regular updates and the new features .”

“ The food industry , in particular , demands compliance with the highest standards ,” said Matthias Neu , Senior Account Manager at Infor . “ Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage has the flexibility and industry focus necessary to meet these standards – and we are proud that Emmi has trusted us with this task .” p

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