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Aptean Food & Beverage ERP

Score7 out of 10

1 Reviews and Ratings

What is Aptean Food & Beverage ERP?

Aptean JustFood ERP is purpose-built for the food manufacturing industry. With a single ERP software solution, companies can manage all aspects of their operations—from the time materials enter the facility until the finished product is delivered. Through a wide-ranging set of features, JustFood ERP provides the necessary visibility, tracking, and control to take your food business to the next level. Aptean acquired JustFood in 2018.

Top Performing Features

  • Role-based user permissions

    Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.

    Category average: 8

  • Accounts payable

    This includes the automation and tracking of payment to vendors and suppliers, with features such as payment scheduling, check printing, open purchase order alerts, document management, direct ACH bill payment, and vendor records.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Accounts receivable

    This includes the management and automation of invoices and collections, with features like statements, invoices, receipts, payment reminders, customer records, auto billing, and refund checks.

    Category average: 8.2

Areas for Improvement

  • Supplier Management

    Broadly manage and report comprehensive supplier profiles, capabilities and performance; identify bottlenecks; balance allocations, workloads

    Category average: 7.2

  • Forecasting

    Statistically forecast based on historical patterns and sales input, monitor accuracy and estimate new demand

    Category average: 6.9

  • Inventory Planning

    Establish projected inventory levels, monitor actual levels and compare with projected levels

    Category average: 7.3

Aptean ERP Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Aptean addresses our business problems by becoming a one-stop shop for all of our enterprise needs. We literally do everything out of Aptean. If not for Aptean, we wouldn't be able to function.

Pros

  • Accounts Payable system is well integrated and easy to use
  • Accounts Receivable is the same as Account Payable. Easy to reconcile with the bank
  • Tracking of inventory and recording of inventory is well managed by aptean
  • Submitting and recording Purchase Orders is very well integrated with Inventory and Accounts Payable.

Cons

  • The Quality Assurance Module needs some better integration with inventory. We still do this process manually
  • The Maintenance module needs the same work as the Quality Assurance Module
  • The Warehouse Module does sometimes get a bit wonky, but overall is okay.

Return on Investment

  • It has reduced us using multiples platforms
  • Our IT costs have been lowered since switching over
  • Our Record Keeping and traceability has significantly improved since going to aptean which has reduced a lot of paper record keeping

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise

Usability