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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oracle today announced that WILD GmbH & Co. KG, the world's leading privately owned manufacturer of natural flavor ingredients for the food and beverage industry and inventor of Capri-Sun(R), has chosen to migrate from mySAP ERP to the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite Release 12. WILD selected Oracle Applications to replace its legacy SAP system based on Oracle's modern, standards-based architecture, increased flexibility and projected overall lower total cost of ownership.
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WILD decided to evaluate other vendors after realizing that its
current, highly customized version of mySAP ERP 2004 had significant gaps in modeling business processes across its process manufacturing operations. By implementing the Oracle E-Business Suite, WILD will be able to streamline manufacturing processes, help eliminate the need for further customization and focus on meeting long-term business objectives. With Oracle, WILD anticipates strengthening its foundation for providing customers with great tasting food and beverage products of the highest quality, worldwide.
"An in-depth selection process and comprehensive business analysis revealed that Oracle's flexible and integrated product functionality would not only be a fit for WILD on an operational level, but economically it would enable us to quickly achieve significant financial returns," said WILD Chairman and Owner Dr. Hans-Peter Wild. "We also found that Oracle Process Manufacturing, part of the Oracle E-Business Suite, supports WILD's business model far better than the SAP applications we have been using."
Standards Based Technology Enhances Business Operations
As the world's largest private producer of natural ingredients for the food and beverages industry, WILD's motto "We Create Great Taste" is demonstrated by the company's successful production and sale of the Capri Sun(R), Caps(R), and Soy & Joy(R) brands as well as the licensed beverage, Libella(R). WILD and its affiliated Companies employ 2,500 people, operate 17 production facilities in 12 countries across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia and have branches in more than 70 countries worldwide. Seeking a comprehensive technology solution that delivers the financial benefits needed to maintain its market leadership and adhere to the highest standard of quality guaranteed in its products, WILD turned to Oracle.
WILD evaluated Oracle's functionality for process manufacturing, financial consolidation, customer data handling and trade and promotion management. The Oracle E-Business Suite was also evaluated on its ability to deliver the following tangible benefits: efficiency at plant floor level, superior quality management, effective control of inventory, automation of manufacturing, increased user productivity, regulatory compliance and ultimately higher customer satisfaction and optimized profit. Deploying a comprehensive suite of applications built on top of the Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware will help WILD overcome its operational challenges, while also running, securing, adapting and expanding its business through the consolidation of data into a single, global instance.
WILD's implementation is currently underway and is expected to go live early 2008.
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