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View from the Top - Part 1 |
Part 2
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PROFILE
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Andrew Gordon
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Company: Gordon’s Fine Foods.
Interviewee: Andrew Gordon.
Job Title: Managing director.
The Subject: Specialist food manufacturer
Gordon’s is a medium-sized business which has taken
on full-scale ERP software.
PERSONAL FILE
NAMES: Andrew Gordon.
BACKGROUND: Andrew has been
an executive director of Charles Gordon since 1989.
He was first taken on to project manage the expansion
of the company’s production, management, quality, marketing
and sales.
As managing director, he implemented
the iRenaissance system across the company, which included
major changes to working practices and staffing.
He also represented the producers
of Alcoholic Butters in defeating the European directive
on spreadable fats and obtained a derogation with the
support of MAFF to reduce the milk fat content so as
to retain the traditional production of this product.
Among his previous jobs, Andrew spent
nine years as a conservation officer with the Royal
Armouries at the Tower of London and elsewhere, specialising
in the conservation of arms and armour.
In his first job, he spent 10 years
as a senior gunsmith working for G E Fulton & Son in
Bisley. During that time he was responsible for the
manufacturing of target rifles for World champion competitions
and the repair and restoration of small arms.
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Q: WHAT FIRST LED YOU TO ADOPT THE IRENAISSANCE
ERP PACKAGE?
A: Our reason for going down that route is that although
we are a relatively small company, our business involves several
hundred recipes and thousands of different components. Previously
we had a basic accounting package which basically meant we
had no control over raw materials and the cost of raw materials.
We needed to get something which would assist us in that
and there wasn’t a great deal on the market that was smaller
than Ross’ iRenaissance. Sage had a package called Job Shop
but that had no QA component, another package only ran from
the supplier’s server and we wanted to run it from our own
server – so although there were cheaper packages around, we
would have had to compromise quite significantly on what we
were getting.
We decided we would go for ERP and see what we got for our
money from which supplier. In the end, it was between Sanderson
and Ross and basically we felt that Ross had the edge.
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