Whilst the food & beverage industry is the largest in the world, SME food manufacturers and distributors have much to contend with. There is opportunity for growing revenues but margins are tight and competition tough. Whist larger suppliers can cope better with the demands of the large food retailers SME’s must continue to innovate whilst at the same time find efficiencies in their operations.

An important part of the SME’s strategy has to be systems. A manual system, or a small ERP solution that is overloaded, does not provide the steady and efficient platform that the business requires to be competitive.