VAI’s S2K Enterprise Edition Adds Grower Accounting and iTrade Integration Modules
RONKONKOMA, N.Y.--VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.) (www.vai.net), an IBM Premier Business Partner and a leader in enterprise solutions for the distribution, manufacturing, retail and service industries, today announced a strategic alliance with AG Business Management, Inc. (www.agbus.com). Under the terms of the agreement, fresh produce grower-shippers will now be able to leverage the power of VAI’s S2K Enterprise Edition software and the functionality of two AG Business modules—Grower Accounting for VAI and iTrade Integration for VAI—in a single end-to-end business solution designed especially for this agricultural market niche.
VAI, a leader in the mid-sized market since 1978, maintains its business edge by continually updating its enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to incorporate both the latest in technology and industry best practices. S2K Enterprise Edition, now in version 3.7.6, provides the power and unsurpassed value that companies need to achieve internal efficiencies, improve external responsiveness and deliver bottom-line results. This commitment to software excellence, complemented by strategic alliances that allow VAI to offer fully integrated, best-in-class applications, gives firms the full range of tools they need to compete successfully in today’s competitive business environment regardless of industry.
AG Business Management, based in Salinas, California, offers software solutions designed specifically for the fresh produce industry. Its applications, based on 30 years of agriculture industry experience, not only possess all the functionality grower-shippers require but also utilize industry-specific terminology and logic in every application. User friendly designs position AG Business Management software as the solution of choice for grower-shippers in the mid-sized market, where the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of grower data are critical success factors. AG Business Management solutions track over 60 million cartons of produce annually.
Tony Singleton, Western Region Territory Manager, VAI, commented, “Bringing together the power of a leading ERP application written for IBM System i and one of the foremost grower accounting modules gives the fresh produce industry the best of both worlds. Grower Accounting for VAI improves the accuracy and timeliness of grower transaction data, reduces personnel hours spent tracking the unique terms and conditions of each grower contract, and allows produce tracking to the lot level, an important food safety requirement. With a single keystroke, grower-shippers have all the information they need to achieve their business goals and keep growers happy.”
Automation of the supply chain for the retail and foodservice industries has created new software requirements for grower-shippers. According to Rendell Requiro, President, AG Business Management, “Increasingly, receivers are subscribing to iTradeNetwork and electronically placing bulk produce orders multiple times each day. iTrade Integration for VAI allows quick, accurate, portal-to-ERP download, freeing grower-shippers from the cumbersome task of printing and keying every purchase transaction. Joining forces with VAI on iTrade Integration and Grower Accounting fills a critical void, giving the agricultural industry the affordable end-to-end solution it has needed for years.”
Both Grower Accounting for VAI and iTrade Integration for VAI are available now. VAI and AG Business Management plan a product demo in August 2007 in Salinas.
About AG Business Management, Inc.
AG Business Management provides software solutions to the fresh produce industry. “Fresh Sales Track Grower Accounting” and “Kool and Load” provide order processing, growth accounting, receiving, cooler management, shipping and lot tracking of fresh and fresh-cut produce items. AG Business Management is located in Salinas, California. For more information, please call 831-751-9295 or visit www.agbus.com.
About VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
VAI is an IBM Premier Business Partner and an award-winning software developer. Designed for the mid-range market, S2K Enterprise is used by a wide variety of mid-sized companies worldwide, with a number of clients in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, metals, food and related service industries. Advanced applications such as Warehouse Pro, EDI, CRM and e-Business provide companies the power to leverage their information technology investment. VAI is headquartered in Ronkonkoma, New York, with branch offices in Miami, Orlando, Chicago, Newport Beach and Oreville, California. For more information, please contact 800-824-7776 or visit www.vai.net.
