St. Louis, Missouri -- November 1, 2000:
The Earthgrains Company (NYSE: EGR), the
second-largest producer of packaged bread and bakery products in the United States, has
chosen ProductVision Formula Management by Advanced Software Designs as its label
development software solution.
ProductVision is a full suite of formula
management software modules integrated for an optimal product development system.
ProductVision’s Formula Management (FM) Module provides the foundation for the most
powerful and versatile formula development, costing, and laboratory analysis tools
available, all in a Windows, client/server environment. ProductVision offers a
central data repository, approval routing, and workflow functionality for a superlative
enterprise-wide operation product development environment.
St. Louis-based Earthgrains has also
licensed ProductVision Nutrition Labeling, Approval Routing, and Full Audit Tracking
Modules. ProductVision’s solution offered Earthgrains a way to pull together
labeling information that was housed in various resources into a centralized,
comprehensive data repository saving money and speeding time to market.
“Our methods for label development and
resource management were held in many formats from hard copy documentation to word
processing documents and were located in various parts of the company. We wanted to
enhance our label management efforts,” said Nancy Limback, Labeling, Regulatory and
Packaging Manager for The Earthgrains Company.
Ms. Limback
continued, “ASD’s ProductVision software centralizes data and increases our
speed to market by making all label-development information available to everyone
involved in the process.”
Ted
Pliakos, VP Sales for Advanced Software
Designs, said, “Earthgrains knew exactly what they wanted in a label development
software package. ProductVision allowed them to find a customizable, single-source
solution for their needs."
The Earthgrains Company
joins an extensive list of manufacturing companies that utilize the
ProductVision Product Development System.
About The Earthgrains
Company
Earthgrains operates fresh-bakery and
refrigerated-dough businesses in the United States and Europe. Earthgrains is the
second-largest producer of fresh packaged bread and baked goods in the United States with
64 bakeries. Major company-owned brands include Colonial, Rainbo, IronKids, Earth Grains,
Grant's Farm, San Luis Sourdough, Heiner's, Master, Mother's, Old Home, and Break Cake.
Major franchise brands include Sunbeam, Country Hearth, Roman Meal, D'Italiano, Taystee,
Holsum, Healthy Choice, Pillsbury, Mickey, and Sun*Maid.
In Europe,
Earthgrains is the market-share leader for fresh packaged sliced bread, buns and snack
cakes in Spain and is one of the largest producers of bread and buns in Portugal.
About Advanced Software Designs
ASD exemplifies its commitment to
world-class integrated product development software solutions through its integrations at
various mid- to large-size, leading-edge global and domestic companies. ASD serves
the food and beverage, cosmetic, paint and coatings, chemical, and ink vertical markets.
Advanced Software Designs has been serving
the batch process manufacturing industries for two decades. Headquartered in St.
Louis, MO, ASD offers total product development software solutions.
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Advanced
Software Designs has been serving the batch process manufacturing industries for two
decades. Centrally located in St. Louis, MO, ASD offers total software solutions.
ProductVision® is a trademark of Advanced
Software Designs.
Contact:
Ted Pliakos
Advanced Software Designs
636.532.6021 PHONE
636.532.2935 FAX |
