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Customer Profile |
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Founded in 1974, Lesta
Packaging utilise the latest technology in fully automated
facilities in the Far East to manufacture their products.
Their new multi-million pound warehouse in Leicester is
centrally located to service the whole of the UK. Lesta
Packaging
serve both the worlds most exclusive brand names as well
as a vast range of more modest names, each of which receives
the same attention to quality and efficiency of service.
Lesta Packaging
are ISO 9001 : 2000 certified.
Lesta Packaging supply a wide range of packaging products,
such as printed polypropylene and polythene bags, carrier
and
paper
bags,
plastic disposable foodware products, microwave and aluminium
containers.
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Key Achievements |
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Efficient
management of production specifications using S5's
Extra
Fields feature. |
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Sales
Quotation feature
gives full accessibility to transaction history and
pricing details. |
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Landed
Costs enable
the visibility and management of all
associated importing costs. |
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Lesta Packaging
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“ Integrated ERP
for a rapidly expanding Packaging Operation! ”
After some 30 years of continuous growth, Lesta
Packaging were due to move into their new multi-million pound
warehouse
in May 2004. Seizing
the opportunity that this presented to upgrade their business
management systems, they investigated the market for a new,
integrated ERP solution. Their
existing
disparate products which had served them well in the past included
a Unix based menu driven Financials system, and a separate
Access database for Stock
Control. But with such rapid growth, they now needed a solution
which could not only be quickly and easily implemented for
immediate productivity, but one which would future proof them
for years to come.
 Design
and Production Specifications using Extra Fields
As a broad range supplier of packaging products and carriers,
Lesta Packaging produce both standard and bespoke products. Though
manufacturing takes place in the Far East, they are responsible
for the full design specifications of the end product (as well
as for any finishing done in the UK). As such, they use de Facto
S5 for managing the product design specifications. Utilising
the powerful Extra
Fields features of S5 enables them to not
only record all the details of the product specification, and
any artwork changes and such like in an efficient manner, but
also all transactional details such as repeat orders in an easily
accessible format.
Reporting
and documentation within S5 is powerful and precise,
and allows Lesta Packaging to keep a close eye on their Financials
and Costings, both of which are absolutely vital in their marketplace.
With high set up costs on production runs, buying in stock
to offset shipment charges and variable materials prices in
volatile markets, S5 is the ideal tool for managing low profit
margin product lines in these conditions.
Sales
Quotations with Full History Accessibility
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Quotation feature
is heavily utilised by Lesta Packaging to record details
into the system from telephone enquiries. It enables
them to maintain full accessibility of the quotation
history and all associated pricing information such as
discounts applied.
For Lesta Packaging, their base material is often
petro chemical (plastic) in nature, and therefore subject
to rapid fluctuations in cost. Accordingly, the Sales
Quotation feature gives them the ability to time limit
the quotation,
with
an associated 'valid until' date.
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Should the customer commit to the order, the quotation can be
changed to a Sales Order with a single command. Full traceability
is still maintained after this conversion, giving instant access
to the history of all stages of the transaction. Using Events
with
Quotations,
Lesta
Packaging
can easily set up chasing reminders, enabling them to efficiently
monitor and detail the progress of a quote.
Importing
and Powerful Landed Costs
With S5's powerful
Landed
Costs features, Lesta Packaging can take into
their stock valuation all the sundry charges involved
in getting their products into the UK and into their
warehouses. Such aspects as transportation, duty, dockside
and documentation charges and a host of others are both
efficiently managed and instantly accessible.
The number of Landed
Costs factors you can record are
unlimited in de Facto S5. Lesta Packaging have found
that the fast and easy access to this key information
for an Importer has provided them with significantly
improved cost control abilities.
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Customer Profile
Founded in 1974, Lesta Packaging utilise the latest technology
in fully automated facilities in the Far East to manufacture
their products. Their new multi-million pound warehouse in
Leicester is centrally located to service the whole of the
UK. Lesta Packaging serve both the worlds most exclusive brand
names as well as a vast range of more modest names, each of
which receives the same attention to quality and efficiency
of service. Lesta Packaging are ISO 9001 : 2000 certified.
Lesta Packaging supply a wide range of packaging products,
such as printed polypropylene and polythene bags, carrier and
paper bags, plastic disposable foodware products, microwave
and aluminium containers.
Key Achievements
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Efficient management of production
specifications using S5's Extra Fields feature. |
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Sales Quotation feature gives full accessibility
to transaction history and pricing details. |
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Landed Costs enable the visibility and management
of all associated importing costs. |
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