Emmi
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CASE STUDY
Emmi Group
Organization
The Emmi Group (Emmi) is the largest milk processor and leading producer of dairy products in Switzerland. Headquartered in the central Swiss city of Lucerne, Emmi has approximately 5,000 employees worldwide and global revenues of around 5 billion Swiss Francs.
The leading Swiss dairy products company needed a solution to provide fast, reliable delivery of key business documents. LRS® software helps Emmi reduce unnecessary document costs while ensuring a safe and efficient supply chain for their time-sensitive line of products.
Emmi products are sold around the world and more than a quarter of all revenues come from sales in international markets. Emmi employs around 1,800 employees in overseas subsidiaries throughout Europe, North- and South America.
The importance of documents
Printed documents are used in nearly every market sector. For companies in the dairy industry, document failures can directly affect product quality.
As soon as products leave the factory and enter the supply chain, they are tracked. This is especially important with cheeses and other milk products whose flavor and texture continue to develop and change over time. Some varieties need to ripen for six to twelve months before they are ready to ship; other products will spoil if they’re not consumed promptly and refrigerated every step of the way. Production documents and printed barcode stickers help Emmi employees produce a better finished product.
Distributed operations, centralized IT
Regardless of where Emmi products are produced, warehoused, or sold, nearly all of the IT systems that support these business processes are located in Emmi’s main data center in
Ostermundigen. Here, the IT staff maintains and supports the company’s enterprise-wide business applications as well as the many Windows-based programs used by Emmi employees around the world. The majority of
CASE STUDY
Emmi Group
Organization
The Emmi Group (Emmi) is the largest milk processor and leading producer of dairy products in Switzerland. Headquartered in the central Swiss city of Lucerne, Emmi has approximately 5,000 employees worldwide and global revenues of around 5 billion Swiss Francs.
The leading Swiss dairy products company needed a solution to provide fast, reliable delivery of key business documents. LRS® software helps Emmi reduce unnecessary document costs while ensuring a safe and efficient supply chain for their time-sensitive line of products.
Emmi products are sold around the world and more than a quarter of all revenues come from sales in international markets. Emmi employs around 1,800 employees in overseas subsidiaries throughout Europe, North- and South America.
The importance of documents
Printed documents are used in nearly every market sector. For companies in the dairy industry, document failures can directly affect product quality.
As soon as products leave the factory and enter the supply chain, they are tracked. This is especially important with cheeses and other milk products whose flavor and texture continue to develop and change over time. Some varieties need to ripen for six to twelve months before they are ready to ship; other products will spoil if they’re not consumed promptly and refrigerated every step of the way. Production documents and printed barcode stickers help Emmi employees produce a better finished product.
Distributed operations, centralized IT
Regardless of where Emmi products are produced, warehoused, or sold, nearly all of the IT systems that support these business processes are located in Emmi’s main data center in
Ostermundigen. Here, the IT staff maintains and supports the company’s enterprise-wide business applications as well as the many Windows-based programs used by Emmi employees around the world. The majority of