CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
16 January 2007
Implementation Investments
Numico Selects Agile Software to Streamline Product Processes Across Entire Enterprise
Agile Software Corporation announced that Numico, the European and Asia Pacific market leader in baby food and clinical nutrition, has selected Agile PLM to manage product data and streamline product processes across the entire enterprise. Agile is a leading food & beverage PLM solution in the consumer packaged goods industry, providing comprehensive, end-to-end capabilities across the entire product lifecycle.
"We selected Agile because of the company's unrivaled reputation in helping the world's leading food and beverage companies address the industry's unique set of challenges," said Daniel Flipse, business project manager, product data management, Numico. "It was clear from the start that Agile really understood our business and could provide concrete examples of how their solution will help us accelerate revenues, reduce the cost of goods, drive quality, and ensure compliance across the entire lifecycle."
Based in the Netherlands, Numico is acknowledged as the European and Asia Pacific market leader in baby food and clinical nutrition. Numico is the world's fastest growing international special nutrition company, with famous brands, like Nutricia, Milupa, Cow & Gate, Mellin and Dumex, which are delivered to over 100 countries.
Faced with global raw materials and packaging specifications, tremendous international growth, and an increasingly extensive product portfolio, Numico required a way to manage its product data across its global operations. Numico selected Agile's solution due to its track record in helping some of the world's largest food and beverage companies with product lifecycle management. Agile's food & beverage solutions are based in part on a solution developed by Prodika, a company that Agile acquired in June 2006.
Agile will provide Numico with an end-to-end PLM solution to manage all product specifications from raw materials to finished products, supplier approvals across the global supply chain, formulas, and packaging and labeling, while providing a basis to ensure compliance with rules and regulations about labels and product quality. As a single source for all product related data, Agile will help Numico integrate enterprise-wide data management processes, while seamlessly integrating systems to improve efficiency and drive quality.
Numico will use Agile PLM to coordinate the cross-functional product data across its worldwide organizations. With more than 13,000 global employees, Numico requires the close coordination of research, manufacturing, and support functions across its global operations to deliver high-quality products that meet customers' demands while still achieving low cost production. Agile PLM provides Numico with the ability to get detailed product information throughout the enterprise in a simple and easy fashion and then consistently manage this product data.
"In the competitive and highly regulated food & beverage industry, PLM can provide the competitive edge that makes the difference between product success and failure. Our acquisition of Prodika provides the market with the broadest and richest PLM solution for this large but under-penetrated industry," said Jay B. Fulcher, Agile president and CEO. "Working with a global leader like Numico further validates our strategy in the global food and beverage industry, and further positions us as the leading PLM provider in consumer packaged goods. We will continue to help our customers accelerate innovation, increase profits and drive competitive advantage through lower product costs and improved product performance -- all while ensuring product and supplier compliance."
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