Valley Grown Salads choose LinkFresh

Anglia Business Solutions has announced a further win for its LinkFresh fresh produce business management solution at Essex-based Valley Grown Salads (VGS). VGS supply Sainsbury's, Waitrose & Ocado with locally grown and imported tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers & aubergines.

The Microsoft Navision based solution, which includes the LinkFresh Foundation, Supply Chain and Logistics modules as well as a new IT infrastructure, will be deployed at the company's Roydon headquarters in Essex.

"As my business moves forward I need to ensure that my management team keep up to speed with the ever changing demands of our customers", says Jimmy Russo, Managing Director for VGS. "We need to have an accurate and up to date view of our supply & demand requirements at all times to allow us to be pro-active in the market. Supermarkets have very stringent quality and delivery standards, with costly financial penalties for those suppliers who fail to meet them. By implementing the LinkFresh solution from Anglia we are not only investing in our IT solution, but also in our continued long-term success as a supplier of high quality fresh produce to the major multiples. In particular, the LinkFresh Supply Chain Module will enable us to improve control and gain better visibility on supply & demand across our whole organisation and ultimately provide a better service."

Commenting on the win, Bob Rose, Business Development Manager for Anglia says, "We are delighted to be working with such a dynamic and forward thinking fresh produce organisation like VGS. They are an excellent example of an organisation that has the long-term vision to invest in its IT systems to provide them with that competitive edge and speed of response so important in today's fresh produce market place."