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BAKING UP A STORM IN NEW YORK Number One seller Uncle Wally's is now using a JADE-built system. When was the last time you went to the local bakery to buy bread, muffins or doughnuts? Easy wasn't it? All you had to do was make your selection. Cream filled doughnut with raspberry jam or a slice of Mississippi mud cake? Then you handed over the money and left. As consumers we don't tend to think about what goes on behind the scenes. We know that the baker has to get up in the early hours of the morning to prepare and bake the goods. We know about all the ingredients used to make them. But what we don't think about is the information technology the bakery needs in order to make these goods available to us. The industry of baked goods is highly competitive. Producing and selling these low-cost consumer items means bakeries work on high volumes and low margins, so they need an IT system that can help them maximize their business. SSi (Systems, Software Instrumentation Ltd) have been helping bakeries in the South Pacific achieve this for over a decade, and now they are helping New York based Uncle Wally's deliver our favorite fat free muffins to people all around the United States. Uncle Wally's is based in Shirley, New York, where they make their famous gourmet and fat-free muffins and snack cakes. Most major retailers in the New York tri-state area sell their products and they also have national distribution. Michael Petrucelli, Chief Financial Office for Uncle Wally's, said "We just implemented the GlobalBake system as a key tool to better run production. Everyone using the system appreciates the new capabilities it will afford us. John Baird and his team did an excellent job for our company". John Baird, Chief Executive Officer for SSi said, "The Uncle Wally's system required a multi-plant, multi-production line management system. They had in place very good management strategies and became a development partner with SSi. This meant they benefited by providing their expertise into the extension of the software to meet their requirements". The GlobalBake Solution GlobalBake was designed in conjunction with the bakery community. It delivers a generic integrated package for the baking industry while also providing the functionality and flexibility to cater for different operational approaches. So why did SSi choose JADE to build their system? According to the developers, one of JADE's strengths is how it enables them to achieve complex solutions. The database component of GlobalBake is robust and scaleable. Using the same system, one client can process 100 orders in an afternoon, while another client may process 5000, with no impact on performance and speed of entry. This makes the GlobalBake solution a suitable application for a single PC right through to very large multi-user system. Given the 24x7 nature of the baking industry, the reliability of SSi GlobalBake is a key issue, and another reason why JADE was chosen as the technology. In fact, SSi have such confidence in JADE that they provide clients with 24 hour, 365-day support for the GlobalBake system. SSi now has over 100 sites using GlobalBake throughout Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and the United States. So next time you walk into a bakery and buy that piece of cake, remember that a JADE system could very well have been working away in the background helping to make your purchase possible. ContactMr Kerry Glynn Phone: +64 (3) 982 1900
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