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Cavendish Farms launches FORGE Trade and Settlement solutions
July 1, 2008
Dieppe, New Brunswick [July 1, 2008] Cavendish Farms has successfully launched a full implementation of Blacksmith Applications FORGE Trade and FORGE Settlement solutions for their businesses in Canada and the U.S. The initiative is driving a range of benefits for the organization, including:
- Greater visibility to the economic impacts of each proposed expense, enabling a more strategic process deeper in the organization with increased awareness of key profit metrics.
- New tools available to the sales force that are simple to interact with and allow effective participation in the process. By delivering improved access to a broader and deeper data set than the organization has had before, managers are more insightful and strategic relative to our pricing and promotion decisions.
- Consolidation of the tools deployed to manage the entire range of activities under a common set of solutions, streamlining the information systems supporting the process.
About Cavendish Farms
Cavendish Farms is a quality producer of frozen potato products for retail, restaurant and quick service markets throughout Canada, USA, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. For the past 25 years we have been providing value-added products and services to our customers. By focusing on only providing superior potato products, we have grown to become the 4th largest frozen potato processor in North America, and are looking forward to continuing to grow and provide new and innovative customer solutions. For more information, visit cavendishfarms.com.
About Blacksmith Applications
Blacksmith Applications provides software solutions and strategic consulting to empower clients to manage their trade incentives more profitably. Blacksmith specializes in solving the unique needs of foodservice manufacturers, while also meeting client's needs for CPG and other lines of business.
FORGE Trade supports distributor pricing, trade program and operator contract management, including profitability evaluation and approval routing prior to deal approval. FORGE Settlements offers tools for claim validation, deduction resolution, and settlement processing. FORGE Analytics offers robust enterprise reporting for managing across the transactions involved.
Blacksmith solutions enable profitable decision-making, provide visibility into promotion performance and offer flexible configuration of process controls.
For more information, visit www.blacksmithapps.com.
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