Packaging Mfr. Gets Efficient with Concord Software

Published: November 19, 2001, By Nsenga B. Thompson, Staff Editor

Packaging Personified Selects Concord’s Axapta for Converting
ATLANTA, GA--Concord Business Systems Inc. announced the Carol Stream, IL-based Packaging Personified, a "leader in flexible packaging," has selected Axapta for Converting. The software, says the mfr., is designed to eliminate inefficiencies and duplications within the converting plant.

According to Concord, Axapta is a state-of-the-art ERP (enterprise resource planning) system with CRM (customer relationship management) e-business capabilities and Supply-Chain Management (SCM) offering the converting industry a new solution. Concord has tailored Axapta to meet the needs of converters with such industry-specific features as fully integrated estimating; workflow and job costing; shop-floor data collection; inventory traceability; and website maintenance capabilities.

Founded in 1975 by Dominic Imburgia and Phyllis Muccianti, Packaging Personified provides extruding, converting, design, and printing services to companies in such diverse industries as paper/plastic goods, bakery, frozen foods, confectionery, textile, produce, and pet foods.

"Packaging Personified has always strived for better ways to run our business. With our continual growth in this industry, we have realized a need for a centralized and cohesive system for all of our operations to help eliminate inefficiencies and duplications," explains Imburgia, Packaging Personified president. "Concord offered us a specialized product that's tailored to address our specific needs. Inevitably it will allow us to focus more on making decisions involving the ‘big picture.' Concord provided the tools we needed."

Stan Usry, president and owner of Concord Business Systems contends, "Axapta for Converting was a natural choice for Packaging Personified. The system is designed to meet all the specific needs of their industry, from customer service via the web to shop-floor data collection in real-time."

Concludes Usry, "We were able to meet all of their functionality requirements with cutting-edge technology in one integrated system. We are very excited to have Packaging Personified as one of our initial customers for this great new product."

For more information about Concord Business Systems and its products visit www.concord-converting.com.