[25.03.2004]
Alphameric Hospitality Wins Multi-million
Order
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Jane
Kimberlin, IT Director, The Spirit
Group comments “The Spirit Group
recognised that the challenge for
the enlarged company was to maximise
efficiencies through lower technology
costs and productivity gains. From
this perspective it was essential
that the next generation back office
had to be a web based enterprise wide
business solution that could demonstrably
deliver a high level of company performance.
Spirit chose Caterwide because Alphameric
Hospitality’s understanding
and knowledge of the Pub and Restaurant
sector has produced a web based system
which is functionally rich, resilient,
and scalable. This gives our business
an integrated suite of back office
modules operating under a unified
technology framework and governed
by a consistent set of business rules.
We are delighted to be working with
Alphameric to give our Group the tools
of real time interaction so that we
can respond to changes in customer
demand and deliver tangible cost savings”.
Steve
Mansfield, Managing Director of Alphameric
Hospitality says “This significant
order is the result of a long standing
relationship with both companies.
Alphameric Hospitality has been working
in partnership with The Spirit Group
since 1988 supplying their back office
systems and has been involved with
Scottish & Newcastle Retail during
the last two years exploring the business
benefits that deploying a web based
back office can provide. As a result
we have an understanding of both companies,
their business processes and central
systems.”
Alan
Morcombe, Group Chief Executive of
Alphameric plc adds “Spirit’s
commitment to Alphameric Hospitality
underpins the strength and depth of
our current portfolio of products
and confirms that web based systems
are the ideal platform for the future.
The Alphameric Group is delighted
to be working with Spirit on this
exciting and technically challenging
project which highlights Spirit as
being a forward thinking Retailer
who embraces technology to deliver
year on year sustainable growth. This
contract endorses Caterwide as the
number one web based ERP system in
the Hospitality marketplace and clearly
demonstrates the fact that our product
continues to gain rapid market acceptance”
About
The Spirit Group
Following a successful acquisition
of the Scottish & Newcastle Retail
(SNR) business in November 2003, Spirit
Group became the UK's largest independent
managed pub operator. Spirit operates
a number of market leading concepts
such as Qs, Bar Room Bar, Chef &
Brewer, Two For One and Wacky Warehouse,
as well as a strong portfolio of local
pubs across the country. The Spirit
Group has 45,000 employees, makes
over 7.5 million transactions per
week and sells 124.5 million pints
per year.
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