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More Connected Operations

By Jade C. 26/01/2026 – 11:30

Walk into any busy wholesale depot today, and the challenges are clear. Forklifts moving at pace, pallets arriving from multiple suppliers, customer orders flying in through every channel - all under increasing cost and compliance pressures. It’s an industry that runs on tight margins, rapid decisions and absolute accu

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Transparency You Can Taste: How De Facto Handles Traceability

By Alan P. 20/10/2025 – 11:35

Traceability in food production is a crucial element of modern food safety and quality management systems. It enables producers, processors, and retailers to track every step of a food product’s journey; from raw material sourcing and processing to distribution and sale. By maintaining detailed records of where ingredi

Kestrel Foods (Forest Feast) Case Study

ERP video case study for Food - Kestrel Foods (Forest Feast)

By Alan P. 06/10/2025 – 09:00

A De Facto Software video case study featuring Kestrel Foods (Forest Feast), one of our customers in the food industry.

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What Food Manufacturers Can Learn From Kestrel Foods

By Alan P. 16/07/2025 – 10:03

From Workarounds to Workflow: Lessons in Sustainable Growth from Kestrel Foods What do hand-faxed purchase orders, multiple currencies, and a warehouse full of premium snacks have in common? They’re all part of a story about a business growing faster than its systems. Kestrel Foods — home to Forest Feast, Acti-Snack, J

McCarthys Case Study

ERP video case study for Fresh Produce Food - D & F McCarthy

By Alan P. 11/06/2025 – 13:30

A De Facto Software video case study featuring D & F McCarthy, one of our customers in the fresh produce food industry.

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More Than a Website: A Digital Extension of Your Business

By Andy J. 28/04/2026 – 12:52

When we design and build websites, our starting point is always your business and not a template. Every business has its own vision, expertise, and way of delivering value to its customers. Too often we see businesses forced to reshape themselves to fit “out‑of‑the‑box” website and ERP platforms, losing the very detail

What a Long-Term ERP Partnership Really Looks Like

By Jade C. 17/08/2026 – 10:00

There’s a common belief that ERP success is decided at go-live. If transactions process correctly and users are trained, the project is considered complete. But in practice, 'go-live' simply proves the system works. The real measure of ERP success is what happens 12, 24, or 60 months later. Built to Grow - Not Be Repla

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The Business-Led Approach for Better ERP Project Outcomes

By Jade C. 23/06/2026 – 09:30

ERP is often described as a system implementation. In reality, it is a business alignment exercise. While technology underpins the platform, ERP defines how an organisation operates - how orders move, how margins are protected, how stock is controlled, and how performance is measured. When ownership sits solely within

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How ERP Implementation Can Be Practical

By Jade C. 26/05/2026 – 09:00

For many organisations, ERP implementation is associated with disruption. It is often viewed as a period of operational instability - long workshops redesigning processes, teams pulled away from their day jobs, and a sense that established workflows must be dismantled to make the system fit. This perception is understa

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Documents - Part 1: The Basics

By Dan S. 05/05/2026 – 12:49

This is the first post in a series of Insights that will showcase the functionality around storing and transmitting files in our platform and how it can streamline workflows, reduce friction and improve day‑to‑day business processes. Concept In EDP a Document could represent many things: A single document containing a

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Multi-Company Support

By Charlie S. 21/04/2026 – 11:22

EDP ERP delivers powerful multi‑organisation and multi‑company capabilities straight out of the box. It brings seamless centralised control across financial consolidation, shared data, and intercompany processes, while still giving each company the flexibility to tailor its own setup and operate with full autonomy. Use

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The Value of Working Directly With Your ERP Developer

By Alan P. 07/04/2026 – 15:13

When businesses evaluate ERP systems, most of the conversation centres on functionality. What modules are included? How flexible is it? Can it integrate with existing systems? Those are all important questions. But there’s another one that’s often overlooked: Who will you really be working with once the system is in pl