Volac
Mitec helps Volac implement IFS to gain greater flexibility and build strong customer relationships
Volac chose IFS to replace multiple legacy systems with the purpose of attaining reliable, available information access, to create greater adaptability, flexibility and agility and to build stronger relationships with suppliers and customers to grow its business. Volac needed some guidance on how to extract the full benefits available within IFS, and utilizing IT Works Mitec’s consulting team it has come a long way to reaching those business goals.
Volac is a privately-owned business based near Cambridge, UK with over 320 employees and an annual turnover of over £200 million. Volac has production facilities globally for the manufacture and supply of high performance nutrition products for food and feed markets. Since 2013, all Volac’s UK-based manufacturing, and a large quantity of its global sales offices run IFS, which covers all aspect of its business functionality.
Volac is a privately-owned business based near Cambridge, UK with over 320 employees and an annual turnover of over £200 million. Volac has production facilities globally for the manufacture and supply of high performance nutrition products for food and feed markets. Since 2013, all Volac’s UK-based manufacturing, and a large quantity of its global sales offices run IFS, which covers all aspect of its business functionality.
"With the help of Mitec’s consulting team, we were able to successfully replace our legacy systems with IFS and as a result now have a full end-to-end seamless supply chain, full visibility on our data and lower production costs."
Head of Business Systems and Processes, Volac
About Volac
Volac is a privately-owned business based near Cambridge, UK with over 320 employees and an annual turnover of over £200 million. Volac has production facilities globally for the manufacture and supply of high performance nutrition products for food and feed markets. Since 2013, all Volac’s UK-base manufacturing, and a large quantity of its global sales offices, run IFS, which covers all aspect of its business functionality.
Benefits seen using IFS
- Visibility of productivity increased by 100%. No prior real-time visibility from the previous system.
- Increase in user engagement.
- Significant increase in supply chain efficiency from the Sleaford production plant.
Looking to cloud technology to enable further growth
What’s next for Volac and IFS? Volac is currently in the process of exploring the options available with Cloud technologies alongside IFS in the hope to further improve its businesses agility and flexibility. With the release of future functionality from IFS, Volac will continue to explore the possibilities presented by IFS to better utilize the updates and developments of the solution in its business. “We will continue to invest in IFS in all areas of our business to support our aggressive growth plans, and we have absolutely no doubt that we will engage with Mitec again in the future to assist in enabling Volac to achieve its future business goals using IFS.”
