Sustainable packaging company Frugalpac, which supplies recycled paper-based products such as the Frugal Cup and Frugal Bottle, has chosen SAP Business ByDesign to drive its business growth. Since the introduction of SAP’s cloud-based ERP software, Frugalpac’s processes have become streamlined and more efficient.
As the UK-based company now begins to scale up and commercialise its business, it has looked into solution providers to change its restrictive manual systems professionally. By selecting SAP’s cloud-based ERP software, Frugalpac has been able to automate its processes and drive increased levels of efficiency across all of its departments.
Frugalpac’s recent migration to SAP Business ByDesign addresses its need to have an intelligent ERP system in place to assist with the company’s transition from being a research and development start-up to becoming a £50 million business in five years’ time.
Luke Bennett, Chief Financial Officer at Frugalpac, has expounded on the company’s extensive selection process that evaluated an initial list of more than 50 possible solutions. He said that Frugalpac wanted to adopt an ERP solution that would standardise its processes in areas including finance, project management, manufacturing, and international sales. He added:
“From an SAP perspective — for such a small business, we touch every aspect of an ERP system. From a ByDesign perspective, that gave us real comfort that it had all the functionality for what we needed. That system can evolve with us.”
According to Bennett, the shift away from manual processes will also enable the organisation to expand its data use beyond finance and provide the business total visibility on reporting and planning.
“By introducing SAP Business ByDesign, Frugalpac has created a platform to optimise business growth by ensuring that we have the ability to scale quickly whilst focusing on core activities,” Bennet further said in a statement.
Expert Implementation of SAP’s Cloud-Based ERP Solution
Moreover, Frugalpac also decided to select Sapphire Systems as its implementation partner. Sapphire Systems’ SAP capabilities, expert product knowledge, and prompt delivery of requests throughout the vendor selection lifecycle impressed Frugalpac with a professional approach.
“Sapphire all along were very diligent and very prompt, showing excellent professional behaviour, which gave us comfort during the tendering process. If they act like that in the tendering process, there’s a good chance they’ll follow that through to deployments,” Bennett said.
With its new paper wine bottle called Frugal Bottle now commercially available in China, penetrating major global industries means Frugalpac’s operations will get even more complex. The paper innovation has also gained the interests of audiences in Hong Kong and Japan. As a supplier to an international customer base, particularly to key wine growing regions, the company needed a way to integrate its technical, supply chain, and commercial functions all into a single, cloud-based platform.
For fast-growing, mid-market businesses like Frugalpac, SAP Business ByDesign empowers them to scale and compete without the complexity and cost. Since the solution’s implementation in September, Frugalpac now has a comprehensive oversight of all operations that is accessible across the company’s head office and two manufacturing locations.
In order to make use of advanced cybersecurity, data, and compliance capabilities, Bennett further emphasised the importance of seeking a commercial cloud solutions provider. He stressed:
“To leverage a world class supplier that has all that infrastructure in place was particularly important to us.”
