Pronto Software inks deal with Heritage Seeds

Melbourne-based Heritage Seeds is part of the Royal Barenbrug Group. It supplies seed products including ryegrass, alfalfa and tropical and turf grasses to farmers across Australia through wholesale distributors such as Elders and Murray Goulbourn.

It also exports to 50 countries globally and has a 70-hectare seed research facility.

Heritage Seeds will roll out PRONTO-Xi across its four branches nationally and has selected a range of modules including Financials, CRM and Manufacturing.

The company plans to go live in April 2009 in time for its peak Autumn season.

“PRONTO-Xi will streamline and automate our manufacturing processes which are currently manual-based,” said Phil Poulton finance director Heritage Seeds.

“We’ll be instantly alerted to low stock levels and know which materials need to be ordered in, which will feed into our back ordering process.

“Having an ERP solution that lets us forecast sales and monitor the performance of our branches at any time is vital for us so that we can plan more effectively. This is extremely important in our industry, which can be affected by unpredictable conditions such as drought or crop disease,” added Poulton.

Pronto Software’s managing director David Jackman said he was delighted to be working with Heritage Seeds and in a challenging marketplace, companies are looking for ways to achieve operational efficiencies and accelerated return on their IT investment.