Case Study: Cottage Farms achieves real-time packhouse control with Affinitus Freshware

Cottage Farms - Customer Case Study

Cottage Farms, a grower and packer of apples and pears, faced challenges with manual data entry into spreadsheets, which prevented real-time visibility into stock levels, production efficiency, and order status. Managing Director Chris Browning approached Affinitus Group Ltd to implement a full ERP system to gain control over warehouse, management, sales, production, and distribution.

Affinitus implemented its Freshware packhouse software along with wireless handheld units to capture data in real time. The solution integrated with the company's automated grader, allowing stock to be booked in automatically and enabling full traceability. The immediate results for Cottage Farms included the eradication of duplicate data, accurate real-time stock information, significantly reduced paperwork, and a live view of the entire business, providing much greater operational control.

Cottage Farms

Chris Browning

Managing Director