Case Study: Central Foods gains real-time business reporting with Octelas by illuminis

Central Foods - Customer Case Study

Central Foods, a distributor of frozen food to the UK foodservice industry, faced a significant challenge when the COVID-19 lockdown disrupted its operations. With key staff on furlough, the company needed to intensify its focus on daily cash-flow and stock turnover but had fewer resources to do so. They turned to their existing vendor, Illuminis, and its Octelas business reporting software for a solution.

Illuminis implemented a straightforward solution using its flexible Octelas platform. The software quickly pulled new data points on aged debtors and stock "use by" dates from the company's Navision ERP system, delivering the critical daily reporting Central Foods required within just a couple of days. This enabled the management team to access vital information with a single click and spot underlying trends as they occurred, providing the essential data needed to make confident decisions and steady the business during the pandemic.

Central Foods

Gordon Lauder

Managing Director