Case Study: Wander Ltd. achieves 50% time savings in product supersession and streamlined operations with QAD

Wander Ltd. - Customer Case Study

Wander Ltd., a Swiss maker of Ovomaltine and other beverage products and part of the Associated British Foods group, faced growing market pressure from saturated regional markets and a strong Swiss franc. To stay competitive while continually launching new products, the company needed modern technology but was hampered by an outdated ERP, legacy demand and supply chain planning (DSCP) tools, aging EDI, limited reporting and visibility, rising operating costs, and the need to meet parent-company ROI requirements to secure funding.

Wander used a value-assessment approach and a QAD Q-Scan to justify and scope a single upgrade project: moving to QAD Enterprise Edition, replacing its DSCP with QAD DSCP, and reimplementing QAD EDI using QAD’s Easy On Boarding. The one-year rollout went live smoothly and delivered immediate benefits — eliminated platform risk, reduced operating and support costs, improved transparency and forecasting, 50% time savings managing product supersession, better capacity planning and lower inventory/expiry risk, faster data extraction and distributor integration, and easier, more scalable EDI connections.

Wander Ltd.

Ueli Trachsel

Finance & IT Manager