Kerry Ingredients tastes great with ED

Schaumburg, IL (July 19, 2005). Effective Data (ED), a private Schaumburg - based EDI Consulting and Data Integration firm, has partnered with Kerry Ingredients to complete electronic data interchange (EDI) services.

Beloit, Wisconsin – based Kerry Ingredients has partnered with Effective Data to oversee and manage the operation of their EDI revamping project. This will include installing and integrating an ECC module for their Mapics ERP system as well as upgrading Kerry’s current EDI system. This new ECC module will more effectively interface with Kerry’s TLE EDI software. This project will increase Kerry’s EDI capabilities, communicate fluently with their ERP system, and allow Kerry to add new trading partners in a quicker more efficient manner.

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About Kerry Ingredients (USA)
Kerry Group today is a leader in global food ingredients and flavor markets, and a leading branded consumer foods processing and marketing organization in selected EU markets.

The Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions in its relatively short history, from the commissioning of its first dairy and ingredients plant in Listowel, Ireland in 1972, and has achieved sustained profitable growth with current annualized sales in excess of €4 billion.

Headquartered in Tralee, Ireland, the Group employs some 20,000 people throughout its manufacturing, sales and technical centers across Europe, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Asian Markets.

Kerry supplies over 10,000 food, food ingredients and flavor products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide. The Group has manufacturing facilities in 19 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe.

Launched as a public company in 1986, Kerry Group plc is listed on the Dublin and London Stock Markets and has a current market capitalization of €3.4 billion.