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vides all of the necessary information for recall audits. Solution Halenda’s Meats turned to food industry experts, Minotaur Software, as their Solutions Provider. Richard Halenda was impressed that Minotaur understood and catered to his business niche (meat processing), addressed all of his business issues and left little requirement for further customization. Minotaur’s solution conveniently runs in a Microsoft Windows environment. Halenda’s deployed Minotaur Software’s EDI capability which facilitates the exchange of data between Halenda’s distribution company The Meat Depot and their manufacturing company and eliminates a significant amount of manual data entry. Benefits After implementing Minotaur Software’s integrated solution, Halenda’s Meats has significantly expanded its business with minimal increase in people costs. Halenda’s deployed Minotaur’s integrated solution for inventory, financials and manufacturing. Minotaur automates the receiving, production and shipping processes via barcode scanning, EDI and production equipment integration, reducing the amount of manual data entry necessary. The system allows Halenda’s to perform live costing in real time, ensuring maximum accuracy for products and pricing. It also provides a granular view into exactly where and when shrinkage occurs in order to decrease it and ensure accurate order fulfillment and pricing. “We’re now doing eight times the volume we did seven years ago, with little to no increase in people cost. My investment in this solution was an absolute bargain!” Orders can now be shipped using bar code scanners, eliminating manual data entry. The new automated system also eliminates the margin for error on shipments. Halenda’s Meats can now evaluate functionality during the processing stage based on yield information that is derived from the system, and can quickly enact changes to correct any issues. “Minotaur Software paid for itself easily within the first year and has done this exponentially over the past seven years. By now, my ROI