Cheese Merchants of America Selects Aptean Food & Beverage ERP in the Cloud for its Specific Dairy Industry Features

Benefits Include Quality, Food Safety and Efficient Manufacturing

ALPHARETTA, GA, April 21, 2021 – Today, Aptean, a global provider of mission-critical enterprise software solutions, announced that Cheese Merchants of America, a leading manufacturer and supplier of premium Italian-style and other hard cheese products, is implementing Aptean Food & Beverage ERP. The company chose Aptean’s solution based on its ability to provide specific features and functions designed for the dairy industry, including those focused on quality, food safety and efficient manufacturing.

Based in Illinois, Cheese Merchants imports, manufactures and distributes premium Italian-style hard cheese products. In selecting Aptean Food & Beverage ERP, the cheese provider looks to fuel its expansion goals without sacrificing quality or food safety. Aptean Food & Beverage ERP will help the company increase visibility into its operations as it brings its new, state-of-the-art warehouse and distribution center online and continues to expand its manufacturing footprint. By choosing the cloud platform from Aptean, Cheese Merchants will also ensure its software remains at the forefront of technology.

“At Cheese Merchants, our promise of unmatched commitment to quality assurance and food safety depends on our digital transformation journey. Aptean’s deep industry expertise and functionality makes the company a critical, strategic partner that will help ensure this excellence for each and every food item we produce, and for every shipment we make,” said Bob Greco, President, Cheese Merchants. “We are adding Aptean Food & Beverage ERP as a core enabler for our business transformation and expansion. We’re excited about the benefits it will provide to help power our future growth.”

Aptean’s cloud-native enterprise resource planning solution delivers rich features in a secure, trusted environment, minimizes on-premise hardware, helps avoid downtime and optimizes performance. Designed exclusively for food and beverage companies, the Aptean Food & Beverage ERP includes features such as allergen management, quality control, traceability, shop floor production, catch weight/random weight, expiration management and inspection status. This software functionality will help Cheese Merchants manage every step of their operation and continued growth.

“It’s a true pleasure to support this trusted food manufacturer and supplier with dependable, industry-specific technology that can scale with their business and enable them to maximize revenue growth, all while expanding into a brand new distribution facility,” said Aptean’s Chief Product Officer, Duane George.

Contact Aptean today to learn more about how your food and beverage business can be Ready for What’s Next, Now®.

About Cheese Merchants of America

Cheese Merchants was founded in 1998 by Pasquale Greco. After the purchase of the first cheese grater, Pasquale's goal was to deliver fresh and quality Parmesan cheeses all over the country. With over two decades in the hard Italian cheese arena, Cheese Merchants now operates out of a 277k sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility with three fully integrated fresh production rooms and a drying room, and a new 300k sq. ft. warehouse and distribution center opening its doors in June 2021. Whether we are servicing the foodservice industry or the retail market, our core foundations of Quality and Customer Service set upon us by Pasquale will never change. About Aptean

Aptean is one of the world’s leading providers of industry-specific software, enabling our customers to be Ready for What’s Next, Now®. Our enterprise resource planning and supply chain solutions are uniquely designed to meet the needs of specialized manufacturers and distributors in over 20 industries, while our compliance solutions serve specific markets such as finance and life sciences. In total, Aptean’s solutions are used by over 6,500 customers around the world. With both cloud and on-premise deployment options, Aptean’s products, services and unmatched expertise help businesses of all sizes to scale and succeed. Aptean is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia and has offices in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. To learn more about Aptean and the markets we serve, visit www.aptean.com.

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