Seasoft ERP
Seasoft ERP
Seasoft ERP Software for the Seafood Industry
Whether you deal with fresh or frozen, wild or farm-raised seafood, you want your processing and distribution software to improve efficiency, minimize costs, and maximize margins on everything you sell. CAI’s Seasoft ERP is a fully integrated, Windows-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. It lets your seafood company achieve an unprecedented level of business productivity, visibility, and control across all areas of your operations. Designed specifically for seafood distributors and processors, Seasoft ERP helps our clients maximize all aspects of seafood processing and distribution. Enhanced over more than 20 years with technology and best practices, key features include an integrated production solution that automatically calculates the true yield and margin on everything you cut. Plus, Seasoft includes tools for efficiently managing imports and landing costs. In addition, its contemporary traceability and inventory management solution lets you quickly view inventory in multiple warehouse locations. For the seafood industry, Seasoft seafood ERP software gives your business a strong competitive edge.
Seasoft ERP Highlights
Improve Top-Line Sales
Let your restaurant and retail buyers place orders 24/7 on their computer or mobile device. Plus, view current product prices and costs, committed and on-order inventory, and detailed lot-level data – all from a single screen.
Manage Production & Inventory
Easily access up-to-the-minute quantity status and detailed information on each item in your inventory. Monitor yield, in real-time, for individual processing lines.
Back-end Reporting
Quickly access critical information to make the most proactive, profitable decisions. Analyze up-to-the-minute corporate data, sales information, inventory status, accounts receivable and profit margins.
Managed IT Support
Let our professional team of IT accredited engineers manage and maintain your cloud-based or on-prem IT infrastructure with services that range from monitoring and managing your servers and desktops to unlimited help desk for everyday issues like resetting passwords.
Production
Improve processing efficiency and get more accurate production yields and costing.
Automate your cutting floor with production-ready, wash-down workstations, scales, bar code label printers and specialized production packing software.
View work orders with species, and weight to be cut and packed, and capture produced products and have processing yields calculated on packing workstations.
Improve efficiency and the eliminate manually entered shipped weights for every order.
Capture packing weights from scales and record on the open work order for more accurate and efficient recording of production yields. Seasoft automatically updates actual quantities shipped for each customer invoice.
View a quick list of items, packaging type, quantity, pack date and other information to minimize packing errors.
Get a detailed roadmap of what’s needed and when so you can purchase the types and quantities of materials you need at the lowest possible cost.
Reduce inventory costs and consistently meet delivering commitments by integrating sales, manufacturing, and purchasing activities.
Certification-level traceability lets you track and account for inventory from the point of purchase through the production process.
Save time and money in a food safety recall with system generated lot numbers that quickly identify the sources of materials back to the received incoming products.
Instant visibility on all products, which vendor provided the product and which customer took delivery of a specific batch.
Order Management
Simplify order entry, back-orders, and handling of assortments and distribution orders, and ship goods right the first time and get paid faster.
View product pricing and costs, committed and on-order inventory, lot number, receipt date, inventory location, brand, grade, box number, and other detailed lot-level data – all from a single screen.|
Operate your retail points of sale with a cash drawer interface, pole display, receipt printer, barcode scanner, deposit tracking, quotes and deposits, scheduled delivers, credit issues and payment processing on account – all from one simple menu.
Monitor your customers’ buying behavior and offer timely, information-based service.
View detailed, historical customer data and other information to offer more personalized service and sell more product.
Integrated, e-commerce solution lets customers view your inventory, build a cart, place orders and schedule delivery dates on their computer or mobile device anytime, anywhere!
Automatically update inventory with every transaction for real-time accuracy.
Increase online and mobile orders, reduce errors and give your customers a more convenient way to buy.
Inventory Management
Create purchase orders directly from sales orders, track POs, and match receipts and invoices .
Calculate average daily usage of materials based on your unique parameters and set reorder points based on supplier lead times, historical or seasonal-based sales, number of days of supply to stock and other criteria.
View real-time inventory, track material from receipt through production to finished goods to reduce inventory costs and provide tighter control of stock levels.
Use wireless, mobile PCs and scanners, scan product to track inventory movement to a new location, a customer order or to a production work order.
Improve receiving, picking, packing, invoicing, physical inventory, and cycle counts, and ensure you always have enough product on-hand to fill orders.
View inventory at multiple company divisions, public cold storage facilities and “on the water” so you always know what’s available for sale.
Pinpoint delivery times, improve customer service, track drivers through GPS on their mobile devices.
Reduce vehicle and fuel expenses with integrated truck routing software.
Speed order processing and save your accounting department time issuing credit memos with electronic signature capture for customer deliveries.
Maximize the profitability of every shipment, consolidate, and manage delivery runs, increase margins on small orders, and maximize the gross profit of every truck.
Advanced Lot Control & Tracking
View inventory by lot with date received, monitor aging and ensure appropriate stock rotation. Meet customer expectations for remaining shelf life, sell by and expiration.
Record and view additional attributes lots such as shell fish tags, numbers, country of origin, quality grades, brand and other information for use when pre-selecting lots during sales.
Apply individual lots to each fish for quality grading and unique costing by piece.
Allow for inquiry into cost by lot to view profitability in a volatile market.
Accounting & Financials
Manage multiple, separate companies with independent or consolidated financials.
Access your charts of accounts, balances, tax reporting and other data and set-up accounts and sub-accounts to enhance decision making, improve processing time and automate routine activities.
Manage receivables to maximize cash flow and net profit. Track sales, payments, and other activity, record customer communications and prompt credit managers for follow-up to help you get paid on time.
Access critical information to make the most proactive, profitable decisions with our click-driven, intuitive data reporting and business intelligence tool.
View customer, sales, inventory, and other key performance indicators in an executive dashboard that helps spot business trends and monitor progress toward business goals.
Record all vendor transactions, generate checks, and track vendor activity. Gain better control over payables to your vendors with less time and effort.
Integrations
Fiserv
CloverConnect, a division of Fiserv, is an innovative provider of payment processing and technology solutions. We’ve integrated CloverConnect’s solution to enable our customers to accept online credit card payments securely and at a lower cost. All payment channels are covered, so payments can be made in-person, over the phone or online. PCI-validated security features include point to point encryption (P2PE) and tokenization which are employed to protect sensitive cardholder data providing the ultimate data breach protection. We’ve integrated CloverConnect’s solution to enable our customers to accept ACH and online credit card payments securely and at a lower cost
Qlik
Qlik brings data and analytics together seamlessly with the only end-to-end, real-time analytics data pipeline. By integrating this superior business intelligence technology, our clients' data are freed from silos – in real-time. Users easily find relevant data and understand insights, from anywhere with world-class analytics. Quickly access critical information to make the most proactive, profitable decisions and view customer, sales, inventory and other key performance indicators as intuitive, graphical dashboard objects to help spot business trends, monitor progress toward business goals and diagnose overall organizational health.
Zebra
Zebra barcode scanners are designed to meet a wide range of scanning needs, applications and budgets. These barcode scanners let your team work nonstop—under tough conditions, with round-the-clock ergonomics and purpose-built form factors so you know you have the best scanner for the job. Choose from a wide portfolio of high-quality, high value scanners that excel at every purpose and price point.
AML
AML barcode scanners are specifically designed for industrial applications. These scanners offer the largest display available on any non-tablet device to help you review more data and complete tasks faster. AML scanners offer various barcode scan engines such as 2D barcode scanning capabilities, the added capability of long range barcode scanning makes these devices the ideal choice for distribution centers and with 2D barcode scanning capability, any barcode can be read in any orientation.
Datalogic
Datalogic's handheld scanner solutions are specifically designed for automatic data capture applications and process automation throughout the customers’ entire value chain in multiple industries. These powerful but affordable scanners offer outstanding performance and reliability through the different scanning options: laser, linear or area-imaging technologies. The standard, rugged, or antimicrobial enclosure allow their use in any environment, and their ergonomic design make these scanners easy to use also for long period. Datalogic offers handheld scanning solutions for every barcode reading application.
Elite Extra Dispatch Software
We’ve partnered with Elite EXTRA to integrate Elite’s cloud-based dispatch software. Food Connex Mobile Fleet Manager (MFM) can transform dispatch and delivery operations into an automated Customer Service and Traffic Control Center. The solution optimizes truck routing, management and GPS tracking and covers Telematics, Federal Compliance for fuel tax reporting without the need to buy ELDs, as well as Dispatch and Vehicle Maintenance. With MFM your company will always be ahead of changing regulations.
Trace Register
Trace Register is the leader in full-chain seafood traceability, with clients in more than 50 countries. It serves processors, fishers, farmers, retailers, importers, retailers, and more in the seafood ecosystem. Trace Register transforms seafood supply chains with an unprecedented approach by utilizing cutting-edge technologies and industry standards such as GDST and GS1. The software's smart traceability builds value by helping to satisfy regulatory and customer requirements resulting in less risk, higher margins, and satisfied customers.
Datamax
Provisions is compatible with the Datamax family of thermal barcode printers, the most comprehensive, cost-effective industrial label printing solutions. Datamax printers feature an innovative design and scalability in a rugged structure to provide our clients with a versatile, powerful label printing tool.
Honeywell
For industry-leading performance, Honeywell industrial label printers are the smart choice. Recognized for durability and reliability, these industrial label printers offer error-proof labeling, easy programmability, advanced networking connectivity and security, and RFID and liner-less technology. Honeywell industrial printers easily handle any type of application, from commercial light-volume needs to rugged, around-the-clock printing performance.
Wholechain
Wholechain is a traceability solution built to enable trust, coordination, and transparency in fragmented supply chains. Interoperable using GS1 and GDST standards, Wholechain simplifies data collection and sharing using a flexible templating system and mapping capabilities. Wholechain is trusted by leaders across the seafood industry, is a partner of the UN Global Compact Ocean Stewardship Council and a winner of the FDA Traceability Challenge.
Success Stories
Mike Delahanty • Maine Coast
Seasoft has been a real game-changer. We can quickly see the daily total number of pounds of lobster and the specific lobster sizes on-hand at each site, so we always know what is available for sale. The ability to see a snapshot of incoming and allocated inventory over a three-day period is important to us, and because everyone is working with the same, real-time information, our sales team can be confident in the orders they are taking.
Megan O’Toole • Ready Seafood Co.
There are so many wonderful things I can say about Seasoft and our experience with the team of consultants at CAI. Seasoft has a stellar reputation in the seafood industry and we know that it is backed by a company that’s firmly committed to developing and enhancing the solution.
Dominick Gattuso • Fortune Fish Co.
Our paper-based warehouse management was slow and error-prone. Seasoft’s wireless warehouse management system (WMS) gives us unprecedented flexibility and control of our inventory. By going paperless and scanning product information into the system using barcode readers, we’ve increased capacity, improved our order fill rate, reduced errors and significantly improved the service aspect of our business. And, of course, from a green perspective, it’s fantastic.
Dick Parker • Crocker & Winsor Seafoods
In the office, at the dock or on the road, Seasoft gives our sales reps real-time access to information, offering a level of inventory control and customer responsiveness a business like ours needs. We couldn’t be happier with our decision to implement Seasoft.
Lou Tarnowski • Eastern Fisheries
As part of our Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and BRC certification process we conducted a series of mock recalls to demonstrate our ability to trace a specific lot all the way back to the original purchase order. Seasoft passed with flying colors, providing real-time access to information about the vendor that the product was acquired from as well as those customer or customers to whom it was sent.
Peter Ramsden • M.F. Foley Fish
During our evaluation, CAI demonstrated several strategic areas where Seasoft clearly surpassed other packages we looked at. We are very pleased with our decision to implement the Seasoft ERP software across both of our locations.
Victor Lee • Fabulous Fish
We are very pleased that Seasoft has elected to offer a direct interface to the Trace Register system for its seafood processing and distribution customers. By providing on-demand source-to-sale traceability, Seasoft and Trace Register will protect the value of a seafood company’s brand in the marketplace and help maintain customer confidence and a perception of value in their products.
George McManus • J.J. McDonnell
Seasoft lets us work smarter and more profitably. They quickly demonstrated to us how we could deploy new procedures and methods to increase our productivity through better purchasing tools, improved work flow and tracking and other best-practices that have helped to streamline all phases of our operations.