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Information Technology
"To provide any of our customers with first
class information from any of the growers we are supplied by. This
information is all key parts of our trading activity that demonstrate we
have covered off food safety issues from packhouse standards to pesticide
usage" -
Aurel Voiculescu - Information Systems
Director.
Organising your life on the move
“Your phone doesn't just handle calls; it can also help
you organise your life. You can use its calendar functions or task
management and retrieve or listen to your emails while you're on the
move”
Over the last couple of months we have researched the
market in order to identify the best mobile communications solutions
that will suit our company’s needs. Most phones and personal digital
assistants (PDAs) come with a calendar, an address book and camera. We
were looking for a simple phone that can also be used to access
emails. Wireless, real-time email enables us to be more reactive to
our customers, suppliers and colleagues and increases efficiency. Our
preferred handsets are Treo 600, Nokia SPVC500 and Nokia 6600 because
they combine many tasks into one device: phone, email, camera and
personal organiser.
  
Email is a lightning fast way of communication and
being able to stay in touch with our overseas companies is critical to
our company. In a matter of seconds an important piece of information
sent from South Africa is accessible to our mobile devices, while a
copy of the email will be kept for our return to the office.
Whether you are
setting up your PDA, laptop or phone for email, you'll need your email
username and password and you can get these from your email provider.
If you are setting up
your mobile phone for emails you will need an email enabled phone and
we recommend GPRS (General Packet Radio Service that is part of the
GSM standard and delivers "always-on" wireless packet data services to
GSM customers, providing packet data speeds of up to 115 kb/s) to
access your email.
If you would like
any further information or guidance about email on the move or any
other mobile communication, please contact the Information team on
+44(0)1386 832 926 or email us at
info wellpict-european.com
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Grower Approval System - G.A.S.
Our
new Grower Approval System is live since March 2004. Using the Internet as
a method of delivery, the new system provides our customers with technical
information from any of the growers we are supplied by.
Growers’
awareness is a very important factor and the system provides at a glance
the stages of development for each of our growers.
The
system has been proven a big success in UK, Northern Europe, Spain and
Portugal. The next step is implementing the system in South Africa and
USA.
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Free
website for our
P.O. growers
With over 5000 hits a day Well Pict European Group (http://www.wellpict-european.com
) is one of the busiest websites in the soft fruit industry. You could be
part of our success story by having your website hosted on our server.
While
keeping your existing email address, your new website address will be:
YourFarmName.wellpict-european.com
You
could have as many pages and pictures to present your farm (i.e.
introduction, people, products, contact, job opportunities). The local and
overseas pickers will be able to find information about the farm and the
jobs opportunities at the farm, much easier than before.
Also the
personal website will include:
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Market research
Benefits:
Comprehensive information about the market
Sound statistical
analysis of the retailing business
Features:
1.Retail Prices analysis
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52 weeks prices (for
each product line)
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Detailed retail prices
analysis
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Comparison with other
supermarkets
2. In–store analysis of:
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Product placement
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Display type
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Method of display
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Average shelf size
3. In-store Features
4. In–store:
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Product presentation
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Product quality
5. WASP analysis
(red-amber-green):
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Appearance
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Texture
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Taste
- Overall
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Implementation of Prophet 2000
Integrated stock management system able to
deliver:
- physical information about product
- financial information
- quality control management information
system
- traceability
contact: Aurel Voiculescu
aurel wellpict-european.com
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