India's leading food ingredients company automates diversified and complex business operations with Infor PLM (Optiva)

MUMBAI,INDIA - Media OutReach - 27 August 2020 - Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry,today announced that  Symega Food Ingredients, a foodingredients manufacturer has automated business operations with Infor PLM (Optiva) to promotecollaboration, enterprise-wide visibility, and scalability to accelerateinnovation and growth.

With business operations spread across multiple countries, Symegaproduces natural colours, flavours and savoury blends for diverse food and beverage(F&B)segments such as bakery, dairy, confectionary, pharma and savoury. Symega's businessis committed to introducing new taste formats, aromas and sensory experienceswith a specialized team of food technologists, flavourists and sensory expertsthat inspires new culinary experiences across the globe. 

With business successdepending on the innovation of new ingredients and a faster go-to-market,Symega implemented Infor PLM (Optiva) to significantly reduce productdevelopment cycle time, while ensuring regulatory compliance standards are met. With the help of the Infor solution,Symega was able to unify dispersed data and complex business processes across multiplefunctional groups in the organization.  Withincreased automation, Symega anticipates productivity improvements and lowered operationalcosts over time, while delivering quality products to customers and enhancingthe overall customer experience.

"Constantly evolving consumerpreferences, coupled with aligning business operations to innovate productoffering, deliver quality standards and meet regulatory framework is drivingthe F&B industry to innovate and stay competitive," said Paolo George, director at Symega Food Ingredients Ltd. "We are hopeful that Infor's robustindustry-specific cloud solutions will equip us to develop superior productsthat deliver high quality at the shortest possible turnaround time. With addedlevels of automation and modernized business operations, we are confident thatour partnership with Infor will accelerate business growth and innovationacross the globe." 

"Digital transformation in empowering the F&B industry to drive new productinnovations, meet complexities of modern supply chain with shorter productioncycles, and adhere to stringent quality controls. These business dynamicsdemand modernization of business operations to deliver innovative, safe andsustainable solutions," said Ranga Pothula, General Manager, India Business Unit and Senior Vice President, Global Delivery Services, Infor.  "At Infor we understand these uniquerequirements and are pleased to provide Symega Food Ingredients with industry-specific,purpose-built and fully integrated cloud solutions that address theiroperational needs, win customer confidence and help them focus on businessgrowth across geographies."

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About Symega Food Ingredients

Symega Food Ingredients was started in the year 1972 with avision to add further value to various local spices that were abundant in theregion. The company is engaged in manufacturing and marketing natural colours,flavours and savoury blends to food and beverage industries worldwide. With afocus on innovation, in-depth understanding of market trends, technicalexpertise, and a diligent team of food technologists, they create foodsolutions that expand the horizons of sensory experiences, redefine tastes andtransform foods. Today they offer Natural colours, savories, blends andculinary products to bakeries, dairies, fat, oils, beverages, pharma, noodles,pasta, breakfast mixes, food and beverages, snacks, confectioneries, meat,poultry, seafood, confectionery, soups, stocks and other industries and relatedsubindustries. They sell to 40 countries across 5 continents in 8 productcategories.

About Infor

Infor is a globalleader in business cloud software specialized by industry. With 17,300employees and over 68,000 customers in more than 170 countries, Infor softwareis designed for progress. To learn more, please visit www.infor.com

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