La Perla

Productes Alimentaris La Perla S.L. is a company wholesaler and retailer of food coming from several countries of Africa and South America (Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua...)

The company is located in Granollers (Barcelona) and also in Lleida and Almeria.

La Perla selects the best products and raw materials in the country of origin according to the taste and necessities of its customers. These are labeled under the Brand Halah, making up a line of high quality products.

After an increase of the volume of sales reached by La Perla, it became necessary the adoption of a better ERP. The important points to the company were related to the warehouse and its management, and even more important, was the quality management, no wonder being it a wholesaler of food. At the same time it became clear that the proper automatization of the processes affecting different departments in the company should be integrated. These factors encouraged La Perla to undertake the search of a new ERP and a new Business Partner.

The Social engagement of La Perla favoured the Open Source candidates at the selection process. At the time of the selection, the customer stressed the importance if the Flexibility, not only of the solution, but also and specially of the Consulting company that should carry out the project of Implementation. Furthermore, the price was another important factor, taking into account the current economical situation.

The company chosen to carry out the implementation was Calidae S.L. This company specializes itself at the improvement of its customers' business processes, with more than 10 years of experience, and that strongly bets for Open Source products. Its proppossal was based on the AbanQ ERP Business Solution, which is the Open Source ERP initially developed in Spain that has received the best recognition among the specialized media.

La Perla valued specially the flexibility of the AbanQ ERP, and its solution for solving its Warehouse Management and Traceability needs. It was also very appreciated the Method of Implementation that Calidae presented, which completely adapted the phases of the project to the natural timing of the customer.