Ramco Systems Corporation,
a global technology company,
announces the selection of
their entire VirtualWorks®
based ERP solution by Preferred
Meal Systems, Inc. In addition,
Preferred selected Ramco’s
DecisionWorks product for
their Corporate Performance
Management needs.
Ramco offers ‘personalized’
web-centric enterprise applications,
using VirtualWorks, a proven
platform to assemble solutions
from over 700 ERP class business
components. The resulting
applications address our clients’
blend of standard, strategic,
and future business practices
and are superior to standard
packaged software with respect
to fit, cost of ownership
and ease of implementation.
Preferred Meal Systems is
a privately held supplier
of a component meal system
for schools, Early Childhood
and Senior Centers, as well
as frozen pre-plate meals
to airlines, military, and
healthcare facilities.
Ramco’s solutions will
enable Preferred Meal Systems
to flexibly scale as they
identify additional business
opportunities.
Richard Sides, Senior
Vice President of IS at Preferred
Meal Systems: “Preferred
Meal Systems will go through
growth and change during the
upcoming years. Ramco’s
VirtualWorks based solution
will allow us to use best
in class pre-assembled ERP
components for areas such
as financials, where we need
scalability with minimal change,
while developing tailored
solutions for our proprietary
and strategic processes. No
other company had a similar
capability to combine standard
ERP components with a large
set of unique components specifically
developed for us. Ramco provides
an architecture that results
in a superior Total Cost of
Ownership because of their
capability to maintain their
tailored fit into the future.”
John Reed, Vice President,
Manufacturing Solutions:
“Preferred Meal Systems
represents an ideal customer
for Ramco. The company wants
to improve their base ERP
capabilities, while at the
same time innovating key business
processes. This enables us
to demonstrate VirtualWorks’
unique selling point: combining
the advantages of a packaged
solution with the flexibility
of a custom built solution,
at a low Total Cost of Ownership.
Ramco’s unique Change-on-Demand
offering, which is part of
our standard maintenance agreement,
will enable Preferred Meal
Systems to be in control of
their Enterprise Solution.
We are very pleased to add
Preferred Meal Systems to
Ramco’s growing group
of manufacturing clients."
