BMS is working closely with key customers developing e-solutions that will maximise administration efficiencies, improve business processes and bring them and their trading partners together in an integrated, on-line marketplace.

Our success has been built on two fundamental building blocks

As a result, any BMS customer joining F4F can trade electronically with any F4F trading partner for a full range of documents and business processes.

We have rapidly extended our range of electronic documents that can be exchanged between partners allowing automation of the whole buying or selling process. Contracts entered, expected movements planned, actual deliveries made, invoices received matched and paid, all done electronically and fully integrated into your BMS system. Not only do we reduce the administration (and paper) we can help you change the way you do business to make you more efficient and better informed. For example up to the minute cover information provided by immediate delivery information allows you to make informed short term planning decisions with confidence.

Our expertise and confidence in e-commerce is built from five years of hands-on experience working with some of the biggest and most demanding players in the industry.

So if you want to make e-commerce a success in your business partner with BMS. We can help you develop, implement or support an e-commerce solution that can generate real bottom line benefits today.

Cal Software point to the recent successful first stage deployment of the Compac Gold ‘Retail Module’ for Cornwall Farmers as a further demonstration of its potential to deliver point of sale solutions to merchant operations. The project with Cornwall Farmers, which is part of a £800,000 investment by the business, will see all fourteen of its retail outlets linked to the system. The first deployment at the Threemilestone – Truro branch was completed in less than 36 hours over a weekend and was live on the following Monday morning.

The ‘Retail Module’ installation was delivered as part of Cornwall Farmers adoption of the complete Compac Gold system and is designed to greatly enhance both the point of sale contact with members and the back office functions that link the retail network. These meet the priorities set out by Cornwall Farmers at the onset of the project with Cal Software twelve months ago. Future plans include the capability for on-line trading for members.

Other modules included within the Compac Gold deployment include Back office SOP, POP, Contract Management, Financials, Feed Production for the Cornwall Farmers Blending Operation, Customer Relationship Management, Stock Control and trading requirements covering all Cornwall Farmers business divisions such as Agri-Chemicals, Feed, Grain Trading, Blends and Fertiliser. The retail network is linked by standard desk top PC’s to a Dell central server at the Cornwall Farmers head office by BT lease lines.

Keith Richards, Commercial Director at Cal Software believes that the company’s experience and understanding of the sector has shaped the Compac Gold Retail Module into a powerful application for retail trading. "Inevitably each project and deployment is unique because each customer has different systems and trading requirements. Within the program build for the Retail module we look to create the maximum flexibility needed for each deployment as well as maintaining the core strengths that deliver the real advantages."