Menlo Park, California
January 7, 2002
Landec Corporation's (Nasdaq: LNDC) food technology
subsidiary, Apio, Inc., announced today that the company has
successfully implemented J.D. Edwards' OneWorld(R) enterprise
software, including
Financial, Distribution and Manufacturing application suites.
The new system significantly improves management effectiveness
by providing more timely and actionable information and by
improving forecasting capabilities thus resulting in quicker
reactions to volatile markets and customer demands.
The system is designed to give better and more timely
information to both Apio and to its suppliers, resulting in
improved and synergistic operating efficiencies. Apio employed
DigiTerra, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CIBER, Inc. to
assist in the configuration, testing and implementation of the
new system, which included the development of a grower
accounting and crop management solution.
The system provides improved visibility to information in many
areas, including: (1) improving information exchange with
customers, vendors and growers, (2) reducing financial reporting
cycles, (3) identifying recovery costs for services provided,
(4) ensuring the performance of supplier contracts for goods and
services, and (5) monitoring of product quality.
With the new system, Apio is also able to monitor and react to
manufacturing performance in a more timely manner, based on more
accurate information. In addition, the company will be able to
consolidate Intellipac(TM) packaging operations with its
value-added food division to create better coordination and
efficiencies in producing and delivering packaged products.
Apio's Chief Operating Officer Bruce Knobeloch said, "This past
April, Landec announced its intention to develop and implement a
new business system in its food technology subsidiary. Apio's
management recognized the strategic importance of implementing a
more robust and fully integrated system to enable and support
its significant business growth opportunities. The new business
system is now providing Apio with state-of-the-art information
capabilities to provide high quality products and services to
its customers and growers."
"We expect to significantly benefit from more streamlined
processes, greater management awareness of key metrics that
drive our business, more efficient use of our resources and the
improved ability to effectively manage our manufacturing and
grower related activities," continued Knobeloch. "In 10 months,
we have developed, installed and delivered a solid, cost
effective business system that establishes a concrete foundation
for future profitable growth."
Gary Steele, Landec Corporation's President and CEO concluded,
"With the successful implementation of J.D. Edwards OneWorld, we
are continuing to execute our strategic initiatives, one of
which is to establish an infrastructure that provides lower cost
operations, while at the same time increasing the ability to
better identify and pursue higher margin product and market
opportunities."
About Apio
Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Guadalupe, California, Apio
is a major processor, shipper, distributor and exporter of
vegetables and fruits. The company markets a full line of fruit,
vegetable and fresh cut vegetables under the Eat Smart(TM) brand
using Landec's patented Intellipac breathable membrane
packaging.
Since 1996, Apio has commercially marketed products that use
Landec's Intellipac breathable membranes for Apio's Eat Smart
fresh-cut produce line of products.
About Intellipac Technology
Apio's fresh cut specialty packaged products and iceless case
liner products are packed in packaging that uses Intellipac
breathable membrane technology. Intellipac specialty packaging
extends shelf life, maintains crispness and reduces dehydration,
discoloration and unpleasant odors and flavors associated with
produce by creating an ideal modified atmosphere inside the
package. The packaging technology has a very high rate of gas
exchange, which results in the appropriate atmosphere for the
product within the package.
A unique feature of Intellipac specialty packaging is its
ability to compensate for temperature abuse. As a result of the
temperature responsiveness of the Intellipac breathable
membranes, the optimal atmosphere inside the case liner is
maintained as temperatures change during the distribution
process. This feature is one of the key reasons the company's
Intellipac specialty packaged products can be shipped to distant
markets without ice. Additional information can be obtained by
contacting the company via the internet
www.landec.com or at
650/306-1650.
About J.D. Edwards & Company
J.D. Edwards is a leading provider of agile, collaborative
solutions for today's ever changing economy. The company's open
solutions provide organizations a competitive advantage by
giving them the freedom to assemble their internal applications
and to customize these applications through collaborations with
partners and customers across the entire supply chain. Founded
in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver.
About DigiTerra, Inc.
DigiTerra, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CIBER, Inc. (NYSE:
CBR), is a leading enterprise application integrator uniquely
qualified to support e- business solutions. DigiTerra's business
and technical expertise spans 20 years of providing solutions to
companies across all industries. Combined with DigiTerra's
strong partnerships with software providers in the enterprise
resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM),
supply chain, and e-procurement areas, DigiTerra can implement
and integrate comprehensive solutions to meet clients'
e-business requirements. DigiTerra is headquartered in
Englewood, Colorado with offices throughout the United States
and London, England. Information on DigiTerra can be obtained
from the company's web site,
www.digiterra.com or by calling 1-866-894-0999.
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