Explore how Superior Foods, a leading manufacturer and global supplier of frozen fruits, vegetables, and value-added frozen foods, replaced manual, time-consuming reporting processes with Cosmos, unlocking efficiency and reducing IT bottlenecks.
Cosmos was more modern, user-friendly, and cost-effective than Jet Reports. The data warehouse architecture eliminated the need to run reports directly against our production database, preventing performance issues.
With intuitive training and a user-friendly interface, non-IT employees quickly learned to independently generate reports. This reduced IT bottlenecks, enabling teams to retrieve and analyze data without waiting for technical assistance.
By automating report generation, Superior Foods employees no longer need to manually extract, rekey, and consolidate data in Excel. This shift has streamlined workflows, reduced errors, and allowed teams to focus on strategic data analysis instead of repetitive tasks.
Transitioning from Jet Reports to Cosmos significantly reduced licensing fees, eliminated the need for on-premise server maintenance, and minimized IT overhead. This freed up technical resources to focus on business-critical projects while ensuring seamless and cost-effective reporting.
With just a couple of hours of training, our team was up and running, creating reports without relying on IT. The intuitive interface and hands-on support made adoption seamless.
Superior Foods is a leading importer of frozen fruits, vegetables, and ready meals, supplying private-label products to major retailers like Trader Joe’s and Walmart. Prior to Cosmos, the company faced reporting inefficiencies, relying on an outdated Linux-based ERP system with no integrated reporting tools.
When the company upgraded to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, it initially implemented Jet Reports for financial and operational reporting. However, the software proved cumbersome, requiring extensive IT support and specialized training. Only one non-IT user successfully built reports, while others struggled with usability and system limitations. Additionally, Jet Reports’ reliance on local installs caused frequent issues with versioning and breakages after upgrades.
To overcome these challenges, Superior Foods sought a more user-friendly, cloud-based reporting solution that empowered business users and reduced IT overhead. Their Business Central implementation partner, RSM, recognized the struggles Superior Foods faced with Jet Reports and introduced them to Cosmos. Having worked with Cosmos on similar implementations, RSM saw it as the ideal solution to streamline reporting, reduce IT dependency, and provide a more scalable and efficient approach to data management.
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We had a backlog of reporting requests and limited IT resources to address them. Cosmos changed that. Now, our teams can build and run reports themselves, allowing us to focus on higher-priority IT initiatives.
Superior Foods was introduced to Cosmos by their Business Central implementation partner, RSM, after struggling with Jet Reports. From the first demo, the team saw the benefits of Cosmos’ cloud-based platform, built specifically for Business Central.
“Cosmos was more modern, user-friendly, and cost-effective than Jet Reports. The data warehouse architecture eliminated the need to run reports directly against our production database, preventing performance issues.” — Jennifer Salinas, IT Director, Superior Foods
Cosmos enabled Superior Foods to quickly transition reporting from Jet Reports without extensive IT intervention. Employees were empowered to generate reports independently with just 1.5 to 2 hours of hands-on training. Cosmos’ built-in support helped the team convert existing reports, accelerating adoption across finance, sales, supply chain, and trade compliance departments.
Superior Foods significantly cut its reporting expenses by eliminating the need for on-premise servers and reducing licensing costs. IT resources were freed to focus on strategic initiatives rather than constant report troubleshooting
Between its technical flexibility, rapid performance, and intuitive design, Cosmos has given ATTA Elevators a reporting platform that meets today’s needs and is built to grow with them.
Key Benefits
By switching from Jet Reports to Cosmos, we significantly reduced licensing costs, eliminated the need for on-premise server maintenance, and freed up IT resources to focus on business-critical projects.
