Trident Seafoods Fuels Growth Strategy With IBM

Trident Seafoods Fuels Growth Strategy With IBM

Trident Seafoods Corporation, a major U.S. seafood harvesting and processing company, has experienced significant growth, in part because of the performance and reliability of its IBM servers. Trident has transformed its core business operations including sales order processing, finance, human resources, payroll, manufacturing, email, and networking — all of which now run on IBM systems. Trident turned to IBM in the fall of 2004, when it needed to prepare for future business growth without being constrained by painful hardware upgrades.

Founded in 1973, Trident has grown rapidly based on the bounty of Alaska’s fishery resources and the demand for quality seafood worldwide. The family-owned firm has completed a series of acquisitions to diversify its products and compete aggressively in the global fishing industry.

Trident vessels catch fish on the Alaska frontier and deliver the catch to Trident shore plants and processing vessels, where the company processes it into consumer ready seafood products. Information technology has improved the accuracy and efficiency of Trident’s ability to track inventory, allowing it to trace seafood accurately from the time it comes out of the water to the moment it’s purchased. This allows the company to operate its supply chain and quality assurance process with even greater precision.

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