Dragon Edge Group (DEG) believes in creating remarkable consumer brands both locally and internationally. In a span of 5 years, DEG has grown to a portfolio of almost 10 brands widely distributed across 3 countries in Asia to date. To name a few, the DEG portfolio includes brands such as Beach Hut Sunblock, Cycles Mild Laundry Detergent, Cradle Bottle Cleanser, Bliss Lubricant and Holy Seat Sanitizer.

The company focuses on products that are for Personal Care and Beach Hut Sunblock for one is a product that exemplifies the qualities of the Dragon Edge Group. Instead of adding just another brand to the list of sunblocks available in the market, Beach Hut offers consumers something new by providing a sunblock that comes in a clear spray form. With this, beach lovers can now enjoy their time under the sun without having to worry about the stickiness or white streaks that their old sunblock leaves on their skin. Beach Hut Sunblock, is an example of how the group was able to still provide what the consumers need and also making an impact in the market by providing a feature that differentiated their product from that of their competitors.

"Efficient, timely and user-friendly - 3 words to describe how the eCOM system has been since we started using it. With eCOM, delays and encoding errors have been greatly reduced as the ordering process is already being done in real time, enabling us to respond to our partners proficiently."

October 1999 was the beginning  of SLAC’s mission, with is humble start with the land provided by the provincial government of Laguna and was transferred to a 40 hectare farm in Sta. Cruz which is also the location of their research and breeding complex. In April of 2000, Mestizo A line and F1 Mestizo were harvested as stipulated in the agreement by SLAC and the Department of Agriculture as represented by Philippine Rice Research Institute (PHILRICE). The Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program was launched formally in 2001; a catalyst on the movement for commercialization of affordable hybrid rice and its technology across all regions. The said undertaking prompted the SLAC in establishing its first seed production based in Banaybanay, Davao Oriental. Trade fairs, television spots and radio features became their medium in cascading the benefits of hybrid rice.

Aldrin Conceja
IS Manager (Philippines & Vietnam)

Fonterra is one of the top six dairy companies in the world by turnover (June 2006 Rabobank ratings), the world's leading exporter of dairy products and responsible for more than a third of international dairy trade.

Fonterra Brands is the consumer products division of Fonterra. We produce, distribute, market and sell ready-to-use dairy products throughout the world. We are the part of Fonterra that is most closely linked to our many millions of consumers across the globe.

Fonterra Brands (Philippines) uses the manual process before by getting most of our PO’s either via fax or salesman collects it from the account.  Payment details are also being furnished manually. The biggest challenge they’ve encountered was the timing and accuracy of the business documents they send and receive to their trading partners.

“With eCOM, we were able to streamline the said process as we receive the orders including payment and return details in a real time manner plus the fact that we are able to eliminate encoding errors as we have integrated this into our ERP solution.”

“We are able to meet the accounts service delivery agreement, minimal wrong deliveries and late deliveries plus we are able to save money on penalties.”

Caroline Tan,
Treasury Manager

Limeketkai Manufacturing Corp. manufactures and distributies edible oil products such as corn oil, coconut oil, palm oil, shortening and corn grits products to both the retail and institutional markets under the Marca Leon Brand.

“eCOM also have an efficient and accommodating customer service”

Limeketkai Manufacturing Corp. has been using eCOM’s solution for 6 years and has helped the company in proving faster retrieval of remittance advices.

Raffee Gatchalian
EDI Specialist

Quantum Foods Inc. is a leading distributor of packaged consumer products in the Philippines. It’s the first food and beverage distribution company in the Philippines to be awarded an ISO Certification.

In the early years of Quantum Foods, Inc. as a supplier of Super Value Inc everything is done in Manual Process. Purchase Orders are being faxed or picked-up by Salesman from their respective buyers. Upon receipt of PO, Sales staff prepares Sales Order per PO and submit it to M.I.S. Department for encoding in our backend system and prints Sales Invoice. 

“By partnering with eCOM, they were able to provide us with a system that sends and receives business documents electronically fast and efficiently. We are able to upload orders easily in our backend system using eCOM Solutions. Sending and receiving data has significantly improved with the use of automation. QFI's relationship with our trading partners became strong because of our commitment on on-time delivery of orders.”