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Sarab H.
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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

It provides us with a snapshot of the business. At any moment we have a true picture of our raw material, work in process, and finished inventory. It has helped us eliminate shortages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

We had to rethink our business and process flow, which was difficult at the start. But well worth the investment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have full tractability on our ingredients and finished product. It also allows us to cost batches in real time. We are thrilled with the decision to go with Minotaur and continue to get ongoing benefits from our system as our business evolves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CAI Minotaur Overview

What is CAI Minotaur?

Designed for food processors and distributors, Minotaur offers a fully integrated traceability ERP system combining accounting with operations including order entry/invoicing, EDI, manufacturing, QC, inventory control, handheld warehouse management, product development and more. Specializing in small to mid-sized manufacturers with 5+ users ($3M-$100M in sales) who require lot traceability such as food, meat, beverage and ingredient processors, Minotaur helps you connect your office, plant, warehouse and mobile workers.

CAI Minotaur Details
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Product Description

End-to-end food manufacturing software. Great for traceability.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Minotaur's strength is in our personal approach to implementation. We are proud of our over 90% successful implementation rate. We offer intelligent support tailored to the needs of your company. Our software is a tool and we are good at ensuring that tool adapts to the needs of your company, for a reasonable price. Call us, we answer our phones.


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Judith K.
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Business Software and Technology Specialist, Author, Speaker and Small Business Owner--passionate about helping manufacturers more easily manage information

Recent CAI Minotaur Reviews

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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Easy to Use ERP"
Customer service is exceptional. Anytime I have needed support someone is available to help me by phone or email.
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Learning about Minotaur"
I find the Minotaur system easy to use , I like the fact that I can create my own short cut bottoms
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Sonia C.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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Minotaur Business Systems is a very user-friendly and multi-faceted system. The staff is extremely knowledgeable and always available with support.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

Minotaur's customer service and responsiveness to issues. They answer questions or concerns very quickly. Also, their ability to tailor the system to our needs and size in a rapidly changing environment. The ability to automate several of our processes. Both on the food processing side and shipping and receiving side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

Reporting can be a little bit complex. There is lots of flexibility to it but understanding how to write reports can be tough. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CAI Minotaur:

Minotaur has greatly improved our ability to grow and meet all of our customer's needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

Daily food processing and accounting. We produce, ship and bill 50,000+ lbs a day. Minotaur handles all of the accounting and tractability needed to comply with food processing standards. Minotaur allows us to do all of this with limited office and production staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

Minotaur has been the backbone of our business for 9 years. We utilize this system in a non-standard application where it functions as both a retail POS and a process ERP. The flexibility of the program has allowed us to integrate new processes as our business grows and evolves and has allowed us to be more creative in our problem-solving processes. By leveraging Minotaurs customizable features, we have been able to track and evaluate many different areas of our business that other ERP systems just can't be applied to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

As others have mentioned, Minotaur can have a steep learning curve for those who have not used ERP systems in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CAI Minotaur:

review how you are tracking your production and inventory with the sales team at Minotaur and ensure you are collecting enough information to implement their software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

Minotaur has helped us reduce labour costs and increase traceability throughout our business. The

Specific features we use on a regular basis include. GL analysis, CRM, Inventory Tracking, Staff Ratings Analysis, and On-Line Help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bruce L.
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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

Versatile and robust system.

Fully customizable.

As a BRC certified facility we are running multiple lines and offering hundreds of SKUs to the retail and foodservice sectors.

The implementation of the Minotaur ERP system gives us real time costs and control which is critical in short term decision making and long term planning.

Cashflow is improved through better Inventory control.

Our auditors love the quick lot code traceability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

The transition from our old "system" (several disjointed departments) to the new Minotaur system was stressful and somewhat painful. We had to run both simultaneously for a few months but we persevered and got through with the support of the Minotaur team.

Best to make this type of transition at fiscal YE rather than midstream. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CAI Minotaur:

Get top down commitment from the board/ownership group. You need everyone"on board".

Take the time to plan your setup properly (categories/product codes/etc.). Better planning beforehand will make the transition easier.

Try to do the transition at YE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

Better production planning.

Lower inventory carrying costs.

Ability to isolate secondary costs (transport)

QA documentation.

Better control of New Product Development and pricing custom products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food Production
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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

Customer service is exceptional. Anytime I have needed support someone is available to help me by phone or email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

A lot of customizability but it is a difficult ERP to learn how to customize. You need to be trained by Minotaur Staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using Minotaur to create a comprehensive ERP that handles all aspects of our business including accounting and operations and we have found less chances for human error, better trace-ability and seamless integration with our exisiting systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

Minotaur Business Systems is a very user-friendly and multi-faceted system. The staff is extremely knowledgeable and always available with support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

I honestly do not see any downsides to Minotaur. In fact, there is so much more that Minotaur is capable of that we are still learning about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

Minotaur's ability to customize their software to meet our ever-changing needs is a huge benefit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food Production
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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

The system has meet all of our needs and as we grow it grows with us. It is fully adaptable and customization to meet our specific requirements. It is able to provide us with full product trace ability which will allow us to save time and effort during food safety audits as the required information is fully accessible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

We have not utilized the full system but do find that is can be difficult to create our own reports. This can be achieved with help from the supplier though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

Problems that we will solve, will be to improve accuracy of mock recalls and will provide the information in a much more efficient manner than our prior system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

They system is rock solid in terms of stability and performance. It's not the sexiest software you will use by a long shot but it is completely reliable and can be easily customized. (which is great). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

It's reporting is not its strongest feature and it usually requires exporting into Excel or other spreadsheets for best reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CAI Minotaur:

Really pay attention to what it is you are trying to accomplish with a new system before making a decision. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have a need to track batch lot numbers and the system handles that effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food & Beverages
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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

I find the Minotaur system easy to use , I like the fact that I can create my own short cut bottoms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

I find there is multiple steps to go through to confirm steps. Have to navigate through many steps to learn find out client or product information Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CAI Minotaur:

Great program for beginners, easy to use system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

The system is great for keeping client information and product information under a profile. Easy to invoice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

The folks at Minotaur are super helpful. They listened to our needs and helped designed a system to meet those needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

There is a learning curve which can be challenging. But anything new can be challenging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

We now have a full traceability program of everything produced at our meat processing plant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Farhana A.
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What do you like best about CAI Minotaur?

Traceability from raw material to end products. The system has 1 click button for any path I want to go. That makes my job so easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAI Minotaur?

I do not dislike the system but sometimes we need some custom made document as per our need Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CAI Minotaur:

Effictive ERP system to work with for Manufacturing, control inventory and traceability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAI Minotaur solving and how is that benefiting you?

Manufacturing inventory and recipe variance issues. Standard cost and landed cost update,Sales report and profitability report.

We can control the inventory in much better way now with Minotaur.

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