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Cisco Systems Case Study: ACH Food Companies (ACH)

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Overview ACH Food Companies (ACH), a subsidiary of Associated British Foods plc, is a leading provider of branded, foodservice, and proprietary brand edible oils and specialty grocery products in North America (including Mazola cooking oil, Argo corn starch, and Karo corn syrup). The company needed to standardize and consolidate its communications systems on an enterprise-wide basis, especially since it was planning on further acquisitions in the coming years. The company sent out a request for proposals (RFP) for the installation of an IP communications solution to 13 vendors and evaluated bids or conducted demonstrations with all vendors including Cisco Systems, Avaya, and Nortel.

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Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2005
Format	Case Studies
Topics	IP Technologies

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