VAI Focuses on Cloud-Based ERP Opportunities, Security, and Market Growth in 2021

Ronkonkoma, N.Y. — Dec. 9, 2021 — VAI, a leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software developer, announced it is concluding its fiscal year 2021, helping hardgoods, food, and pharmaceutical customers thrive in today’s current business environment with its flagship ERP solution, S2K Enterprise. As many organizations continue to face unprecedented challenges, from supply chain disruptions and worker shortages to security risks and safeguarding data, VAI has been a crucial partner to its customers every step of the way, ensuring continued business success and digital continuity.

Even before the final numbers are in, VAI has achieved significant year over year growth to its customer base, with a focus on fulfilling a need with an ERP solution for specific supported industries. One such food customer, McAneny Brothers, Inc., a grocery distributor, selected VAI’s Food ERP software solution to run its full-service convenience and grocery store distribution business. With VAI, McAneny Brothers now automates its food business processes across the organization while ensuring compliance with food safety regulations. VAI recently saw new and existing customers, such as PruittHealth and ABA Packaging, select VAI Cloud to run their operations more securely in VAI’s Data Centers. With a continued need for remote operations and scalable applications, customers have turned to VAI Cloud for their data hosting and security needs.

“As organizations continue to digitize their operations to keep up with market changes and to meet new demands from customers, more companies are transitioning to the cloud. Over 80% of our new customers are hosting their applications with VAI Cloud, helping them easily access S2K ERP applications such as CRM, analytics, and mobile,” said Kevin Beasley, CIO at VAI. “To support this growing demand for cloud services, VAI ensures updated security and disaster recovery features, 24/7 support, and increased visibility to make informed decisions about their cloud environment.”

VAI also held its Business Growth and Leadership Fall Forum virtually this year. Featuring keynote speakers including renowned authors, Seth Mattison and Sam Richter, a digital information specialist, as well as customer testimonials, workshops, and more, VAI’s 2021 Fall Forum enabled VAI executives, customers, and prospects to collaborate and discuss how they can modernize business operations in a digital world and pursue new digital transformation opportunities.

Over the last year, VAI made updates to S2K Analytics and rolled out a new data center, helping to expand its VAI Cloud ERP offering and ensure customers are getting the most innovative, best-in-class products on the market. VAI also released its new application, S2K Business Alerts Powered by Twilio to help improve organizations’ communication processes. Recognized for these achievements and more, VAI was named to Food Logistics’ 2021 Top Green Providers List, Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Top Supply Chain Project, and CRN’s 2021 Solution Provider 500 List.

“We’re excited about the growth ahead for VAI and our customers as we head into 2022,” Bob Vormittag, CEO and President at VAI. “Business leaders have had to learn to adapt to a digitally-first environment in the past few years, creating new opportunities for innovation and market expansion. As the ERP partner for leading companies across the supply chain, we look forward to supporting their achievements by ensuring reliability and scalability with VAI S2K Enterprise.”

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About VAI

VAI is a leading independent mid-market ERP software developer renowned for its flexible solutions and ability to automate critical business functions for the distribution, manufacturing, retail, and service sectors. VAI's software solutions are backed by a wealth of experience and a reputation for excellence that countless companies rely on. With specific ERP solutions for Hard Goods, Food, and Pharmaceutical companies, VAI has helped some of the most recognized companies address key industry requirements and deliver bottom-line results. VAI continues to innovate with new solutions that leverage analytics, business intelligence, mobility, and cloud technology to help customers make more informed business decisions and empower their mobile workforce. VAI is headquartered in Ronkonkoma, NY, with additional locations across the United States. For more information, visit www.vai.net.

About VAI Cloud LLC

VAI Cloud, LLC is the primary provider for cloud deployment of VAI’s S2K Software Suite. VAI Cloud enables businesses to have a disaster recovery plan and high availability in place without all the complexities and expense. VAI Cloud infrastructure spans multiple data centers with full synchronization between redundant systems. Customers in VAI Cloud can add additional resources and updates are done without the need for downtime. For more information, visit www.vaicloud.net.