Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. Selects Paxonix to Automate and Streamline Global Packaging Process for New Product Introductions

WALTHAM, Mass., May. 05 /PRNewswire/ --

WALTHAM, Mass., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Paxonix, a MeadWestvaco company offering a web-based packaging and marketing process management service, today announced that Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc., (BGSW) the fourth largest premium spirits company in the world, has chosen Paxonix's PaxPro software to automate the packaging process for new product introductions globally. With nine of the world's top-100 premium spirits in the company's portfolio and $2.5 billion in revenue, BGSW needed a global, web-enabled packaging solution to increase speed to market, improve efficiencies and reduce costs associated with new product introductions across all product lines. The company turned to Paxonix to automate and streamline this process.

"Paxonix is the only choice for us as we look to increase efficiencies across our packaging process and accelerate time to market with new products globally," said Don Hardwick, Vice President, Global Supply Chain Management, BGSW. "Working with Paxonix, we believe we'll streamline our processes, and in turn free up time to focus on innovation across product lines."

Beam management conducted an extensive industry search to identify the most comprehensive packaging solution, including a review of the company's existing available technologies, and found that Paxonix was the only solution to effectively meet the needs of their global packaging operations. Prior to Paxonix, the process relied on email, PDFs, notes, and phone calls to manage and facilitate the packaging routing and approval process for new products. They sought a global, automated solution to centralize information and provide a convenient and efficient way to view the status of current projects across product lines. A web-based solution, PaxPro provides the tools to ensure greater accountability and control over a wide variety of projects. Real-time visibility across projects enables better decision-making and empowers executives to plan, execute and deliver projects on time.

The new product team at BGSW was truly impressed with PaxForms, PaxPro's intelligent forms, designed to connect people, processes and data with the company's business rules to accelerate time to market. By leveraging PaxForms, BGSW will streamline data capture, information sharing and approval processes, reduce errors and deliver complete information faster to key decision makers. In addition, PaxPro's executive-level dashboards and detailed reporting capabilities were critical. A PaxPro Executive Dashboard provides a graphical representation of projects and routes in progress that can be customized to fit specific needs. Executives now have real time information at their fingertips to make informed decisions and improve business performance.

"We are thrilled to include Beam Global Spirits & Wine among our customer roster," said Kent St. Vrain, vice president, marketing & business development. "Paxonix is uniquely designed to help global organizations streamline the packaging process so executives can focus on strategic initiatives and increase brand awareness."

About Paxonix

Paxonix, a specialized division of MeadWestvaco, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, offers a web-based service that drives business success by accelerating branding and packaging processes across the entire enterprise, improving quality and reducing rework. Paxonix works with customers within the pharmaceutical, medical device, health and beauty, consumer packaged goods and food and beverage markets to make package design a cost-effective means of enhancing brand value. In addition, Paxonix ensures all regulatory, environmental and company specific compliance requirements are fully met through the packaging process.

For more information about Paxonix and MeadWestvaco's decades of experience in helping shape branding initiatives for thousands of leading companies, please visit our web site at www.paxonix.com and