3form, Inc.
After implementing Infor ERP VISUAL, a manufacturer of chemical resin materials for the architecture and design industry boosted revenues from $3 million to $70 million within five years, increased productivity in sales and all accounting processes, improved accounting accuracy of each product cost, and developed a more seamless engineering process.
AKG of America
Growing at a rapid pace year after year, AKG, specializing in custom-engineered solutions for heavy industrial markets, needed an open, out-of-the-box system with the flexibility to sustain future growth. The company implemented Infor ERP VISUAL to automate all business processes, gaining significant efficiencies and a competitive advantage.
Avedis Zildjian
Zildjian implemented Infor F9 in approximately three weeks and was one of the first companies to use it with the SyteLine system. "Infor F9 requires no maintenance once the initial setup is complete. We have scheduled it to update automatically every night, so the Infor F9 data tables and the SyteLine data tables are always in sync."
Belden Brick
A world-class manufacturer of high quality bricks has leveraged technology to increase its data visibility with Infor10 ERP Enterprise, resulting in cost reductions, minimized scrap, real-time order status, and a competitive advantage to keep the company looking towards the future.
Bluegame
Bluegame selected Infor10™ ERP Express (VISUAL), a lexible system from a vendor experienced in the nautical industry, with the help of BEE NewTech, an Infor partner. With Infor10™ ERP Express (VISUAL) Bluegame was able to expands both product volume and customization capabilities. This partnership with Infor allows Blue Game to best leverage their strategic experience in the shipyards market to support the business realities in this sector.
Brentwood Industries
A longtime Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine) customer, Brentwood routinely reassesses its technology infrastructure. "Every seven to ten years, our company wants to re-evaluate what's out there to see if there's a better product for our business," says Kenneth Kemp, Brentwood's IT manager. Like any other company in an industry as competitive as plastics, Brentwood constantly seeks to increase workforce efficiency, product quality, and operational excellence by improving the speed of access to data throughout the company. The most recent assessment came at a crucial moment. Despite being mired in of one of the toughest recessions that manufacturers had ever seen, Brentwood still maintained a healthy 45% rate of growth over six years. The company needed its technology to support that level of growth while keeping margins strong. Managers also wanted to consolidate their list of software vendors to improve global visibility for all operations and provide users easier access to data.
Brookfield Engineering
With Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine), Brookline Engineering Laboratories has gained the ability to support all continuous improvement processes, simplified and reduced the number of process steps and transactions, and maintained the high quality levels required by ISO 9000 standards. The company’s revenue recently reached record levels.
Computer Designs
Computer Designs is a manufacturer of custom thermoformers for the medical, surgical, electronic, and OEM markets. The company focuses on quality, striving to meet its customers ever-changing requirements with innovative designs and flexible customer service. Based in Whitehall, Pennsylvania, Computer Designs also has plants in North Carolina, Arizona, and Puerto Rico. To learn more, visit www.computer-designs.com.
Custom Plastic Specialties
After implementing Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine), Custom Plastic Specialties significantly cut its order processing time, allowed production more time to meet quality and deadline requirements, and saw fast ROI. The company implemented it quickly from a DOS-based to Windows-based system, and gained more value by using the Infor EPAK training package to improve current and future user proficiency levels.
Duramax® Marine LLC
One of the world’s largest manufacturers of vital marine products incorporated Infor ERP SyteLine for accounting and manufacturing, including issuing purchase orders, scheduling, planning, invoicing, and business analysis. The open architecture allowed easy customization, resulting in greater efficiencies throughout all departments, and built-in business intelligence enabled analysis of sales trends and reporting to compare sales and inventory.
Essen
After relying on disparate systems that couldn’t communicate, the manufacturer of kitchen cookware successfully integrated all of its production operations with Infor ERP VISUAL. The results were reduced lead times and inventory, streamlined and automated processes, and visibility into production levels that led to improved deliveries. Productivity and customer satisfaction soared.
Gloucester Engineering
The manufacturer of systems and components in the plastics extrusion industry deployed Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine) in the cloud to quickly integrate all disparate systems and support growth without increasing IT costs, provide one data source accessible in real time to users everywhere, and maximize visibility across all business units for improved decision-making. The company can monitor the shop floor; easily perform financial reporting; and closely track prospect, customer, and account information to improve customer service.
Gorman-Rupp
Using Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine), Gorman-Rupp has gained significant ROI in reduced inventory levels and faster production times from more streamlined processes from customer quote request through cash collection. Also, with information readily available to customers as well as those within the company, Gorman-Rupp has increased customer satisfaction in many ways.
Governair
After implementing Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine), Governair has grown its business from $21 million to $35 million in just two years, with plans to reach $50 million soon. The manufacturer of HVAC systems for commercial and industrial use has integrated its disparate systems and provided real-time visibility into all its operational processes, increasing productivity, improving decision-making, accelerating time to market, and boosting customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Graphicast
Graphicast, Inc. is the premier supplier of ZA12 (zinc aluminum alloy) castings. Founded in 1978 and based in Jaffray, NH, Graphicast has built a reputation as an innovative and collaborative supplier of machined and as-cast parts to a wide range of industries, including medical and diagnostic equipment manufacturers. For more information, visit www.graphicast.com.
Groov-Pin
Deploying Infor ERP VISUAL Easy Lean meant a wide range of improved processes for this manufacturer of fasteners and precision machine parts. The company reached 95% on-time shipment rates, cut lead time by 20%, and reduced production setup times by 20%. It also became a net exporter to China.
Group Dekko
Group Dekko experienced dramatic reductions in inventory, quoting time, and the time it takes to move customer orders into production after implementing Infor10 ERP iEnterprise (LX). The company has also increased on-time shipping and supports global sourcing through Infor’s multilanguage and multicurrency capabilities. Group Dekko has also easily implemented several complementary Infor systems, and has partnered with Infor for close to 30 years.
Herman Miller
By implementing Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine), Herman Miller was able to reduce US inventory by $1.2 million in two years, tripled their production capabilities, and enhanced their JIT (Just-In-Time) supply chain. Herman Miller is also upgrading to the latest version of ERP Business, including Infor ION, to integrate and enhance inter-company, company-supplier, and company-customer communications.
Inalfa Roof Systems
One of the world's largest providers of innovative vehicle roof systems deployed Infor10 PLM Discrete (PLM8) and ERP BaanIV to redefine, integrate, and standardize a majority of its business processes which has enabled the company to respond more quickly to market changes—resulting in reduced costs and increased efficiencies in all areas by an average of 30%.
Interface Inc.
The world leader in the design, production, and sales of modular carpet and a leading manufacturer and marketer of broadloom carpet, panel fabrics, and upholstery fabrics selected Infor HCM Infinium Self Service to automate the new employee recruitment, payroll, and employee benefits processes, and at the same time reduce its carbon footprint. The company has streamlined all of its business operations to improve efficiency and ensure profitability while moving closer towards its goal of becoming the world's first environmentally restorative company by 2020.
J&E
J&E Manufacturing Company is a contract manufacturer of precision metal components. J&E's extensive range of in-house capabilities includes sheet metal fabrication, stamping, welding, CNC turning, CNC milling, powder coating, screen printing, and assembly. The company chose to implement Infor10 ERP Express (VISUAL) and Easy Lean to reduce workload and errors, improve the visibility of workload and due dates, and to better manage inventory. Since implementation, the company has reduced missed ship dates, required fewer people to schedule production and order materials, improved on-time delivery and productivity, and decreased the amount of on-hand inventory required.
Lacks Enterprises Inc.
A leading manufacturer and supplier to the automotive, telecommunications, and consumer electronics markets integrated Infor10 Supplier Commerce Portal (SupplyWEB) with Infor ERP BPCS, resulting in improved supplier communication, more precise inventory accountability that eliminated safety stocks, lower premium freight costs, and greater credibility with the customer toward continuous improvement.
Mohawk Fine Papers
Mohawk Paper is leveraging Infor10 EAM solution to better understand the energy consumption occurring on its equipment in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Mohawk's VP of IT says, "I haven't seen a product in many years that is as effective and user-friendly as [Infor10 EAM]."
Novum
Since deploying Infor10 ERP Process iBusiness, Novum, a leading manufacturer of refrigeration products, has begun a process of reducing the overall life cycle of their product process from order to sale. Within 12 months Novum hopes to have reduced this by 35 %. They are already on track to accomplish this.
RTC Inc
A global manufacturer of in-store programs that connect with shoppers and drive sales for brand marketers and retailers incorporated modules of Infor10 ERP Enterprise. Only three months after implementation, RTC had the biggest shipping quarter in the company’s history—without adding order entry staff and without one system glitch.
TMS South
Plumbing products distributor, TMS South, specializes in "hard-to-find" items and repair parts for industrial, commercial, and residential applications. The company uses Infor ERP FACTS to enhance customer service, optimize inventory levels, increase productivity, and improve profitability enabling TMS South to leverage its resources in new ways to improve its efficiency.
Trigon
The manufacturer of components for aerospace and medical applications used Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine) to dramatically reduce its paper processing and costs. ERP Business also helped the company maintain better control over engineering information to ensure everyone was using the most up-to-date drawings.
