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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Advanced Assembly Increases Efficiency With SAP Business One And Vision33

Advanced Assembly, an Aurora, Colorado based manufacturer with 100+ employees, provides Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Assemblies for the Transportation, Automotive, Public, Communications, Medical, and Technology Services sectors. Their customers are engineers and buyers involved in the development and production of innovative electronic products.

Advanced Assembly was experiencing the following business challenges:
• Outgrown the capabilities of their current, proprietary system due to sustained year-over-year growth
• Needed consistent and repeatable processes
• Experiencing limited visibility into process bottlenecks
• Had to manually integrate applications using spreadsheets

The ERP solution Advanced Assembly chose was SAP Business One® and Vision33 because of their detailed understanding of manufacturing and accounting processes.

As a result of the SAP Business One® and Vision33 implementation, the benefits provided to Advanced Assembly include the following:
• Creation of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for streamlined operations
• Real-time reporting for a snapshot of company performance
• Visibility into work order status for quicker manufacturing turn times and customer satisfaction
• Common business platform to support continued growth
• Tracking of manufacturing throughput to support growth planning

To read the full Advanced Assembly case study, and learn more about the services provided by Vision33, visit the Vision33 Newsroom.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Western Water Works Boosts Revenue With Infor Distribution SX.e

Western Water Works Supply Company distributes pipe valves and fittings to the waterworks industry, selling primarily to water utilities and underground contractors. In business since 1945, Western Water Works was founded by three partners who saw the need for a local distributor of waterworks products and materials in Southern California.

Challenges that Western Water Works needed addressed by Infor:

• Guarantee on-time delivery, accurate billing, and accurate orders.
• Increase efficiency on the sales, operations, and financial sides.
• Manage cash flow, specifically as it relates to the company’s two largest assets: inventory and accounts receivable.
• Provide customers with an overall better experience.

Benefits the Infor's SX.e provided to Western Water Works:

• Efficiencies allowed the company to increase revenue by $32 million.
• Improved inventory turns from 2-1/2 up to 7 turns per year.
• Ensured accurate, timely delivery and billing.
• Provided customers with service-level agreements, which previously not feasible.
• Became more efficient on the sales, operations, and financial sides.
• Streamlined the collections process.
• Centralized sales and accounting so all salespeople can sell from multiple locations.

To read about Infor Distribution SX.e, and read additional customer case studies, visit the Infor Distribution Newsroom.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Royal Agio Gains Global Insight With QAD ERP

Royal Agio Cigars (Agio Cigars) is a leading European cigar manufacturer. The company produces more than 750 million cigars per year distributed in more than 100 countries under brands that include Mehari’s, Panter, Balmoral and De Huifkar. With headquarters in Duizel, Netherlands, the company employs more than 2,000 people and posts annual turnover of approximately 100 million euros.

For several decades, Agio has relied on custom-made software and had to make use of one-off spreadsheets to analyze their data. Recently hired CFO Tom Mens wanted to implement an integrated business solution, and the search for a manufacturing-focused solution began.

After narrowing down the field, Agio chose QAD. According to Mens, “We chose QAD because QAD was able to do the complete implementation. QAD is focused on manufacturing, which makes its applications truly lean. This makes management easier.” By implementing QAD ERP, Agio saw improved efficiencies in many areas, including elimination of extra work and fewer information silos. They were also able to get more insight and visibility into their business processes through QAD Enterprise Applications.

To read more, and learn about the benefits of QAD ERP for manufacturers, visit the QAD news blog.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Global Toy Supplier to Gain Visibility with NetSuite Cloud ERP

HobbyLink Japan Inc., distributor of Japanese toys and hobby products to consumers and retail businesses across the globe, has recently selected NetSuite OneWorld to support its global expansion plans. HobbyLink will run its mission-critical business processes on NetSuite, including accounting, financials, inventory management and order management.

Established in 1995, HobbyLink supplies some of the world’s finest hobby kits, figures and toys. It has a catalogue of 125,000 SKUs and actual inventory of 60,000 items that can be ordered online and shipped to customers and collectors around the world. Currently, 30 percent of sales go through hobby shops and the other 70 percent through ecommerce.

While the company enjoyed significant business growth over the last ten years, it had challenges with its existing on-premise accounting system and numerous Excel sheets that created extensive manual work and were error prone. Employees had to hand code most of the customer queries and responses. This ultimately hampered the company’s ability to manage growth.

After a rigorous evaluation of software solutions, HobbyLink chose NetSuite OneWorld for the following reasons:

◾Inventory management that can provide visibility into stock levels and when to replenish.
◾Order management that can centralize all orders and process them efficiently, helping to eliminate manual processes.
◾Real-time visibility with one single unified financial system of record and financial reporting across the entire organization.
◾360-degree view of its customers, allowing the company to better segment its customer base and tailor promotions.
◾A modern, intuitive user interface that will require minimal training.

NetSuite OneWorld will also manage HobbyLink’s “Private Warehouse” System, which will allow customers to pay for an order but hold them in the company’s warehouse until they are ready to receive them.

To read more, visit the NetSuite Newsroom.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Register NOW for the 2016 Roadshow: June 8 in Chicago

Are You in Chicago, IL on Wednesday June 8, 2016?

The 2016 Roadshow is a FREE morning of networking and knowledge sharing on the topics of:

•business process management
•decision management
•business transformation
•process mapping and benchmarking
•and more!

Join our Business Process Improvement consultant Todd Snover from8:30am to 1:00pm at the 2016 Roadshow hosted by Signavio & APQC.

This catered breakfast and lunch event at the Hilton Chicago gives you a chance to speak directly with fellow process professionals where you will learn about how others are implementing current best practices and look ahead to the future of process excellence. Register For Free Now and attend for a chance to win prizes valued at over $1500!

See this link for more details about this interactive and informational event! http://www.signavio.com/events/2016-roadshow-chicago/

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