B&R Enclosures Expands Global Reach With Phocas

B&R Enclosures is a private family-owned Australian business with global ambitions. The 60 year-old company designs and manufactures enclosures for a variety of customers, including telecommunications, mining companies and prime contractors for large engineering projects. For the past 10 years, the company has opened offices in China, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.

The company has been a loyal Phocas customer, using the business intelligence software since 2004 for sales reporting, quotation management and inventory portals. In January 2014, B&R implemented a new ERP system and as part of the planning, Ian van Haeringen, Information Systems Manager for B&R Enclosures, made a deliberate decision to maintain sales reporting in Phocas, saving the company time and money while ensuring business continuity across the sales organisation.

Phocas played a critical role in the ERP implementation because it remained a constant throughout the rollout and during the company’s international pursuits. "Phocas is one of the reasons our implementation was so successful," said van Haeringen. "There is enough change involved in migrating from an old ERP to a new system. You should only change what you need to change, and there was no need to change Phocas."

Key benefits of using Phocas
•Delivered consistent sales reporting throughout the ERP transition
•Provided sales team confidence in sales, orders, and processing information
•Business continuity for company sales as rest of company managed changes
•Eliminated any training for salespeople on new ERP system
•Slicing and dicing of information continually reveals business opportunities while helping with strategic decision-making process
•Key reason for success of new ERP implementation

To learn more about Phocas, visit the Newsroom. https://www.phocassoftware.com/case-studies

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