Case Study: ERP Reduces Manufacturing Costs by 20% For Industrial Equipment Manufacturer Ace Designers, Ltc.

Since 1987, Ace Designers Limited, India's leading manufacturer of CNC lathes and auto lathes, has been exporting machines all around the world, including Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States. But with growth, their largely manual systems started breaking down. They had no centralized purchasing department or means of sharing information so groups were paying different amounts for the same part from the same vendor. Delivery dates were missed because of lack of inventory control, and top management had so little visibility to the manufacturing process they couldn't set pricing that was competitive.

Ace needed a complete information system built around an ERP solution that would help manage every aspect of their manufacturing process - from purchasing and inventory to manufacturing and planning - as well as prepare them for ISO certification.

Ace commissioned a comprehensive survey of the ERP market and Intuitive was selected for four major reasons: 1) a 100 percent Microsoft platform, 2) an easy-to-use graphical interface, 3) excellent support, and 4) scalable open-architecture features that permitted the addition of users at any time.