American Refrigeration Supplies
A wholesale distributor with 33 locations in six states responded to demands from customers and vendors to use electronic data interchange (EDI) for sending invoices by implementing Infor’s Commerce Connect. After using Infor ERP SX.enterprise successfully, ARS easily added Commerce Connect, resulting in time savings, greater invoicing accuracy, and postage cost savings of $45,000 per year.
Ames Tile & Stone Ltd
After implementing Infor ERP A+ and Infor ERP Storefront with off-the-shelf functionality, the Canadian ceramic tile and stone distribution company found that stable functionality and fast, easy upgrades helped to significantly improve employee productivity and customer service.
Benco Dental
The nation’s largest independent distributor of dental supplies and equipment selected Infor PM, resulting in the monthly close cycle decreasing from 15 to 9 days. Instead of taking 5 days, the monthly reporting cycle is now immediate, and budgeting cycle man-hours have been slashed from 1,500 to 800.
Chicago Tube & Iron
The distributor and manufacturer of a wide range of items that include pipes, tubing, valves, bars, and fittings implemented Infor FMS SunSystems within an aggressive three-week schedule with the help of Infor Consulting Services. The company even closed its fiscal year-end without a parallel system running after seeing how successful the monthly close performed. Preparation time for monthly reporting dropped 40% in just initial attempts, and ad hoc reporting now takes a few hours instead of a day or two.
Cobham
Cobham shortlisted Infor10 Corporate Performance Management (PM10) and Hyperion, based on its proven capabilities that were witnessed across a number of reference sites. Further benefits included the solution’s ease of use by finance personnel, and the scope it presented for Cobham to exercise significant control over developing and running the system.
Endries International
After deploying Infor ERP SX.enterprise and Infor SCM Demand Planning, a global distributor of fasteners for MRO and OEM markets significantly improved its business processes while growing to reach its revenue goal—almost seven times larger than the pre-implementation point—in five years. The company also saved $500,000 in warehouse safety stock in one warehouse in one year, improved inventory accuracy to about 99.7%, and more than doubled its pick rate.
Falcon Technologies, Inc.
A leading Midwest distributor of data and telecommunications products expanded its business by over 50% without increasing staff, reduced its AR check posting time by 75%, and improved efficiencies in various areas following implementation of Infor ERP SX.enterprise.
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.
Puerto Rico Supplies Group
With Infor ERP A+, one of the biggest distributors in Puerto Rico easily consolidated six warehouses into one 200,000-square-foot facility designed to handle more than 2,000 different products with extra space for future growth. The company significantly increased picker productivity and warehouse receiving productivity: by 44% and 85% for refrigerated goods and dry goods, respectively, for pickers; and by 62% and 57% for refrigerated goods and dry goods, respectively, for warehouse receivers. The company also improved on-time/in-full deliveries by 23%.
Quality Bicycle Products
Infor SCM Demand Planning and Infor ERP SX.enterprise have allowed the distributor to the cycling industry to streamline processes and easily adjust to changing demands. The company can now forecast more quickly and accurately; boost fill rates by at least five points; and nearly double its SKU number, with a minimal increase in labor.
Shaklee Corporation
As a leading global manufacturer and distributor of nutritional supplements and eco-friendly cleaning products, Shaklee chose Infor ERP BPCS and ERP LX to manage its complex set of requirements among multi-country operations. The centralized database of Infor ERP LX enabled productivity improvements and easy reporting despite time zone and language differences, and best practices were incorporated without code changes.
Shealy Electrical Wholesalers
An independent electrical distributor, Shealy Electrical Wholesalers chose Infor10 Distribution to manage its sales, inventory and operations in its three store locations. The result was a seamless implementation with the benefit of an experienced Infor project manager, improved reporting capabilities and increased inventory visibility. The company was also able to expand to ten store locations and double its sales volume without adding support staff.
WAIglobal
After upgrading from Infor ERP Baan to Infor10 ERP Enterprise (LN), this automotive aftermarket company saw system performance improve by two to three times, saved $800,000 operationally, reduced customization from 60 percent to less than 1 percent, and realized tremendous process efficiency improvements. With an array of improvements, users adopted the system within a month.
Western Water Works Supply Company
Western Water Works Supply is a 3rd generation family-owned distributor of pipe, valves, and fittings for the water works industry with 6 locations. In this video, discover how Western Water Works Supply is able to send out more proposals and bids and pull in more orders with the same amount of people after implementing Infor10 Distribution Business (SX.e).
Western Wire
The manufacturing and distribution company achieved the extreme in streamlining its operational processes using Infor ERP SX.enterprise. It saved tens of thousands of dollars in annual labor costs, substantially reduced inventory while improving customer satisfaction, and eliminated the annual plant shutdown to count product inventory by cycle counting.
