ERP Case Studies

Genspec’s business model is driven by two main revenue streams, skilled labour hire and electrical sales through projects. As their business grew it became evident that their accounting software could not provide the flexibility to determine charge out rates, margins per customer or site specific information.

Favorite Plastics is a privately owned family business which has been trading since 1997 servicing Australia from the Hunter Valley. With over 1,500 inventory items and an ever growing number of custom products, Managing Director Justin Yates recognised that the business needed to manage business operations more efficiently and have greater business control.

Based in Alexandria in Sydney, Tiger Coffee is the market leader in Australia for the supply and service of fully automatic coffee machines. With the business growing at more than 30%, year on year, Tiger Coffee recognised the need for the business to have greater Inventory Control, Warranty Tracking with an integrated CRM system.

McRoskey Mattress Company, established over a 100 years ago, is a handmade mattress making firm. McRoskey uses SAP Business One to manage its key processes right from manufacturing to point of sale.

Hasbro, one of the largest toy making companies in the world, manages over 1500 toy brands. They use SAP Business One ERP solution to be able to quickly launch their operations in emerging markets. The ERP solution helps Hasbro manage its global processes and operations in a better way.

Turi Foods, owner of the La Ionica brand, bought the slaughtering and processing operations of a competitor. This facility used an ERP system that was too expensive for a single facility to maintain. La Ionica only had a three-month grace period to find an alternative.

Express Glass, provider of emergency glass repairs across Australia, used different applications for order processing and accounts which meant that data had to be transferred between them manually. Express Glass deployed an integrated back-office system based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV to improve their ability to respond and meet the needs of their customers.

Melbourne-based Map Coffee wanted to expand into the corporate machine-leasing market, but its current finance and inventory tracking systems could not cope. Map Coffee used Microsoft® Dynamics® GP to keep track of machines, contracts and invoicing.

An advertising giant, Omnicom Group, was looking to offer a standardized financial system to its agencies across the globe. It worked with Microsoft Services to set up a global project office and deployed Microsoft Dynamics AX to improve financial processes and gain business insight.

Patagonia, an Outdoor Apparel leader wanted to gain scalability and realize full revenue potential of its brand. It implemented Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 and made a number of business process improvements, reduced costs, and improved visibility and scalability.