The document discusses ERP systems, providing definitions and explanations. It then shares 4 case studies of companies that implemented ERP systems to address challenges and achieve benefits like improved inventory management, streamlined processes, real-time data access, and increased visibility across departments.

2. What is ERP?
• The practice of consolidating an enterprise’s
planning, manufacturing, sales and marketing
efforts into one management system.
• Combines all databases across departments
into a single database that can be accessed by
all employees.
• ERP automates the tasks involved in
performing a business process.

3. Why ERP?
Major Reasons:
• To integrate financial data.
• To standardize manufacturing processes.
• To standardize HR information.

4. How Do ERP Systems Work?
Employees
Managers and
Stakeholders
Central
Database
Reporting
Applications
Human
Resource
Management
Applications
Financial
Applications
Manufacturing
Applications
Inventory
And Supply
Applications
Human
Resource
Management
Applications
Service
Applications
Sales and
Delivery
Applications
Sales Force
And Customer
Service Reps
Customers Back-office
Administrators
And Workers
Suppliers

5. 1.Case Study – BRANDT
Challenge & Solution
• In 2013, BRANDT acquired Monterey Chemical Company,
which was a current ProcessPro client. At the time, BRANDT
was operating on Macola ERP software. They quickly
unified their business processes and began implementing
ProcessPro Premier within its remaining facilities.BRANDT
desired a fully integrated ERP solution that bolstered their
growth initiative post-acquisition with robust
manufacturing-specific functionality.
• The solution needed to manage their accounting and
financial information and provide real-time and accurate
inventory and production information, all of which Premier
was, and still is, able to provide.

6. Results
Real-Time Inventory
• With the use of ProcessPro’s real-time physical inventory solution,
BRANDT has been able to maintain accurate, manageable inventory
levels, reducing waste and lag time. They have experienced
improvement in operational efficiency through the use of AWS.NET
for inventory transactions. Premier’s Inventory Control application
simplified the inventory process, automatically tracking balances
and lot numbers making it traceable in real-time. This fully
integrated feature has produced the needed visibility that BRANDT
previously lacked.
True Accounting Package
• Combining a complete billing and accounts receivable system,
including accounts payable, and the ability to create checks, track
credits, discounts, etc. provides BRANDT the capability to effectively
manage its business expenses.

7. Growth& Future
Growth
• BRANDT needed a software system that would be able to meet their long-
term requirements and grow with them,especially after the Monterey
AgResources acquisition. ProcessPro offered a fully customizable ERP
software system that could handle their current situation and the
projected growth they were to experience.
Future
• BRANDT anticipates further implementation of AWS.NET, providing them a
simplified interface that streamlines transactions, is flexible with label
editing and customization, and further personalizes their user experience
with handheld scanners. Also, BRANDT is exploring purchasing additional
ProcessPro Premier’s BI Suite users, allowing them to quickly retrieve,
analyze, and share critical information in its interactive dashboard; and
further empowers the management team to make better-informed
decisions with even greater control of their operations.

8. 2.Precision Solutions Group’s
CHALLENGE
• A specialty chemical company’s expanding operations
and extensively-modified ERP system posed many
challenges for them to maintain their enterprise IT
infrastructure and integrate a business acquisition.
SOLUTION
• Precision Solutions Group’s team of ERP and process
manufacturing experts enabled the specialty chemical
company to receive extensive and effective support of
its IT system as well as business and operational
processes with just one vendor, from the company’s
inception through its growth and acquisition stages.

9. RESULT
• PSGi provided considerably more experience and effective business and
operational support than any traditional ERP software vendor, saving our customer
significant time, money, and effort. With chemical industry roots that date back to
1910, this manufacturer produces and markets technologically-advanced specialty
chemicals for a broad range of food and industrial applications, including
beverages, cosmetics, toothpaste, household products, paint, tires, automobiles,
aerospace, sports gear and many other uses. Its products play a variety of roles in
things that are consumed and used every day, enabling them to last longer, look,
smell, taste and perform better. The relationship between our companies began
with enterprise software support. Prior to PSGi’s involvement, their internal IT
resources were spending considerable time supporting internally developed
applications and ERP modifications. The PSGi team features the original architects,
developers, implementers and support personnel of the mission-critical IBM i-
based ERP system they use, enabling PSGi to provide considerably more
experience than the ERP vendor at a competitive price. PSGi offered two
invaluable customer-support services – support for the standard ERP system and
all modifications made to it, as well as additional business and operational
consulting resources. With comprehensive support of their internally-developed
applications and modified ERP system included in PSGi’s services, the company’s
internal resources could be refocused on more strategic company activities.

10. 3.Case Study – Hampford Research,
Inc.
• Challenge
• HRI was previously operating on a homegrown system that was difficult to
maintain and didn’t allow for any upgrades. With a lack of real-time data
and complete visibility to all manufacturing operations, they weren’t able
to judge on a daily basis what was happening within the company –
everything from inventory status to warehouse management to simple
financial reporting – there was always an information delay.
• Solution
• HRI implemented ProcessPro Premier in 2011, a fully integrated and
industry specific ERP solution that seized the ability to grow along with
their company. Approximately a year after their initial implementation,
they added additional features, including Project Accounting, Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), and Automated Warehouse Solution (AWS), to
further streamline their processes and improve operational efficiencies

11. Results
Real-Time Inventory
• Unable to easily and efficiently track its inventory levels, HRI desired to maintain
accurate inventory levels in a real-time environment. Now with the ability to
observe its manufacturing process across the board, HRI has access to live
inventory updates and on-hand, allocated, and projected inventory levels by
combining batch tickets, sales orders, purchase orders, and current inventory
levels.
• Visibility Across Company
• Each manufacturing department now has complete visibility of its partnering
areas. By sharing reports in ProcessPro’s Business Intelligence Suite (BI), team
members are able to make informed business decisions regarding scheduling, lot
tracking, inventory, and sales.
• Streamline Processes
• HRI has been able to streamline their processes and reduce operational costs.
They’ve eliminated dual recording of a majority of their inventory transactions, cut
down on paperwork clutter, and removed the frustration of delayed data at
month’s end closeouts.

12. Future
• Future
• HRI is committed to continuing investment in ProcessPro Premier.
HRI anticipates that they will be implementing Material
Requirements Planning (MRP) to help them maintain adequate
amounts of raw materials for scheduling timely batch production in
the near future .
• Reporting and Data Analysis
• Utilization of BI provides a familiar reporting environment that has
enabled HRI to retrieve, analyze, and share critical business
information allowing them to make better informed, timelier, and
knowledgeable business decisions. The interactive dashboard
provides direct drill-down capabilities to transactions, the ability to
export data to Microsoft® Excel, and allows for posting of
informational reports to HRI’s entire organization.

13. 4.Case Study – IRMCO
• Challenge
• IRMCO was previously utilizing a discrete manufacturing ERP
system. The system was not a proper fit for their process
manufacturing business and it wasn’t going to be supported in the
future which compelled IRMCO to research a new ERP solution.
• Solution
• While evaluating their previous ERP system, IRMCO decided to
implement ProcessPro Premier, a fully integrated and industry
specific ERP solution that strongly matched their company’s
business operations and objectives. ProcessPro has enabled IRMCO
to eliminate manual errors, streamline their business processes, and
focus on its core business activities with confidence that their
decisions are based on accurate information.

14. Results
• Real-Time Inventory
• Unable to easily and efficiently track its inventory levels, IRMCO desired to maintain accurate
inventory levels in a real-time environment. ProcessPro has provided the ability to observe IRMCO’s
manufacturing process across the board, they have access to live inventory updates and on-hand,
allocated, and projected inventory levels by combining batch tickets, sales orders, purchase orders,
and current inventory levels.
• Streamline Processes
• IRMCO has been able to streamline their processes and reduce operational costs. They’ve
eliminated dual recording of a majority of their inventory transactions, cut down on paperwork
clutter, and removed the frustration of delayed data at month’s end closeouts.
• User Friendly
• ProcessPro provided a system that IRMCO could use out of the box without major modifications.
Initially they were also concerned on the “user friendly” capabilities of ProcessPro, as they kept in
mind that their staff would need to adjust to the change. IRMCO’s staff has been pleased with the
painless transition, accessibility of support staff, and the Doc’s on Disk series that allows a user to
view solutions while working in the system.

15. Future
• Future
• While IRMCO is early in their implementation,
they’re already looking ahead to future
integrations and investments with ProcessPro
– Automated Warehouse Solution (AWS) to
further streamline their processes, eliminate
mistakes (including labeling errors), and
improve operational efficiencies.

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