Avon Rubber finds maximum Flexibility in Sage ERP X3
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Europe
Country
- United Kingdom
Product
- Sage ERP X3
- Sage Enterprise Intelligence
Tech Stack
- ERP
- Business Intelligence
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Manufacturing System Automation
- Predictive Quality Analytics
Services
- System Integration
- Training
About The Customer
West of London lies the headquarters of Avon Rubber p.l.c., a 125-year-old enterprise with more than 20 business units and personnel across the globe. One of its most visible divisions is Avon Protection, which manufactures respiration equipment used by military, law enforcement, firefighting, and industrial organizations. With diverse international operations, dozens of physical locations, and a large distributed workforce, Avon Rubber needs its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to work hard—and smart.
The Challenge
Avon Rubber was utilizing eight separate reporting applications to gather, analyze, and distribute its business data. Staff struggled to learn and to use the applications, thereby placing a substantial burden on the company’s resources. Employees were deprived of quick access to the data they needed to perform their tasks, and management to the data to make better, more informed business decisions.
The Solution
Sage ERP X3 with Sage Enterprise Intelligence provides a powerful web-based reporting solution that is easy to learn and easy to use. The company implemented both solutions simultaneously. One powerful reporting engine has replaced eight separate programs. The software’s scheduling function allows employees and their managers to schedule a menu of reports to be delivered automatically at a specified frequency, placing information where it needs to be, when it needs to be there.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
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