Manufacturing Executive - March/April 2009 - (Page 13) RESOURCES manufacturing-executive.com Now Available Online Spotlight on SEVCON: CUSTOMER AND SHAREHOLDERS BENEFIT AS GLOBAL MANUFACTURER DEPLOYS MICROSOFT DYNAMICS MANAGEMENT SOLUTION ALLGOOD: MICROSOFT DYNAMICS AX OPENS THE DOOR TO EFFICIENCY MANUFACTURING-EXECUTIVE.COM/MD3 Every time Peter Hill walks through a doorway, he checks out the competition - he quickly compares the weight and design of the door handle to Allgood’s standard of excellence. At work, Hill promotes excellence by helping Allgood employees: • execute efficient post-sales business processes • tasks hampered by three disparate business systems • manual workarounds. When Allgood deployed a Microsoft® business management solution, Hill gained a powerful tool to refine business processes, promote proactive decision making, and improve productivity. MANUFACTURING-EXECUTIVE.COM/MD1 Global manufacturer Sevcon needed to replace ageing and disparate IT systems running at its five international sites. Sevcon worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Columbus IT to deploy Microsoft Dynamics© AX business management software, supported by the Microsoft server infrastructure. The new solution is: • easily customized to meet manufacturing needs can grow with the business • offers flexibility at Sevcon sites in different countries. Employees can connect to the network and use one single source of business information no matter their location. Customers and shareholders are getting greater value from a system that both supports and adapts to business needs. WHEELABRATOR: MICROSOFT DYNAMICS AX IS THE KEY TO RESTRUCTURING GLOBAL OPERATIONS MORE EFFICIENTLY MANUFACTURING-EXECUTIVE.COM/MD4 Wheelabrator Group specializes in designing and manufacturing custom surface preparation and finishing solutions for a range of industries. As Wheelabrator grew rapidly, executives sought to standardize IT infrastructure and centralize global operations. After evaluating several enterprise resource planning systems, the company selected Microsoft Dynamics© AX. The team deployed the solution at six Wheelabrator facilities in the United Kingdom before rolling it out internationally. Now, Wheelabrator gains: • increased efficiency • improved visibility into operations • benefits from greater capacity for growth http://www.manufacturing-executive.com http://www.manufacturing-executive.com http://www.MANUFACTURING-EXECUTIVE.COM/MD1 http://www.MANUFACTURING-EXECUTIVE.COM/MD3 http://www.MANUFACTURING-EXECUTIVE.COM/MD4
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