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Current Version of glovia Automates Business Processes, Provides Real-Time Information and Standardizes the Company on a Single Enterprise Solution
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries
- Automotive
- Electronics
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Manufacturing System Automation
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
The company was operating on an outdated version of glovia, with numerous decentralized applications making them very difficult to monitor and coordinate. The more than 3,000 customizations made the system cumbersome to navigate and lacked the ability to have important information available in real-time. The company had to create countless customizations to continue effective utilization of glovia. This made the system difficult to navigate and many of their functions had to be done manually.
About The Customer
The customer is an integrated supplier to the automotive industry in North America and one of the world’s leading developers and producers of innovative audio, digital and other electronic products for consumer, business and industrial use. The company is headquartered in the United States with five additional primary worldwide locations. The company has some 600 users regularly using glovia. The company, a Glovia customer since 1997, has over 600 regular users of the system across multiple locations worldwide.
The Solution
The company migrated to the then current version of glovia in 2005, replacing legacy systems at locations not utilizing glovia. This version automated many of their critical business processes, improved navigation of the system and provided important operational information in real-time. The company decided to standardize onto a single enterprise solution and replace legacy systems at locations not using glovia. Having one global system provides a top down view of their global operations and helps streamline operations, automate manual processes and reduce the total cost of ownership, as multiple systems no longer need to be supported.
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