ERP Case Study

Gloucester Engineering

Location Gloucester, Massachusetts USA
Infor CloudSuite Industrial (Syteline) Case Study - Gloucester Engineering

Gloucester Engineering Case Study for Infor CloudSuite Industrial ERP

The Company: About Gloucester Engineering

Gloucester Engineering Co. (GEC) has been a global leader in advancing quality and production limits in the plastics extrusion and converting market. The company offers a range of innovative systems and components for new lines and retrofits, providing applications that include blown and cast film extrusion, foam and sheet extrusion, bag making, and extrusion coating equipment. GEC manufactures equipment from its headquarters in Gloucester, MA, and through its joint-venture company in Damman, India.

The Situation: Ensure Database Security

Challenges

  • Easily manage CRM, sales, financials, and mixed-mode
    manufacturing
  • Gain visibility across all four business units
  • Ensure database security with instant remote access
  • Avoid application and server compatibility issues, and
    support growth without increasing IT costs

The Solution: Infor CloudSuite Industrial ERP 

The Results: Infor CloudSuite Industrial ERP Implementation Benefits

  • Gained rich functionality of on-premises software plus
    the flexibility of on-demand cloud access
  • Reduced risk of lost data and hardware issues by having
    database and software maintenance performed in the cloud
  • Ensured applications are always current and synchronized
    with hardware, eliminating the need to update servers or
    resolve compatibility issues
  • Gained scalability for growth without expanding the IT
    infrastructure, saving IT and administrative costs, including
    during future upgrades and acquisitions
  • Easily integrated disparate systems to provide visibility
    across all four business units into one central data source
    containing real-time information
  • Improved ability to closely track customers, prospects, and
    account information, as well as monitor the shop floor
  • Enhanced decision-making via real-time visibility into
    customer service, sales, manufacturing, and
    financial reporting
  • Slashed closing cycle time by over 60% soon after
    system implementation
  • Saved over $108,000 in annual direct payroll costs, $34,000
    in annual software and service costs, and $40,000 annually
    from less leakage through credit and payment

An intuitive user interface and Infor ION Suite integration capabilities combined with maintenance in the cloud to give Gloucester Engineering speed and flexibility.

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