Aerospace Parts Contractor Selects Infor Technology To Integrate Operations
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ATLANTA, October 17, 2005 -- Infor, the largest global enterprise software provider exclusively focused on developing solutions for the manufacturing and distribution industries, today announced that Car-Graph, Inc., a contractor for major aircraft manufacturers, NASA and the U.S. government has selected an Infor solution for its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
After examining ERP systems offered by a number of providers, Car-Graph, Inc. of Tempe, Ariz. chose Infor's VISUAL Enterprise, an element of Infor's Manufacturing Essentials, to integrate all the operations of its two companies that make machined carbon and graphite aerospace parts.
"We ultimately chose the Infor solution because it was the best and most complete system evaluated," said Brian Pemberton, operations manager/industrial engineer for Car-Graph. "The overall layout of the program created a user-friendly and logical environment for our test users (who comprised all major department heads) to navigate and simulate our internal workflow."
Pemberton said Infor's workflow management, with visual display of part masters and work-order travels, was especially important in helping the company "gain a better overview of the process flow of each part, as well as real-time completion percentages and costs as the job moved through the shop floor." He also described Infor's solution for ensuring quality as "the most comprehensive we could find from any software company."
The Infor system allows customization that enables Car-Graph to stop potential time-and-resource-consuming mistakes before erroneous transactions enter the system. "We could create our own custom safeguards that could trigger e-mails and executes of other programs, as well as custom warnings and process flows."
Car-Graph plans to employ the Infor solution to improve its access to information through personalized dashboards; to increase throughput; and to improve job costing, scheduling, on-time deliveries and data accuracy.
Such Infor technology provides an integrated, comprehensive software solution specifically designed to meet the needs of the make-to-order, engineer-to-order, assemble-to-order and mixed-mode manufacturers.
Its core functionality includes engineering definition and control, ECN, scheduling (both finite and infinite) and advanced planning and scheduling, shop floor control, lot and serial traceability, purchasing, inventory control, MRP/MPS, dimensional inventory, order entry (including quoting and estimating and price book), cost accounting, contact centre, workflow and messaging.
About Infor
Infor is the largest global software provider exclusively focused on delivering world-class enterprise applications to select verticals in the manufacturing and distribution industries. Infor delivers integrated solutions that address the essential challenges its customers face in areas such as supply chain planning, relationship management, demand management, ERP, warehouse management, marketing-driven distribution, and business intelligence. With more than 2,300 employees in 47 global offices, Infor provides enterprise solutions to almost 18,000 customers in over 70 countries. For additional information, visit www.infor.com.
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Sharon Sulc
Infor
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Sharon.sulc@infor.com
Jennifer Radivoj
Airfoil Public Relations
313.887.7231
radivoj@airfoilpr.com
