Eastern promise comes from Manchester ERP system
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Six months after setting up in business, garden pots and ornaments supplier Vivid Arts has gone live with a Syspro ERP system from K3 McGuffie Brunton, which it says will underpin high growth.
Based in Alltami North Wales, Vivid Arts brings together some 250 lines of pots from suppliers in the Far East. That being the case, Richard Owen, its operations director, says the firm’s top priority was a system able to manage orders and lead times.
“The easy choice would have been to opt for a basic accounts package, but because we wanted to grow rapidly we decided to implement an ERP system on a SQL platform. Had we gone down the alternative route, we would have only had to take out the system in a year’s time and replace it with something more substantial.”
He says that Syspro is already proving the right decision and the right technology for what is already a high volume, fast delivery business. Vivid Arts fully expects to achieve a first-year turnover of £1.5 million and is looking to generate between £4 and 5 million in three years.
Owen went for Syspro modules, including Purchase Order and Sales Order Processing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash Book, General Ledger, Inventory Management, Bill of Materials and Report Writer.
The system was implemented in just four weeks, and next up will be order fulfillment for its merchandise operators and EDI to communicate and transact with larger retailers and the multiples.
