Rutland Plastics to inject Epicor for 24-hour production
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Injection moulding firm Rutland Plastics is to implement Epicor's so called next-generation ERP system to replace its ageing production management and finance systems.
Steve Ayre, IT manager at Rutland Plastics, explains that the £7.5m Oakham site will use the system to manage its 24-hour, five days a week operation.
"Our existing systems were making it very difficult to get the reports and management information we needed to run the business, and no development had taken place on our manufacturing software for about 15 years," says Ayre.
"Epicor will allow us to create reports as needed, expand the way we use technology, and have a fully integrated IT system with no double entry errors between systems."
Rutland Plastics intends to use the Epicor system not just to replace and consolidate its infrastructure, but to harness live shopfloor data and barcoding technology to track warehouse locations and product movements.
"We reviewed a total of 10 systems and most required additional third party software to meet the needs of our industry. Epicor had everything we needed built in, and we could see that it would be more straightforward than the other solutions to implement," says Ayre.
