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Haviland Enterprises Boosts Productivity and Business Agility with the Chempax ERP System from Datacor

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Chemicals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Haviland Enterprises, Inc., one of the largest privately held chemical distribution companies in the U.S., was facing significant challenges with its existing AS/400-based ERP system. The system was not specific to the Chemical industry, and over the years, a number of modifications were made to make the software more usable for the company. However, this resulted in a system that was cumbersome and costly to maintain. Updates to the software required testing against custom code, making it cost-prohibitive. Additionally, the system lacked real-time data visibility. While the system did offer wireless capabilities, it was not fully integrated with the rest of the ERP system, leading to inaccuracies and wasted time in locating products and reconciling the two systems. Read More
About Customer	Haviland Enterprises, Inc. is one of the largest privately held chemical distribution companies in the United States. The company serves the needs of companies worldwide, including those in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. Haviland was established in 1934 as a small research and testing lab and has since grown to operate across four physical locations, totaling over 600,000 square feet. The company consists of two separate divisions: Haviland Products Company, which serves the industrial market with custom formulation, specialty blending, packaging, and distribution of a wide variety of chemical products; and Haviland Consumer Products, which formulates, blends, packages, and distributes more than 85 different swimming pool products for more than 75 different private label customers, serving some of the largest mass marketers of private label products. Read More
Solution	Haviland Enterprises, Inc. implemented the Chempax Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution from Progress Partner Datacor, Inc. to manage its manufacturing and distribution operations across its four locations. Chempax is based on the Progress OpenEdge application development platform and is the only ERP system developed specifically for Process Manufacturers and Chemical Distributors. Haviland also uses Datacor’s eChempax Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to extend its ERP system capabilities out to its sales agents, managers, and customers. The Chempax system was chosen for its industry-specific development, Windows-based user experience, and fully integrated wireless capabilities. Haviland implemented the majority of the Chempax modules, including those for customer service, order processing, warehouse management, finance, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing, inventory management, manufacturing, general ledger, transportation, and the executive dashboards. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Chemicals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Haviland Enterprises, Inc., one of the largest privately held chemical distribution companies in the U.S., was facing significant challenges with its existing AS/400-based ERP system. The system was not specific to the Chemical industry, and over the years, a number of modifications were made to make the software more usable for the company. However, this resulted in a system that was cumbersome and costly to maintain. Updates to the software required testing against custom code, making it cost-prohibitive. Additionally, the system lacked real-time data visibility. While the system did offer wireless capabilities, it was not fully integrated with the rest of the ERP system, leading to inaccuracies and wasted time in locating products and reconciling the two systems.

About Customer

Haviland Enterprises, Inc. is one of the largest privately held chemical distribution companies in the United States. The company serves the needs of companies worldwide, including those in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. Haviland was established in 1934 as a small research and testing lab and has since grown to operate across four physical locations, totaling over 600,000 square feet. The company consists of two separate divisions: Haviland Products Company, which serves the industrial market with custom formulation, specialty blending, packaging, and distribution of a wide variety of chemical products; and Haviland Consumer Products, which formulates, blends, packages, and distributes more than 85 different swimming pool products for more than 75 different private label customers, serving some of the largest mass marketers of private label products.

Solution

Haviland Enterprises, Inc. implemented the Chempax Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution from Progress Partner Datacor, Inc. to manage its manufacturing and distribution operations across its four locations. Chempax is based on the Progress OpenEdge application development platform and is the only ERP system developed specifically for Process Manufacturers and Chemical Distributors. Haviland also uses Datacor’s eChempax Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to extend its ERP system capabilities out to its sales agents, managers, and customers. The Chempax system was chosen for its industry-specific development, Windows-based user experience, and fully integrated wireless capabilities. Haviland implemented the majority of the Chempax modules, including those for customer service, order processing, warehouse management, finance, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing, inventory management, manufacturing, general ledger, transportation, and the executive dashboards.

Impact #1	Full integration between Chempax and its wireless capabilities delivering 100% real-time visibility across operations.
Impact #2	Reduced redundancy, errors, and costs.
Impact #3	Improved productivity and access to information.

Impact #1

Full integration between Chempax and its wireless capabilities delivering 100% real-time visibility across operations.

Impact #2

Reduced redundancy, errors, and costs.

Impact #3

Improved productivity and access to information.

Benefit #1	Haviland manages over 10,000 SKU’s through its Chempax system.

Benefit #1

Haviland manages over 10,000 SKU’s through its Chempax system.

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Haviland Enterprises Boosts Productivity and Business Agility with the Chempax ERP System from Datacor

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