Sage Case Studies M6 Concrete Accessories Casts Solid Foundation With Sage 100 ERP

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M6 Concrete Accessories Casts Solid Foundation With Sage 100 ERP

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Procurement
Use Cases	Fleet Management Inventory Management
Services	System Integration
Challenge	M6 Concrete Accessories, a company comprising three separate departments - concrete and masonry distribution, steel fabrication, and equipment rentals and sales, was struggling with its legacy system. Each department was on a different business system, leading to data duplication and difficulty in obtaining consolidated reports. Some reports, like detailed margin reports, could not be created at all. The company was in need of a unified system that could manage all its operations seamlessly. Read More
About Customer	M6 Concrete Accessories, Inc. is a company based in Wichita, Kansas, with two locations. The company operates in the concrete and masonry distribution, steel fabrication, and equipment rental and sales industries. M6 Concrete Accessories sells and rents practically everything necessary for building with concrete—from sacks of Ready-Mix and huge panels for forming walls to stompers, saws, sandblasters, and loaders. Materials, finished goods, and equipment are stored in four warehouses. The company has 47 employees. Read More
Solution	M6 Concrete Accessories implemented Sage 100 ERP with a complete suite of financial modules, plus Job Cost, Visual Integrator, innovative use of Business Alerts, and the Automated Rental Management (ARM) Vertical module. The ARM module, developed to integrate with Sage 100 ERP, transformed M6’s rental department by tracking inventory, reservations, and how long equipment has been out. It prepares bills and integrates with the Sage 100 ERP centralized Accounts Receivable module. The company also made creative use of Sage 100 ERP Business Alerts to keep track of various business operations. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Procurement

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Inventory Management

Services

System Integration

Challenge

M6 Concrete Accessories, a company comprising three separate departments - concrete and masonry distribution, steel fabrication, and equipment rentals and sales, was struggling with its legacy system. Each department was on a different business system, leading to data duplication and difficulty in obtaining consolidated reports. Some reports, like detailed margin reports, could not be created at all. The company was in need of a unified system that could manage all its operations seamlessly.

About Customer

M6 Concrete Accessories, Inc. is a company based in Wichita, Kansas, with two locations. The company operates in the concrete and masonry distribution, steel fabrication, and equipment rental and sales industries. M6 Concrete Accessories sells and rents practically everything necessary for building with concrete—from sacks of Ready-Mix and huge panels for forming walls to stompers, saws, sandblasters, and loaders. Materials, finished goods, and equipment are stored in four warehouses. The company has 47 employees.

Solution

M6 Concrete Accessories implemented Sage 100 ERP with a complete suite of financial modules, plus Job Cost, Visual Integrator, innovative use of Business Alerts, and the Automated Rental Management (ARM) Vertical module. The ARM module, developed to integrate with Sage 100 ERP, transformed M6’s rental department by tracking inventory, reservations, and how long equipment has been out. It prepares bills and integrates with the Sage 100 ERP centralized Accounts Receivable module. The company also made creative use of Sage 100 ERP Business Alerts to keep track of various business operations.

Impact #1	The implementation of Sage 100 ERP and the ARM module reduced rental administration tasks by half.
Impact #2	The controller's workload was reduced by 25 percent.
Impact #3	The steel clerk's tasks were trimmed by one-third.

Impact #1

The implementation of Sage 100 ERP and the ARM module reduced rental administration tasks by half.

Impact #2

The controller's workload was reduced by 25 percent.

Impact #3

The steel clerk's tasks were trimmed by one-third.

Benefit #1	Sage 100 ERP is saving about five hours of work every single day.
Benefit #2	The time spent on closing the books was reduced from two weeks to a single day, giving nine extra days every month to focus on other projects.
Benefit #3	Quarterly payroll reports are now done in one morning instead of three days.

Benefit #1

Sage 100 ERP is saving about five hours of work every single day.

Benefit #2

The time spent on closing the books was reduced from two weeks to a single day, giving nine extra days every month to focus on other projects.

Benefit #3

Quarterly payroll reports are now done in one morning instead of three days.

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M6 Concrete Accessories Casts Solid Foundation With Sage 100 ERP

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