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Made2Manage ERP System Helps The Phoenix Group Triple Sales

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Functions	Procurement Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	System Integration
Challenge	The Phoenix Group, a conglomerate of three businesses servicing manufacturing and retail companies worldwide, was struggling with an outdated, manual system for managing orders. Orders were taken on paper forms and entered into spreadsheets, leading to multiple data entries, errors, and significant delays. The company needed an integrated system to deliver up-to-date information to improve the decision-making process. The Phoenix Group also needed a system that could manage its diverse products and services across 15 remote facilities and provide a web solution for remote users and customers. Read More
About Customer	The Phoenix Group is a conglomerate of three businesses that service manufacturing and retail companies across the world. The Phoenix Group, Inc. (TPG) provides engineered assembly services to the world’s best automotive and retail media industries. Phoenix Material Management (PMM) provides material management, third-party logistics, and returnable packaging management and cleaning services to the automotive industry. Phoenix of Texas, The Phoenix Group’s newest division, provides complete logistics (both global and domestic), consolidation, and project management support to the retail, oil, hotel, and health care industries. The company needed an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to manage its diverse products and services and 15 remote facilities, as well as provide a web solution to remote users and customers. Read More
Solution	The Phoenix Group selected Made2Manage ERP because it provides all of the functionality needed to run every aspect of the company’s businesses, including receiving, purchasing, inventory, materials resource planning, shop floor data collection, lot control and financial accounting. Made2Manage ERP also provides a web solution to customers and remote users for placing orders and reviewing inventory, shipment and sales data. The company dedicated two teams to implement Made2Manage ERP at two of the company’s businesses: PMM and PRM. The teams defined the business requirements and processes and mapped them to the software. The initial project covered two full financial companies, four operational tracking companies and over 2,500 SKUs. The overall process from purchase to production took about six months. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Functions

Procurement

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Phoenix Group, a conglomerate of three businesses servicing manufacturing and retail companies worldwide, was struggling with an outdated, manual system for managing orders. Orders were taken on paper forms and entered into spreadsheets, leading to multiple data entries, errors, and significant delays. The company needed an integrated system to deliver up-to-date information to improve the decision-making process. The Phoenix Group also needed a system that could manage its diverse products and services across 15 remote facilities and provide a web solution for remote users and customers.

About Customer

The Phoenix Group is a conglomerate of three businesses that service manufacturing and retail companies across the world. The Phoenix Group, Inc. (TPG) provides engineered assembly services to the world’s best automotive and retail media industries. Phoenix Material Management (PMM) provides material management, third-party logistics, and returnable packaging management and cleaning services to the automotive industry. Phoenix of Texas, The Phoenix Group’s newest division, provides complete logistics (both global and domestic), consolidation, and project management support to the retail, oil, hotel, and health care industries. The company needed an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to manage its diverse products and services and 15 remote facilities, as well as provide a web solution to remote users and customers.

Solution

The Phoenix Group selected Made2Manage ERP because it provides all of the functionality needed to run every aspect of the company’s businesses, including receiving, purchasing, inventory, materials resource planning, shop floor data collection, lot control and financial accounting. Made2Manage ERP also provides a web solution to customers and remote users for placing orders and reviewing inventory, shipment and sales data. The company dedicated two teams to implement Made2Manage ERP at two of the company’s businesses: PMM and PRM. The teams defined the business requirements and processes and mapped them to the software. The initial project covered two full financial companies, four operational tracking companies and over 2,500 SKUs. The overall process from purchase to production took about six months.

Impact #1	The new software and processes have substantially improved nearly every aspect of The Phoenix Group’s operation.
Impact #2	The company uses the M2M VIP Suite to provide each customer with a website, including a catalog that is customized to their needs.
Impact #3	Customers can place orders that are automatically entered into the ERP system and also view shipping, invoice and payment information.

Impact #1

The new software and processes have substantially improved nearly every aspect of The Phoenix Group’s operation.

Impact #2

The company uses the M2M VIP Suite to provide each customer with a website, including a catalog that is customized to their needs.

Impact #3

Customers can place orders that are automatically entered into the ERP system and also view shipping, invoice and payment information.

Benefit #1	Tripled sales, while adding only one administrative person.
Benefit #2	Reduced inventory levels by $50 million.
Benefit #3	Saved approximately $80,000 per year in inventory write-offs.

Benefit #1

Tripled sales, while adding only one administrative person.

Benefit #2

Reduced inventory levels by $50 million.

Benefit #3

Saved approximately $80,000 per year in inventory write-offs.

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Made2Manage ERP System Helps The Phoenix Group Triple Sales

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