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	Ventura Scaling Production with Greater Speed and Reliability

Ventura Scaling Production with Greater Speed and Reliability

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Automotive Electronics
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Ventura, a semi-automated assembly and production company, was facing challenges in scaling their systems to support global growth. With eight plants globally running from a single ERP instance on a server in Zeeland, Michigan, the IT team was struggling to keep up with the demands of the growing company. The system was slow, taking up to 2 hours to run reports supporting production operations, and there were concerns over the availability and disaster recovery objectives. The company needed a new system architecture that could scale more efficiently and increase the speed of system updates. Read More
About Customer	Ventura is an award-winning semi-automated assembly and production company that serves various industries including automotive, office furniture, education seating, and molding and assembly of optical silicone. The company is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, and has multiple plants in Zeeland, as well as plants in Budaörs, Hungary, Saltillo, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. As demand for Ventura’s services grew and the company began attracting customers worldwide, it was apparent that the dependency on a single ERP system on-premise in Zeeland, Michigan was becoming an impediment to faster growth. Read More
Solution	Ventura chose IQMS’ EnterpriseIQ delivered via Hosted Managed Services (HMS) because it was the most economical and fastest option for solving the system performance challenges and attaining the disaster recovery goals the company has. The new system enabled Ventura to define custom Bills of Materials and schedule production in the plant that is the closest to the customer. The transition to the Cloud-based Hosted Managed Services also reduced the time it took to run reports, in some circumstances by 50%. IQMS is managing the Ventura systems today in a secure data center environment. Ventura’s IT team can gain access to key system metrics and key performance indicators anytime via any browser-enabled laptop, tablet or smartphone. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Electronics

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Ventura, a semi-automated assembly and production company, was facing challenges in scaling their systems to support global growth. With eight plants globally running from a single ERP instance on a server in Zeeland, Michigan, the IT team was struggling to keep up with the demands of the growing company. The system was slow, taking up to 2 hours to run reports supporting production operations, and there were concerns over the availability and disaster recovery objectives. The company needed a new system architecture that could scale more efficiently and increase the speed of system updates.

About Customer

Ventura is an award-winning semi-automated assembly and production company that serves various industries including automotive, office furniture, education seating, and molding and assembly of optical silicone. The company is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, and has multiple plants in Zeeland, as well as plants in Budaörs, Hungary, Saltillo, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. As demand for Ventura’s services grew and the company began attracting customers worldwide, it was apparent that the dependency on a single ERP system on-premise in Zeeland, Michigan was becoming an impediment to faster growth.

Solution

Ventura chose IQMS’ EnterpriseIQ delivered via Hosted Managed Services (HMS) because it was the most economical and fastest option for solving the system performance challenges and attaining the disaster recovery goals the company has. The new system enabled Ventura to define custom Bills of Materials and schedule production in the plant that is the closest to the customer. The transition to the Cloud-based Hosted Managed Services also reduced the time it took to run reports, in some circumstances by 50%. IQMS is managing the Ventura systems today in a secure data center environment. Ventura’s IT team can gain access to key system metrics and key performance indicators anytime via any browser-enabled laptop, tablet or smartphone.

Impact #1	The new system enables Ventura to define custom Bills of Materials and schedule production in the plant that is the closest to the customer.
Impact #2	The transition to the Cloud-based Hosted Managed Services also reduced the time it took to run reports, in some circumstances by 50%.
Impact #3	Ventura’s IT team can gain access to key system metrics and key performance indicators anytime via any browser-enabled laptop, tablet or smartphone.

Impact #1

The new system enables Ventura to define custom Bills of Materials and schedule production in the plant that is the closest to the customer.

Impact #2

The transition to the Cloud-based Hosted Managed Services also reduced the time it took to run reports, in some circumstances by 50%.

Impact #3

Ventura’s IT team can gain access to key system metrics and key performance indicators anytime via any browser-enabled laptop, tablet or smartphone.

Benefit #1	Reduced time to run reports by 50%
Benefit #2	Reduced time for MRP runs from 2 hours to 8 minutes

Benefit #1

Reduced time to run reports by 50%

Benefit #2

Reduced time for MRP runs from 2 hours to 8 minutes

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Ventura Scaling Production with Greater Speed and Reliability

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