East Coast Lightning Equipment Looks to a Bright Future with SAP Business One & N’ware Technologies
- Company: East Coast Lightning Equipment
- Location: Connecticut, USA
- Industry: Manufacturing, Building materials
- Products & Services: Lightning protection equipment for buildings
- Employees: 38
- Need: ERP for lightning protection equipment manufacturers
- Solution: SAP Business One
“SAP Business One saves us so much time by putting the information every department needs, at their fingertips. I know our customers are always impressed – and some have even come to rely on us to keep track of things for them!”
Jennifer Morgan, Co-owner, East Coast Lightning Equipment
ECLE is a family-run business that offers innovative solutions for lightning protection, bonding, and grounding for all types of buildings and structures. Backed by SAP Business One and N’ware, the Lean-oriented company has driven down wait times, accelerated production and saved $100,000 across its operations.
Challenges and Opportunities
- ECLE was using two disconnected systems to manage inventory and financials, creating errors caused by duplicated entries and manual data entry
- Moving to a new system was an opportunity to improve business processes
Why N’ware & SAP Business One for Lightning Protection Equipment Manufacturers
- ECLE was impressed with the flexibility and customization options offered by SAP Business One
- The software could work around ECLE’s proven manufacturing processes and provide the structure to implement best-practices in areas that could be improved
- N’ware spent considerable time understanding how ECLE worked to suggest the appropriate solutions to achieve the level of automation desired
- Needed a capable ERP for lightning protection equipment manufacturers to execute correlating business processes
Creating Value
- Reduced headcount dedicated to non-value-added task by 2.5 people through automating manual processes such as purchasing, order entry, inventory counting and production scheduling
- SAP provided the structure to drive even more efficiencies aligning with ECLE’s Lean principles and providing a better overall customer service
- Earned $100,000 in cost savings the first year by streamlining operations from the entry of an order to its production, and on to the order fulfillment and shipping
- Supplying companywide real-time access to business information
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