Gradient Consulting ERP Case Studies
CAV Aerospace
ERP optimises global business processes. CAV Aerospace operates from eleven sites around the world. Prior to the project, only the head office sites were on the core ERP system, the remaining eight sites were operating on a range of legacy systems, spreadsheets and locally developed databases.
Case Study: Charente
Charente get ERP Selection and Implementation help from Gradient. Charente was a group of companies with a long tradition in the nautical sector. There was a requirement to find an ERP system which would allow them to control three diverse sites across the UK, improve efficiencies and promote further growth.
Viking River Cruises
ERP Selection Project. Viking River Cruises is a market-leading river cruise operator, boasting a fleet of 37 vessels with plans of doubling that figure over the next few years. Due in part to that phenomenal growth the decision was made to find a solution that could cater to their unique set of requirements.
Harman Technology Ltd
SyteLine Implementation. Harman Technology Limited was formed in 2005 by former managers of ILFORD Imaging UK Limited. Harman identified that their current ERP system could not meet their needs for growth. Working with Gradient they have implemented SyteLine and now have one single solution.
Kaydee Blinds/Sayfa Systems
Kaydee / Sayfa choose Gradient for ERP system selection project. Kaydee Blinds and Sayfa Systems are two separate, but co-owned, companies both supplying products and services to the construction industry. Kaydee’s current ERP system was no longer able to support its operations efficiently, and Sayfa’s rapid growth was beginning to be restricted by the lack of integrated IT systems.
Buoyant Upholstery
ERP System Selection. Having taken over the business as part of an MBO, Buoyant management recognised the risks and therefore decided to undergo an ERP system selection project. The new system had to handle all facets of the business from product design and change management, planning through to product configuration of orders, scheduling of shop floor on “make to order” basis, dispatch/transport planning, handling of customer issues and accounts.
Fever-Tree
Company growth supported by new ERP system. Fever-Tree is a company that has grown rapidly. The company were utilising multiple systems and spreadsheets to manage what was a £100m+ turnover organisation and found that there were silos of information around the business. They could not easily obtain a single version of the truth or a 360° view of their organisation.
Branston
Gradient assist with the selection of specialist software. With sites in Lincoln, Scotland and the South West, Branston supply retail, wholesale and food manufacturing customers with fresh and ready prepared potatoes. They do all this with the help of dedicated and professional potato growers who deliver the high standards demand, day in, day out.
Natural Power
Project management and ERP system selection support. Having grown since the early ’90s from eight to 280 employees and opened sites across the UK, France and the USA, Natural Power found their existing arrangements of systems could not satisfy their business requirements for future growth.