Sturgis Molded Products Company Optimizes Efficiency with IQMS Real-time Enterprise Software
Company Size
200-1,000
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- EnterpriseIQ ERP software system
- RealTime Production Monitoring
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
- Warehouse Management
Tech Stack
- Oracle database
- Windows-based server platform
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
- Functional Applications - Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Applicable Industries
- Automotive
- Consumer Goods
- Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Manufacturing System Automation
- Supply Chain Visibility
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Sturgis Molded Products Company (SMP) is a Michigan-based injection molder that was founded by a toolmaker. The company serves a number of high-demand markets, including the medical, automotive, consumer, industrial, and heavy truck industries. SMP provides quality molded parts and components according to a diverse range of customer specifications and shipment protocols. The company is recognized for its expertise in offering superior tool design, production, prototyping, engineering, and scientific molding, as well as full product launch support and a number of quality processes such as metal-to-plastic conversion, insert molding, and in-mold film processing. SMP's success is based on its precision and agility in its manufacturing performance and its ability to optimize plant operations.
The Challenge
Sturgis Molded Products Company (SMP), a Michigan-based injection molder, was facing challenges with its outdated, multi-system ERP software. The company serves a variety of high-demand markets, including the medical, automotive, consumer, industrial, and heavy truck industries, and needed to be meticulous in its manufacturing performance and agile in its ability to optimize plant operations. The old ERP system was not able to support the company's growth and SMP wanted to move to a true Windows-based solution and add a quality system and preventative maintenance software. The cost to retrofit the old ERP system was high and it would require multiple third-party vendors to meet the company's growing business needs. SMP needed a single-source solution that would enable it to exceed its customers’ quality and delivery expectations, while gaining operational efficiencies that would directly benefit its bottom line.
The Solution
SMP considered several ERP options before purchasing EnterpriseIQ along with the EDI, Warehouse Management, and RealTime Production Monitoring modules. The company liked that EnterpriseIQ covered all of its ERP needs with one cohesive system, and that additional functionality could be added as needed without the use of third party software. The company went live with IQMS, and has since seen benefit in almost every sector of its business, from tooling and production to customer support and product delivery. The IQMS ShopData feature and Warehouse Management module eliminated the guesswork in managing bar coding for multiple customers, making it easy for SMP to improve efficiency. The IQMS EDI Module enabled SMP to greatly accelerate EDI turnaround through automation, and it gave the company the flexibility it needed to customize its processes and data reporting to fulfill individual specifications. With EDI in place, SMP had more control over the order process, which allowed the company to save significantly in expedited freight costs because it could better manage customer change requests.
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