Ventura Scaling Production with Greater Speed and Reliability
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
- Asia
- Europe
Country
- China
- Hungary
- Mexico
- United States
Product
- DELMIAWORKS
- IQMS EnterpriseIQ
- IQMS Hosted Managed Services (HMS)
Tech Stack
- ERP System
- Cloud-based Services
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
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
About The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
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