Datacor Helps Whitaker Oil Increase Profitability
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- Chempax VB
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
技术
- 功能应用 - 企业资源规划系统 (ERP)
适用行业
- 化学品
适用功能
- 离散制造
- 销售与市场营销
用例
- 库存管理
- 补货预测
服务
- 软件设计与工程服务
关于客户
Whitaker Oil is a company that distributes solvents, chemicals, and petroleum products from facilities in the southeastern United States. In addition to distribution, the company also provides blending, terminaling, and custom packaging services. The company operates a complex enterprise with multiple companies and facilities, requiring a robust business software solution to manage and measure profitability at the transaction level.
挑战
Whitaker Oil operates a complex enterprise with multiple companies and multiple facilities. The company was in need of a business software solution that could help them manage and measure profitability at the transaction level. The solution needed to be specifically designed for the chemical industry, capable of handling complex batching and blending, inventory management, purchasing, safety, price management, order entry, invoicing, and financial statements.
解决方案
After researching many software solutions, Whitaker Oil selected Chempax VB from Datacor, Inc. The company recognized Datacor as a leader in the chemical distribution software business. Chempax VB software captures every transaction Whitaker Oil does, mirroring the entire enterprise. The software allows Whitaker Oil to automate the distribution of reports to key management and sales personnel, providing them with up-to-date information on customer order and invoicing activity. Chempax also manages global price changes, a crucial feature given the volatile pricing in the chemical industry.
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