Siebe Controls Selects Scala as Preferred Worldwide ERP Choice
27 January 1999
Siebe Controls Selects Scala as Preferred Worldwide ERP Choice
ORLANDO, Fla. and AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-- Jan. 27, 1999--
Global Engineering Firm's Controls Division Standardizes on
Multi-national ERP Solution
Scala Selected to Manage Operations in Appliance, Aerospace and
Automotive Plants in Michigan, Australia, New Zealand,
India and Germany
Siebe Controls has announced its selection of Scala 5 Global Series(tm) as its preferred enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution, according to Scala North America, a leading provider of enterprise management software. Scala 5 GS is an ERP software product that features tightly integrated business management modules for financial, inventory and sales order entry, customer service and project management applications. Scala 5 GS is based on Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft SQL Server technologies. Siebe has licensed the complete suite of Scala business management applications and has contracted for an array of onsite consulting services.
Siebe Controls will install Scala 5 GS software at five manufacturing plants located in Michigan, Australia, New Zealand, India and Germany. The plants produce various electronic control and sensor products for use in appliance, automotive and aerospace applications. Siebe Controls is a division of Siebe, plc, the world's largest maker of OEM component controls; Siebe is based in the U.K.
Scala 5 Global Series software implementations will be completed in phases, with the initial implementations taking place at the Siebe Lebow Aerospace & Sensors plant in Troy, Michigan, USA, and the Siebe Appliance plants in Sydney, Australia and Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. Subsequent implementations will include the Siebe Appliance plant in Pune, India and the Siebe Automotive plant in Grunberg, Germany. Support for each implementation will be handled locally through Scala's global support services network.
"The strength of Scala as an enterprise-wide resource planning solution cannot be over-emphasized," said Kevin Lynch, president, Scala NA. "For multi-national and global corporations with operating units throughout the world, Scala's feature-rich functionality provides important productivity benefits, particularly for clients operating in manufacturing and distribution environments. Scala is also easily and quickly implemented, which provides companies such as Siebe with the maximum cost-efficiency ratios possible."
About Scala Business Solutions N.V.
Scala North America is a Maitland, FL-based software marketing, development and consulting services company; it is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Scala Business Solutions (SBS) N.V. SBS is a publicly traded company (on the Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Vienna, Austria exchanges) based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with offices in more than 65 countries worldwide. Scala is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider, focusing on Microsoft's NT Server and SQL Server software platforms. The company's Board of Directors includes Esther Dyson, the noted computer industry visionary and venture capitalist.
Scala markets a robust multinational ERP software solution for major global businesses. Its primary product is Scala 5 Global Series (GS). Scala's ERP application includes major functions such as Financial & Resource Management, Sales & Inventory Management, Manufacturing (MRP/MRP II) and Service & Project Management, as well as several EIS options. Scala software is used on a daily basis by more than 10,000 corporate end users, worldwide. In 1994, Accountancy Age magazine awarded Scala its "Accounting Software of the Year" honor, while in 1993, Scala won PC Magazine (UK)'s Editor's Choice Award. In 1999, the company introduced its electronic commerce solution which has been enthusiastically welcomed by its customers.
The company employs its unique "Signature" implementation methodology to assure rapid, trouble-free installation. Scala's "Signature" methodology is a 6-step process that takes the mystery out of software installation. "Signature" includes the performance of a "Business Requirements Review" of the customer's business processes and establishment of a set of "SMART" (Specific, Measurable, Agreed, Realistic and Time-defined) objectives.
Scala 5 GS complies with British Standards Institution (BSI) standards for millennium (Y2K) compliance, meets EMU (new "Euro" currency) requirements, is available in 30+ languages, and is installed and supported in 60+ nations. Numerous prominent global companies including General Motors, Polaroid, Everready, Iridium, Siebe Controls, Volvo, Sheraton and Ericsson use Scala 5 GS. Scala 5 GS is also an extremely appropriate ERP solution for small and mid-sized businesses, due to its affordability and its quick and easy implementation.
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