Ogihara America to Implement Movex Automotive ERP
12 April 1999
Ogihara America to Implement Movex Automotive ERP to Drive Operational Efficiency and Customer Service
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--April 12, 1999--this Tier One supplier of automotive metal stampings
seeks to streamline EDI transactions, scheduling
of resources and production operations
Intentia announces that Ogihara America Corporation (OAC) - Alabama Division has signed a license agreement and will implement Intentia's Movex Automotive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solution in its Birmingham, Alabama plant.
OAC - Alabama Division is a Tier One supplier of automotive metal stampings for the Vance, Alabama, Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facility. With $97 million in annual revenues (1998), the division also provides service parts for the Oldsmobile Silhouette minivan and Honda Accord and Civic automobiles.
According to Steve Asano, OAC executive manager, administration, the decision to implement an ERP system independent of its parent company - Ogihara America Corporation, Howell, Michigan - was spurred by a dramatic growth in order volume and customer service requirements. "Mercedes-Benz has more than doubled its production requirements for our plant," he says. "With this kind of growth, we could no longer function as a satellite facility of our Michigan parent company. To support current and future growth, we aim to ramp up customer service with fast EDI responsiveness, as well as optimize scheduling and repetitive production for more efficient fulfillment. Movex Automotive has the functionality to help us do that better."
OAC began implementation of Movex Automotive in January 1999. When the project is complete, users will number about 40. The system will run on the IBM AS/400, which will replace the company's existing Unix system.
About Intentia
Intentia International is one of the world's leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software providers to companies that manufacture products in discrete and process environments. Intentia is an ISO 9000 certified software developer and worldwide IBM development partner for the IBM AS/400. Movex is designed to improve the underlying business processes within distribution and manufacturing companies, in the areas of logistics, production, distribution and financial. Available in 24 languages, Movex is implemented in more than 4,000 sites worldwide.
In 1998, Intentia's overall revenues reached $320 million (USD), an increase of 52 percent over 1997. In the United States, net revenue increased 65 percent and licensing revenue grew by 52 percent. Intentia ranks among the top ten worldwide ERP, supply chain solutions providers - and Intentia's new license revenue growth rate is the highest among this group.
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