“We selected Solution Partners as our partner based on their understanding of and commitment to the company’s business needs and strategic vision for the future. They play a key role in the continuing success of the Microsoft Axapta system.” explains Owen Embling, Chief Executive Officer for Convex Plastics
Company Profile
Headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand, Convex Plastics is a privately-owned packaging company which specialises in the design and manufacture of top quality polyethylene flexible ready-made bags and films, promotional materials and labels. Operating since 1976, the company currently employs more than 100 staff, and services more than 800 customers across multiple sectors in New Zealand, Asia, Australia and the United States.
The Challenge
For more than 14 years, the company had been running disparate financial and manufacturing systems, with the latter developed in-house and based on an outdated Unix platform. While Convex Plastics made a significant investment in developing its manufacturing application, and even considered selling the solution at one time, the company soon recognised the system inhibited the company’s growth. The company needed a flexible, customizable and integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that would help drive an 18% per annum growth and accommodate ever-changing business needs.
The Solution
The company chose Microsoft Axapta because it’s a future-proof product that can grow as the business did. It offers a very flexible, object-oriented platform, which will enable them to change underlying processes easily should the business change.
Another important factor contributing to the company’s final decision was the fact that Microsoft Axapta is supported by a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database. This provided Convex with the flexibility to write code directly to and from the database, a huge advantage as tehy grow in the future and require changes to the system.
Embling was so impressed with Microsoft Axapta that he made the decision to purchase the system before engaging a Microsoft Business Solutions partner to support the solution. “As far as I was concerned, Microsoft Axapta was an excellent product that could help the organisation grow and that was the most important factor at the time.
The Benefits
- Flexible business solution that will grow with the business
- Object-oriented platform will enable the company to change underlying processes easily should business needs change, without the heavy cost
- Accurately construct complicated multi-level bills of material, without any manual intervention, and easily provide a quote for made-to-order product
