Companies across industries are looking to enhance their operations to increase their efficiency and competitiveness. Embracing new technologies through digital transformation is a critical tool for driving these businesses toward their goal.
Digital transformation is a major driver for success in manufacturing and distribution organizations. While digital transformation is integrating new digital technologies into your operations, changing the foundation of how things are done, you cannot completely tell the benefit of your digital transformation initiatives without measuring their impact and determining whether they are achieving the set objectives.
In the new now, distributors are challenged like never before: Supply chain networks remain exceptionally complex and unpredictable, competition is tougher every day and customer expectations are escalating. And, most important, margins are slim and getting slimmer.
Pacific Plumbing Supply is a 71-year-old, family-owned and operated company, with 14 branch locations and 200 employees. “We weren’t looking to spend the kind of money it would take to implement a modern ERP solution,” Stafford continued, “but we understood that the ROI is in new capabilities and new tools we can use to operate more efficiently.”
Businesses rely heavily on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to streamline operations and manage resources effectively. ERP systems serve as a central hub, integrating the benefits of a unified business management platform with a unified database for information storage. However, the true value of an ERP system lies in its ability to provide actionable intelligence.
We often talk with manufacturers and distributors about their enterprise technology initiatives, and the specific role of an ERP consultant. It’s important the company understands the value Ultra’s independent ERP consultant team can deliver to their organization.
