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Vantage Success Stories
Display World Inc.
As this manufacturer of point-of-purchase displays continues its evolution into a full-service provider, it will rely on Vantage by Epicor to lead the way. The company needed an integrated system with detailed quoting capabilities, enhanced scheduling and tracking, and comprehensive financial reporting.
Harvey Vogel Manufacturing
To better manage job costs, enhance plant communication and improve customer service, Harvey Vogel Manufacturing chose Vantage by Epicor to help run its metal stamping and fabrication operation. Company productivity increased significantly after Vantage-related streamlining.
Eastern Plastics
Eastern Plastics was the company MIT scientists turned to for help with their life-saving research. To manage its own world-class manufacturing operations, Eastern Plastics relies on Vantage by Epicor.
Standex Corporation
With over 90 plants and more than 48,000 products, Standex Corporation was searching for an ERP solution that was comprehensive enough to handle its wide-ranging needs, yet also provided a low total cost of ownership. Standex required a solution that would support its operations on a global basis. After evaluating a number of software vendors, the team at Standex selected Vantage to fulfill its enteprise software needs.
Mid-West Spring and Stamping Manufacturing Company
Prior to 1998, each Mid-West plant ran its own independent legacy system. The company needed to centralize its data to aid in accounting, customer support and inventory visibility. Mid-West determined that a single unified system would save time and eliminate redundant processes, such as re-entering invoices and part numbers as a job moved through the company. Mid-West turned to Epicor Software Corporations Vantage solution to provide them with operational efficiency for all of their plants.
TEAM Industries
TEAM Industries designs and manufactures power-train components for the recreational, agricultural, off-road, automotive and lawn care markets. The Minnesota-based company needed an integrated system offering real-time information and flexibility. They turned to Vantage.
Lakin General Corporation
Lakin General Corporation is a $60 million a year, diverse, multi-plant company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company mainly manufactures engineered components for original equipment manufacturers in the agricultural and industrial business sectors. These components include items such as wheel hubs, spindles, torsion axles and specialized rollers. Lakin also produces Ticor die-cut rubber parts which are used for various kinds of hangers and isolation mounts, primarily for agricultural and industrial applications. In addition, the company is a subcontractor to OEMs for CNC and machining center work. Lakins sorting, rubber and roller divisions are located in Chicago, while their newest plant, QDS/Henschen, is located in Jackson Center, Ohio.
Hydromat, Inc.
Hydromat, Inc. a recognized global leader in precision transfer machine technology, required a versatile, cost-effective solution for a companywide system integration, as well as an eCommerce solution to conduct business over the Web. They found it in Vantage.
Amite Foundry and Machine
Amite makes and machines steel castings for mining, construction, transportation and petroleum industries. And Vantage has helped them make substantial improvements in productivity and cost management.
BluePrint Automation
BluePrint is a world leader in designing, manufacturing and integrating automated end-of-line packaging systems for a wide variety of flexible and rigid products. The snack/frozen food industry accounts for approximately 60 percent of BluePrints business, with the remaining 40 percent divided among the pet care, dairy, personal health care and confectionery industries. BluePrint uses Vantage for data integration, labor reporting, and bill of materials management.
D&H Manufacturing
D&H specializes in precision machining and assembly for the semiconductor, aerospace, computer and medical industries. The semiconductor industry represents 60-70 percenet of D&H's Business. D&H use Vantage to grasp shop load and capacity and to understand the efficiency of different machines and work centers.
Harmon Sign Co.
Harmon Sign Co. is a manufacturer of custom electric signs. Vantage has been a major contributor to Harmon's growth by providing them excellent summary information of their jobs and inventory.
Herker Industries
Herker supplies precision parts and assemblies to a broad range of markets across the United States, including heavy equipment, automotive, aerospace, hydraulics and consumer power tools. Vantage helps Herker manage their inventory and scheduling their jobs.
McNeal Enterprises
McNeal Enterprises is a contract manufacturer specializing in custom plastic components, including machining, fabrication, thermoforming and assembly. Integrated data by Vantage enables McNeal to view historical data for all their products, enabling them to be much more efficient and accurate.
Precision Grinding & Manufacturing Corporation
Precision Grinding & Manufacturing Corporation (PGM) of Rochester, New York provides top quality, value-added products and services to its customers in the precision machining and fabrication marketplace. Vantage solved many problems for PGM by offering them fully integrated system that allows every department to access all the information for any jobs at any time.
Rothe Joint Venture
Rothe Joint Venture, an aerospace manufacturing support contractor located at the Johnson Space Center, required an integrated system, ease of use and scheduling management. Vantage offered them a complete package.
Specialty Screw
Specialty Screw produces custom cold-headed fasteners and offers a complete range of secondary operations, including roll threading and forming, drilling, tapping, shaving, trimming, pointing, heat treating and plating. Specialty Screw is impressed with the overall connectivity and seamlessness within Vantage, and they've found Vantage very easy to use.
Versatech, Inc.
Versatech specializes in precision machine castings from aluminum and cast iron, along with parts made from bar metal. Versatech now uses Vantage to easily generate labor reports and efficiently manage its inventory.
VMI Americas
VMI Americas manufactures machines used in tire assembly and industrial rubber processing. Worldwide, VMI works with virtually every tire manufacturer including The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Michelin Group and Cooper Tire and Rubber. VMI uses Vantage for job costing, integrated system, and scheduling management.
Taber Bushnell, Inc.
Cintel
Transmission Development
Synovis Interventional Solutions
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Sterling Machine Company
Sterling is a precision manufacturer of helicopter transmissions, landing gear and structural parts. Since 1995, Sterling Machine has depended on Vista manufacturing software from Epicor to manage all aspects of its business. The company recently upgraded to Vista 6.0.
LaBarre Machine Works
LaBarre Machine Works manufactures parts for the petrochemical industry, such as mechanical seals and hydraulic valves. When the company needed a solution that would provide them with critical job costing funcitonality, they purchased Vista.
Die-Namic, Inc.
Die-Namic manufactures carbide and steel tooling for the full spectrum of metalforming industries, including cold heading, hot forging, press forming, impact extrusion and stamping. The efficiency and organization of Vista helps Die-Namic keep ahead of its customers' demands.
The Green Company, Inc.
The Green Company designs and manufactures custom jewelry for businesses. Epicor's Vista helps The Green Company track several thousand separate jobs during an avarage month.
L.L. Brown, Inc.
L.L. Brown manufactures precision machining and thermoform tooling. Their manufacturing process is totally under control with functions that Vista provides, like job entry, scheduling and inventory control.
Huntington Beach Machining
