Cascade Engineering

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Industry: Automotive

Company Description: Cascade Engineering is a large manufacturer of plastic components for the automotive, furniture and waste management industries.

Challenges:

• Company was expanding and changing rapidly
• Needed to implement a new system rapidly
• Then-current ERP system not Y2K compliant

Solution: QAD MFG/PRO, QAD EDI eCommerce, QAD Supply Visualization, Eagle RF Express

Results:

• Realized $500,000 in costs savings per year directly related to new business processes and QAD implementation
• Purged $3 million worth of on-hand inventory
• Inventory turns increased 47 percent
• Improved overall inventory accuracy by 25 percent
• Reduced month-end reporting time from 15 days to 2-3 days
• Cut shipping time by 20 percent
• Improved delivery performance by 30 percent
• Enabled real-time reporting capability
• Enhanced supply chain visibility
• Reduced or eliminated need for new hires, even while company experienced 40 percent growth