U.S. Tsubaki
Location: Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Industry: Automotive
Company Description: U.S. Tsubaki is a major producer and supplier of roller chain, engineering class chain, and other drive components.
Challenges:
- Internally developed enterprise system would not continue to meet the requirements of a rapidly growing manufacturing organization
- Growing need for a fully integrated enterprise solution
- Focused on improving inventory management, achieving better financial consolidation and reducing operating expenses
Solution: QAD MFG/PRO, QAD Warehousing (Formerly QAD AIM)
Results:
- Accommodated significant (2X) growth without increasing headcount
- Reduced IT expenses significantly as a percentage of sales
- Improved inventory accuracy and tracking
- Increased annual inventory turns by 200 percent
- Significantly improved end-of-month closing
- Improved on time delivery by 5 percent
- Improved and enhanced supply chain collaboration
- Streamlined warehouse operations
