European Supplier of Machined Components Gains Multi-Site Control with Infor ERP LN
Cross-Line International® Streamlines Processes, Drives Performance and Reduces Costs.
Atlanta, GA, March 16, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Infor today announced that Holding Het Zuiden B.V. (doing business as Cross-Line International®), one of the largest independent manufacturers of CNC machined metal materials in Western Europe, will deploy Infor ERP LN throughout its four production facilities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, and Germany. The comprehensive ERP solution will provide Cross-Line with business-specific functionality to streamline complex operational processes, like order and inventory management, and sales and financial administration, enabling the company to improve production control, increase profitability, enhance customer service, and reduce costs across the organization.
After experiencing burgeoning growth, which increased the company’s annual revenue from €10 million to nearly €50 million in 2007, Cross-Line determined its existing ERP system could no longer support its operational requirements. The company chose Infor ERP LN because of its robust, multi-site capabilities, which include the ability to manage logistics, scheduling and quality of metal parts that need specialized machining at its various plants. The solution provides enhanced operational visibility that can help manufacturers improve delivery performance, increase throughput and enhance customer service.
“We have experienced substantial growth in the last several years and required an integrated software solution to support our complex manufacturing environment,” said Casper van Leusden, managing director at Cross-Line International. “Infor ERP LN addresses our specific manufacturing needs, enabling us to better plan and control production across facilities to meet growing customer demand and serve our global O.E.M. customers.”
The company will benefit from Infor ERP LN’s bar code integration, which allows Cross-Line to track and trace its products as they move between facilities during production. This enables the company to automate its shop floor, warehouse and distribution operations to reduce errors and inventory redundancies, enhance its quality management program and drive efficiency throughout the enterprise,
“With Infor ERP LN, discrete manufacturers in the industrial equipment and machinery industry can scale their businesses with the specific functionality needed to cost-effectively support long-term growth, without sacrificing flexibility,” said Vincent Harmsen, managing director Benelux at Infor. “Cross-Line’s overwhelming success underscores the importance of focused, integrated solutions that quickly aggregate and disseminate information which can immediately be acted upon, regardless of the geographic location or cultural differences, like language and currency, of a company’s operations.“
About Infor ERP LN
Infor ERP LN provides customers with a wide variety of capabilities in logistics, finance, projects, planning, sales, purchase and service. The solution is based on a technology architecture that provides web-based user interface, eases the transition to a service-oriented architecture and enables standards-based cross application integration. Infor ERP LN offers exceptional manufacturing capabilities, particularly for discrete manufacturers in the industrial equipment and machinery industry.
About Cross-Line International
Founded in the Netherlands in 1959, Cross-Line International® (www.crossline-int.com) manufactures a wide variety of products, including key and safety parts for trucks, windmills and trains, and like components for engines, truck cabins, axles, transmissions, and frame rails levers. The company also produces several critical components for the construction equipment industry. In addition to its head office in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, Cross-Line has production sites in Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic, and employs more than 340 people.
About Infor
Infor delivers business-specific software to enterprising organizations. With experience built in, Infor’s solutions enable businesses of all sizes to be more enterprising and adapt to the rapid changes of a global marketplace. With more than 70,000 customers, Infor is changing what businesses expect from an enterprise software provider. For additional information, visit www.infor.com.
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After experiencing burgeoning growth, which increased the company’s annual revenue from €10 million to nearly €50 million in 2007, Cross-Line determined its existing ERP system could no longer support its operational requirements. The company chose Infor ERP LN because of its robust, multi-site capabilities, which include the ability to manage logistics, scheduling and quality of metal parts that need specialized machining at its various plants. The solution provides enhanced operational visibility that can help manufacturers improve delivery performance, increase throughput and enhance customer service.
“We have experienced substantial growth in the last several years and required an integrated software solution to support our complex manufacturing environment,” said Casper van Leusden, managing director at Cross-Line International. “Infor ERP LN addresses our specific manufacturing needs, enabling us to better plan and control production across facilities to meet growing customer demand and serve our global O.E.M. customers.”
The company will benefit from Infor ERP LN’s bar code integration, which allows Cross-Line to track and trace its products as they move between facilities during production. This enables the company to automate its shop floor, warehouse and distribution operations to reduce errors and inventory redundancies, enhance its quality management program and drive efficiency throughout the enterprise,
“With Infor ERP LN, discrete manufacturers in the industrial equipment and machinery industry can scale their businesses with the specific functionality needed to cost-effectively support long-term growth, without sacrificing flexibility,” said Vincent Harmsen, managing director Benelux at Infor. “Cross-Line’s overwhelming success underscores the importance of focused, integrated solutions that quickly aggregate and disseminate information which can immediately be acted upon, regardless of the geographic location or cultural differences, like language and currency, of a company’s operations.“
About Infor ERP LN
Infor ERP LN provides customers with a wide variety of capabilities in logistics, finance, projects, planning, sales, purchase and service. The solution is based on a technology architecture that provides web-based user interface, eases the transition to a service-oriented architecture and enables standards-based cross application integration. Infor ERP LN offers exceptional manufacturing capabilities, particularly for discrete manufacturers in the industrial equipment and machinery industry.
About Cross-Line International
Founded in the Netherlands in 1959, Cross-Line International® (www.crossline-int.com) manufactures a wide variety of products, including key and safety parts for trucks, windmills and trains, and like components for engines, truck cabins, axles, transmissions, and frame rails levers. The company also produces several critical components for the construction equipment industry. In addition to its head office in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, Cross-Line has production sites in Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic, and employs more than 340 people.
About Infor
Infor delivers business-specific software to enterprising organizations. With experience built in, Infor’s solutions enable businesses of all sizes to be more enterprising and adapt to the rapid changes of a global marketplace. With more than 70,000 customers, Infor is changing what businesses expect from an enterprise software provider. For additional information, visit www.infor.com.
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