AC Valve Alliance Multi-Company ERP Video Case Study 

00:00:04 - 00:00:23 "We've developed over this 25-year period really strongly in terms of our sales performance and our growth. One of the things that hadn't developed at the same pace was our internal ERP system."

00:00:24 - 00:00:43 "When we started looking at it, we realised we needed to take some quite big steps forward. The inter-trading within the organisation had created a massive amount of internal administration and it became a bit of a monster."

00:00:44 - 00:01:05 "AC Valve Alliance is a group of seven companies. We range from very simple distribution right the way through to full-scale manufacturing. We build units with thousands of components in them right the way through to simple valves with maybe 50 or 60."

00:01:06 - 00:01:25 "WinMan is exceptionally good for the manufacturing side, but it's also worked out perfectly for the distribution side as well. Our previous Sage system was seven separate implementations that didn't communicate with each other."

00:01:26 - 00:01:51 "This meant effectively we had to do triple the amount of work for one order. WinMan enables us to work on a seamless inter-company basis. An order placed on one system automatically triggers the purchase order and the sales order acknowledgement on the other system. It's completely streamlined our internal processes."

00:01:52 - 00:02:18 "We are a technical organisation and we want our people to be focused on that technical side. The automation of these administrative roles allows them to do that. We knew the old system was creaking at the seams, but finding the time to do it while running a busy business was the challenge."

00:02:19 - 00:02:43 "We dedicated a project lead to it, and that was the turning point. The team at WinMan were great. Even at the point of go-live, we had some challenges with data we'd imported incorrectly, and they were able to clear that and help us correct it very quickly."

00:02:44 - 00:03:08 "Their ongoing support since then has been excellent. Whether it's advice on how to change a process or developing new apps for the shop floor, they've been very responsive. It's given us a CRM system we never had before."

00:03:09 - 00:03:30 "We can now track sales and quotes across all seven businesses in one place. In the manufacturing plant, we now have correctly set up Bills of Materials (BOMs). It tells us exactly what materials we need to buy and what we need to manufacture."

00:03:31 - 00:04:00 "We're starting to put certification onto the system now for full traceability. We're getting batch numbers on components that we simply didn't have before. From the moment of quotation to the final invoice, everything is visible to everyone."

00:04:01 - 00:04:30 "It helps elevate our profile and our professionalism from a client's point of view. We have very ambitious growth plans and WinMan is helping us achieve that. We have instant, real-time data. Previously, we would wait months to understand exactly where we were."

00:04:31 - 00:04:57 "Today, that real-time data is available at our fingertips. It's transformed how we hold our sales meetings and how we plan for the future."