Access Supply Chain is building on excellence for Timloc
Press Release - Thursday, November 08, 2007
Following four years of rapid growth, building products manufacturer, Timloc, has implemented a new ERP system from Access Supply Chain. It is already feeling the benefit.
Established in 1968, Timloc is a leading UK manufacturer and distributor of building products, mostly for ventilation and damp proofing. Its customers range from nationwide builders’ merchant chains such as Jewson, to local independent outlets. Its manufacturing operation in Goole, East Yorkshire, runs around the clock, five days a week. Part of the Alumasc Group, it employs 55 staff and has a turnover of £5 million.
Timloc doubled the scale of its business in four years and needed to reassess its operations – some processes had developed to cope with the surge in business, but its IT system - a DOS-based solution, installed in the late eighties - wasn’t capable of taking the business forward.
Refining its manufacturing processes to embrace best practice, Timloc wanted a new system with strong manufacturing credentials to support this. In particular, it had to have strong MRP functionality - something absent from its existing software. Access Supply Chain was evaluated, along with three other products.
Finance director, Davin Coleman comments: “We could see immediately that Access Supply Chain was very much a manufacturing-derived product, which was exactly what we were looking for. It was also an all-encompassing system that linked seamlessly throughout every process - and it was easy to use.”
While system capability was fundamental to system selection, cost was also important. “Access Supply Chain is competitively priced. Some systems were two or three times as expensive for the same functionality. Access Supply Chain really is way ahead of the others when it comes to overall implementation and cost of ownership,” he says.
The switch across to the new system took just eight months and the benefits have already started to roll in. “We saw improvements in sales order processing immediately,” says Davin. “We also now have MRP running and it’s providing us solid data to work from. It’s given us extra control that wasn’t there before. “The reporting capability is great too; it’s so flexible. As time goes on, we find we want more and more information – and now this is easily available.”
Timloc’s customer service record is exceptional and Davin says with Access Supply Chain, the company has effectively eliminated the risk of missing delivery times. “Next-day service is vital to this business, so stock accuracy is critical. Now we have all the data we need at our fingertips, we no longer have to rely on a storeman spotting an empty shelf. We’ve sharpened up our processes and staff can spend more time on value-added activities in the factory rather than running around checking stock levels.”
For more information on Access Supply Chain or its software solutions, contact Claire Moore on 0845 170 8888 or visit www.access-supplychain.com
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About Access Supply Chain
Access Supply Chain specialises in the provision of manufacturing and distribution solutions for small, medium and large companies.
The Access Supply Chain software is a modular Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that helps manage and facilitate the operations of most vertical industry companies.
Modules cover every procedure from purchasing of raw materials, automation of works orders, bill of materials, scheduling and traceability, to costing, quotations, SFDC, warehousing and despatch.
With its scalable modular structure, excellent functionality and flexibility, the Access Supply Chain software combines all the advantages of a standard packaged software with the fit of a bespoke solution. It has limitless potential for integration and can be deployed with complete confidence in every part of the organisation.
Access Supply Chain recently received major honours at the Best of British IT Manufacturing Awards 2007 with two of its customers, winning 'best use of IT in supply chain management' and being highly commended for 'best use of IT in manufacturing and business management'. It was also recognised at The Manufacturer Awards 2007, when one of its customers won the 'IT in Manufacturing' category, and for its pivotal role in helping sister company Access Accounting win the title of Financial Software Provider of the Year at the Real FD/CBI FD's Excellence Awards 2007.
Access Supply Chain is part of the Access Technology Group of business software companies. Formed in 1991, Access was one of the first software vendors to recognise the huge potential of the Windows® operating system and to harness Microsoft® applications for the benefit of its clients, delivering them significant commercial advantage.
For further information contact:
Helen Carpenter
Head of Group PR
T: 01206 322575
F: 01206 322956
E: helen.carpenter@access-accounts.com
W: www.access-supplychain.com
