Access Supply Chain is the instrument of top performance at S Murray
Press Release - Monday, October 30, 2006
Blending technology with tradition has allowed medical equipment manufacturer, S Murray & Co, to dramatically improve the efficiency of its business, making substantial financial savings in the process.
Established in 1915 S Murray supplies laboratory glassware, surgical instruments and plastic bottles and containers to schools, universities, laboratories and high street chemists. It employs just under 100 people at two sites in Old Woking and Sheffield.
Prompted by an ailing bespoke system and customer demand for improved efficiencies, the company introduced a fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system from Access Supply Chain.
The system was implemented inside three months and is delivering benefits right across the business. Electronic invoicing – one of the drivers for change – has been introduced, with savings in time and stationery costs amounting to ?an absolute fortune?.
The quality and quantity of data from the system has provided a visibility of the business previously unattainable, whilst improved reporting via Crystal Reports, means the company doesn?t have to pay for costly bespoke reports as it did with its previous supplier.
The Access system has also helped S Murray make its processes more robust as the business improves in line with the technology – job cards previously completed manually for each surgical instrument, are now compiled at the click of a button, whilst full lifecycle traceability, allows the company to isolate specific lots if there is a problem with a product, rather than having to recall entire batches.
Systems manager, Mark Elton, says the company chose Access partly because the supplier displayed a better understanding of S Murray?s business than other suppliers, and partly because of the functionality of the software: "Access Supply Chain in multi-faceted; as we evolve, we will employ more and more of its features. At the outset we just wanted the functionality to duplicate our old system. Now we can pick and choose other elements as we grow and develop the business."
Editors’ notes:
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
