Knightsbridge Chemicals Chooses Epicor(R) to Help Grow the Business
June 15 2010 - 9:00AM
Marketwired
Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a leading provider of
enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and
divisions of Global 1000 companies, today announced that
Knightsbridge Chemicals Limited (KCL), an international chemicals
manufacturing company with operating subsidiaries in the United
Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Pakistan, is implementing Epicor's
next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, Epicor
9, in its five manufacturing plants and head offices.
"We were running separate systems for accounting and
manufacturing, doing most of the reporting on Excel spreadsheets,"
explains Muazam Chaudhry, group financial controller and project
manager for the Epicor implementation across the group companies of
KCL. "With a growing business and more complex manufacturing
processes we needed a system that could centralize data, improve
our reporting and help us make better informed business
decisions."
KCL has a portfolio of five chemical businesses manufacturing a
wide range of industrial raw materials for the coatings industry,
plastics (PVC) industry, fibreglass products, soaps and detergents
and textile industries. Its subsidiaries are established major
suppliers to many well known multinational corporations in the
Middle East, North Africa and the Subcontinent. The key criteria
that KLC were looking for in an ERP solution included local
availability in the Middle East, a flexible system on a modern
platform that was easy to implement and affordable. Epicor includes
full manufacturing capabilities and provides KLC with the single
integrated system they required.
"We operate in a very competitive market and in order to gain
more market share we knew that we had to streamline production and
reduce costs to improve the margin, but without losing out on
customer service. Epicor will help us do just that," said Chaudhry.
"It will give us access to historical data from customers,
suppliers and from the manufacturing side of our business so that
we can easily see trends and react faster to predict demand and
supply."
Reporting will also prove a major benefit for KLC who will no
longer need to manipulate data in spreadsheets, spending time and
resources on manually producing reports that were not wholly
accurate, nor included historic data. "Once implemented in all
Group companies, Epicor will help us to readily access data from
across the various functions within the Group, and reports can be
easily customizable," said Chaudhry. "We also know that the reports
will be accurate due to the various control points that we have set
up. And because they will be available online, it will be easy for
managers around the business to access the necessary reports they
need. Epicor gives us visibility of our operations on a management
level so that we can make better informed business decisions
faster."
"Designed with modern users in mind, equipped with full ERP
functionality, and with strong manufacturing experience, Epicor
should be on every company's evaluation list when they look for a
solution to support their growth across the region," said Basil
Daniells, senior director for Epicor in the Middle East. "We are
delighted to see KLC going live with Epicor on four of their plants
and we're confident that they will continue to realize further
benefits as the system become more embedded into their
business."
About Epicor Software Corporation Epicor
Software (NASDAQ: EPIC) is a global leader delivering business
software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail,
hospitality and services industries. With 20,000 customers in over
150 countries, Epicor provides integrated enterprise resource
planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply
chain management (SCM) and enterprise retail software solutions
that enable companies to drive increased efficiency and improve
profitability. Founded in 1984, Epicor takes pride in more than 25
years of technology innovation delivering business solutions that
provide the scalability and flexibility businesses need to build
competitive advantage. Epicor provides a comprehensive range of
services with a single point of accountability that promotes rapid
return on investment and low total cost of ownership, whether
operating business on a local, regional or global scale. The
Company's worldwide headquarters are located in Irvine, California
with offices and affiliates around the world. For more information,
visit www.epicor.com.
Epicor is a registered trademark of Epicor Software Corporation.
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are produced by Epicor Software Corporation.
Contacts: Lisa Preuss Director, Public Relations Epicor Software
Corporation 949/585-4235 lpreuss@epicor.com Damon Wright Vice
President, Investor Relations Epicor Software Corporation
949/585-4509 dswright@epicor.com
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