American Metal Treating Company (AMT) - based in Cleveland, OH - is a commercial heat-treating company specializing in induction hardening for metal products. AMT implemented the SAP Business One application, helping streamline business processes, improve financial reporting, and reduce paperwork. SAP software has brought AMT's IT system into the twenty-first century.
Key Challenges
- Achieve productivity gains in information processing systems
- Supply ability to make modifications to the system
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Project Objectives
- Modernize legacy UNIX-based system with a Microsoft Windows environment
- Streamline information processing procedures within company
- Improve financial reporting from business system
- Reduce manual paperwork
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Key Benefits
- Provided cost and time savings for financial reporting
- Streamlined quote invoice procedures
- Established new purchasing procedures
- Enabled remote entry to business system for sales and quoting
- Facilitated performance of accurate profit and loss for orders
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Why SAP Solutions
- Highly intuitive, easy-to-use interface
- Customizable system that met company requirements
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Implementation Highlights
- Implementation smooth and thorough
- Objectives communicated clearly
- Responsiveness to custom changes well received
- Go-live on time
- System operating functionally by the end of the first week and showing added value by the end of the month
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