Sealing Devices

Topic: Oracle E-Business Suite: Financials (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, iExpenses) Supply Chain Management (Discrete Manufacturing, Order Management, Purchasing)
Date: Wednesday, 19-MARCH-08
Time: 8:00 AM PT (11:00 AM ET, 5:00 PM Central European Time)
Speaker: Michael Clayback, Director, IT
Oracle Contact: Debra Payne

In this informal reference call, participants will have the opportunity to speak firsthand with Michael Clayback, Director of IT at Sealing Devices. The call will open with a brief overview, followed by candid discussion and an open question and answer session. Please allow one hour for the call.

Industry: Industrial Manufacturing
Revenue: US $ 30 Million
Employees: 150
Company Website: WWW.SEALINGDEVICES.COM
Products & Services: Oracle Financials

Sealing Devices Inc., founded in 1963, is a family-owned company and one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of industrial and electronic seals, gaskets, and sealants in North America.

Sealing Devices wanted to make sure the solution it chose would be able to grow with the company. "Our company installed two ERP systems in its history, and we wanted to make this one the last one," Harris said. At first, it looked at upgrading and adding onto its existing system. But cobbling together an appropriate system would have meant working with 12 different vendors and as many support centers. "It just didn't seem practical or cost-effective in the long term," Harris said. As an alternative, Sealing Devices began investigating Oracle products. "Oracle had everything: a single vendor, a single instance. That was extremely attractive and a big part of our decision-making process," Harris said. Even as Sealing Devices evaluated other systems, it kept returning to Oracle. "We used Oracle as a benchmark when we looked at other software packages," he added. After a year of evaluating software, including packages from several other vendors, Sealing Devices chose Oracle E-Business Suite. "We wanted to make sure we bought from a financially sound company that was going to be around for a long time," Harris said. "When I did the cost comparison between upgrading our existing system and buying all of the Oracle products we needed, including hardware, I found an insignificant difference. It only cost us a little more to go with a brand-new, single instance system that is Web-enabled," Harris said. "For us, it was an easy decision."

Toll Free Number (USA/Canada): +1 877 669 3352
International Toll Number: +1 706 634 9621
Conference ID: 37469819
Password: Sealing Devices

NOTE: Unless you register your customer we cannot guarantee their line(s) will be opened for the Q&A (questions submitted are sent to the host prior to the call).