Pella Corporation Upgrades Enterprise Applications to Continue to Improve Manufacturing Efficiency
 
 

Pella Corporation Upgrades Enterprise Applications to Continue to Improve Manufacturing Efficiency

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Pella Corporation creates a better view for homes and businesses by designing, testing, manufacturing, and installing quality windows and doors for new construction, remodeling, and replacement applications. As a family-owned and professionally managed company, Pella has an 85-year history of delivering on customer satisfaction.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from Pella Corporation

  • “Thanks to the maturity of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 and the expertise and effort of our staff to plan and test everything carefully, we were able to make the transition very smoothly. Our business users continue to see the value of Oracle applications.”– Rick Hassman, Director of Applications, Pella Corporation

  • Upgrade the company’s centralized, global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to improve manufacturing efficiency and enhance visibility across plants producing high quality windows and doors
  • Stay current on the latest technology platform to support future growth and changes more easily

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Upgraded to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 to continue to enhance the company’s ERP system that supports 12 manufacturing plants nationwide
  • Completed a smooth upgrade with little to no interruption for users thanks to careful planning and testing of the system
  • Supported a fully integrated process from generating marketing campaigns in Oracle Marketing that become leads in Oracle CRM On Demand and flow into Oracle Configurator or Oracle Order Management for processing and then Oracle Manufacturing for production and finally through Oracle Transportation Management for efficient delivery and invoicing
  • Positioned the company to take advantage of future application upgrades by staying on the most current technology, including service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology
  • Managed very complex scheduling and sequencing in manufacturing, while linking the system to suppliers to issue electronic forms—such as purchase orders—and provide automatic status updates that reduce support calls
  • Improved manufacturing productivity by downloading product details directly to the shop floor
  • Continued to benefit from the ability to assess performance, make adjustments as needed, and improve on-time delivery
  • Used Oracle Configurator to validate products, accessories, labels, and branding before shipping—a huge benefit since most windows and doors are configure-to-order products
  • Enabled the use of a single bank account across multiple legal entities within the manufacturing company with the use of Oracle Financials

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