Corrugated manufacturer replaces ERP cost estimating module with one custom tailored to their vertical market.

Client purchased Symix package to automate many aspects of the manufacturing operation. Client wanted to replace the generic cost-estimating system with one tailored to their operation -- one which would provide very quick and accurate estimates for least-cost and preferred routing options. This new estimate system would enable the salespeople to better compete in a market of extremely narrow profit margins.

Allegro was contracted to participate in the final design stages of this system, and to translate the SQL prototype into the actual Progress code needed to drop plug-and-play into the existing Symix system.

With the new system, a salesperson can take user requirements, determine different machine routing paths, accurately estimate costs for each path, modify the data based on preferences, and modify the cost formulas to determine the final cost and generate quote values. Once a salesperson has completed an estimate and booked a customer order, the order and route information is fed back seamlessly into the Symix system for order tracking and product delivery.