Medical Device Co. Speeds Orders 42% With ERP Software

SYSPRO, a leading, worldwide provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, is helping medical research device leader World Precision Instruments (WPI) to achieve a 42% increase in sales order processing with 50% fewer staff as a result of their SYSPRO deployment. The news is being reported today by WPI’s Vice President of Operations Kendra Drobnak.

According to Drobnak, WPI is achieving substantial business process gains and cost/time savings via several SYSPRO modules: Contact Management, Reporting, Inventory Control, Bill of Materials, Product Configurator, Graphical Job Scheduler and Credit Card Interface. “Time-intensive and previously error-prone business operational processes are now done in about half the time with far fewer people, with better accuracy,” Drobnak said. “SYSPRO solutions are both pragmatic and visionary for mid-sized companies; particularly those in the medical device industry that run on tight margins and require a high degree of accuracy.”

Drobnak cites the following business process and workflow efficiencies achieved via SYSPRO software:

• Automated freight charge billing and tracking
• Automated e-mail and report generation tied to sales data
• Automated customer statistic tracking
• System component compatibility analysis for customized orders
• Improved management of inventory for more than 3,000 finished products and components
• Streamlined visual status tracking of jobs on the production floor.

Joey Benadretti, president, SYSPRO USA, notes: “We offer a powerful combination of user-friendly, highly tailorable solutions that wring costs out of both standard and customized business processes. Combined with complete interoperability to other systems, we offer small and mid-sized manufacturers and distributors the best ERP product in the market today.”

SYSPRO’s more thoughtful approach to adopting new technology, such as web services and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) platforms, also reflects the desires of its buyers who are driven by business needs and not by the latest headlines. This exemplifies SYSPRO’s ongoing strategy of helping to simplify the success of its customers. SYSPRO calls its buyer landscape “PragmaVision,” consisting of pragmatic, visionary ERP executives that are driven by a desire for smart, but aggressive market growth.

About World Precision Instruments
World Precision Instruments (WPI) is a global leader in TEER measurement, nitric oxide sensing and other sophisticated instrumentation vital to physiological and medical research. The privately held company began operations in New Haven, Conn., in 1967 as a small manufacturer of amplifiers and stimulators for use in nerve, skin and muscle research. Growing worldwide demand led to the company’s 1990 move to larger facilities in Sarasota, Fla., and the subsequent establishment of offices in London, Berlin, Tokyo and Melbourne.

As a full-spectrum supplier of proprietary and standard instrumentation as well as associated “consumables,” WPI enjoys a distinct competitive advantage. The company is also renowned for its ability to fashion custom products to accommodate specific research needs. Customers include independent and “in-house” research labs, schools and hospitals. For more information, please access WPI’s Web site at: www.wpiinc.com

About SYSPRO
Since its inception in 1978, SYSPRO has been delivering state-of-the-art business solutions to some of the world's leading companies. As a global leader in the production of world-class ERP software, the company now caters to the specialized needs of 14,000 licensed companies in more than 60 countries worldwide. SYSPRO is marketed globally through regional territory distribution centers and a global reseller network in the US, Canada, Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia and the UK.

SYSPRO is a fully integrated business software solution that provides complete control over the planning and management of all facets of business including accounting, manufacturing and distribution operations in a variety of industries.

For additional information on SYSPRO, call Stanley Goodrich at 714/437-1000 or go to www.sysprousa.com