Reliable Automotive ERP

COMPANY

Reliable Automotive, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, is a leading North American distributor of aftermarket specialty automotive parts and supplies with over 300 product lines and 10 warehouse facilities to serve its base of 15,000 customers.

CHALLENGE

Replace legacy system with an integrated ERP solution, including redesign of selected business processes and improving organizational structure.

WHY ABEAM?

Combination of strong business consulting and systems capabilities, automotive industry experience and knowledge of distribution.

SOLUTION

Business consulting and implementation of Reliable Automotive’s selected NxTrend SX.e (now Infor Distribution Essentials) enterprise solution:

• Organizational and business process evaluation and redesign
• Training in best practices distribution principles
• Cleansing and structuring of sales order, inventory and purchasing databases for ERP deployment
• Data analysis, metrics review and root cause analysis education

REAL BENEFITS

Business process and organizational structure transformation successfully completed, enabling:

• Improved communication and coordination between sales, purchasing and inventory operations
• Inventory alignment and visibility (on-hand, allocations and scheduled receipts)
• Integrity and consistency of shared enterprise data across finance and operations
• Estimated annual ROI of $1.8 million with a one time savings of $3.9 million