New Products Implementation

For Immediate Release
Contact: Alexandria Trusov
Email: atrusov@blinfo.com
Phone: 269.465.6207 x 310

 

ERP INSTALLATION MADE EASY 
    New Products Corporation Completes Odyssey Implementation

Bridgman, MI, April 1, 2013 - In June of 2012, New Products Corporation selected B&L Information Systems to support their business operations with the implementation of Odyssey. As full-service die casting company utilizing B&L's BLIS-400 product, New Products had an understanding of the improvements/enhancements available to them with an updated, metalcaster specific ERP system.  But any software conversion has the potential to be a disruptive to daily operations. The goal at B&L was to provide support and training while making the change-over as efficient as possible.

"Putting a new ERP system in takes methodical planning, decisive execution and teamwork," states Philip Laney, President and CEO of B&L. The team at New Products fully committed to the process by assigning a diverse, internal project team with coverage from all the main departments - accounting, maintenance, scheduling, production, shipping and the foundry. The project team was lead by IT Specialist, Linda Stright, with additional executive support from Kristy Lovejoy. 

B&L's project team, with Jim Adams as project manager, began with a visit to the site where they met with the New Products team and did a tour of New Products' processes and business practices. After the creation of a project plan with milestones, a test environment was created for training and testing in Odyssey while maintaining the integrity of their current system. Parallel processing proceeded for several months to ensure a smooth change-over.

Implementation of the first phase of the business modules was complete in early March of 2013. After a full week with the new Odyssey system, Clyde Daniel, Controller, noted, "It is hard for me to believe that we just moved into a new operating system around here. I hear nothing but good things." 

 

About B&L Information Systems

B&L Information Systems is a global leader in providing integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) for metal casters. All B&L products, whether client server application or Software as a Service (SaaS), are designed with the specific needs of metal casters in mind.