Penn-Mar to Use Odyssey
For Immediate Release
Contact: Alexandria Trusov
Email: atrusov@blinfo.com
Phone: 269.465.6207 x 310
PENN-MAR CASTINGS to USE B&L INFORMATION SYSTEMS' SOFTWARE
Training with Odyssey ERP System Commences
Bridgman, MI, December 17, 2014 - Penn-Mar Castings, Inc. (PMC) has begun training on B&L Information Systems' Odyssey ERP software. Early in 2014, PMC embarked on an extensive search for a unified manufacturing ERP system, finally selecting B&L's Odyssey in June of 2014.
Using a customized combination of Sage, Magic and Excel spreadsheets, PMC had created a business process that is efficient in helping them engineer the costs out of castings for clients but internally cumbersome. Odyssey will allow PMC to reduce silos of information by collecting, managing and analyzing business information from a single ERP system designed for metalcasters.
Pennsylvania-based PMC is a privately-owned, gray and ductile iron foundry which provides high quality, multi-cored, precision iron castings in sizes ranging from 150 to 3,000 pounds. PMC's air-set, no-bake molding process produces iron castings with excellent machinability, well-suited for the refrigeration/air conditioning, pump/compressor, and motor/generator product lines. PMC's foundry has the capacity to pour over 1,000 tons per month. Penn-Mar Castings has been under the current ownership for over 25 years and has a staff of 100.
To continue to operate at maximum efficiency, PMC opted for a two-phase implementation. In Phase One, scheduled for "go-live" after the annual June plant shut-down, all modules related to finance and inventory as well as order processing (including shipping and invoicing) will be active. In Phase Two, PMC plans to begin using Odyssey's Shop Floor Manager and Heat Certification/Tracking modules to further improve efficiency.
About B&L Information Systems
B&L Information Systems is a global leader in providing integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) for metalcasters. For over 35 years, B&L has used their deep understanding of the specific challenges and problems of foundries and die casters to create an ERP solution which matches the way metalcasters operate, making it easier to learn and use. With Odyssey, metalcasters will maximize their resources, minimize costs, and make better decisions faster.