OYCE PRECISION

ENGINEERING ( BPE ), based in Portadown , Co . Armagh , provides precision engineering services for industries such as aerospace , defence , pharmaceutical and automotive . The company was using an in-house designed Access database , coupled with Excel spreadsheets and paper-based systems , and was growing at around 20 % year-on-year .

Brian Perry , Operations Director of BPE , said : “ It was the order of magnitude – having gone from £ 1.6 million to £ 2.9 million in two years , it simply wasn ’ t sustainable to grow using the systems in place . We already had two full time staff performing admin and really needed a third .”

The company supplies Thompson Aero Seating , a major aerospace manufacturer that is also a 123Insight user . Perry said : “ I ’ d seen 123Insight during site visits to Thompson and liked the look of the system , along with the paperwork and reports that it generated .”

Having had experience of ERP from previous companies , Perry looked at a couple of other systems for comparison ; “ I have a curiosity in this area as I come from a material planning background . I did a remote demo with one system but stopped it within 30 minutes , as

Boyce Precision Engineering , based in Northern Ireland , has transformed its purchasing , stock holding and customer auditing since adopting the Forterro MRP solution , 123Insight , achieving 20 % year-on-year growth and reducing stock by 25 %. It had been using paper-based systems , so had an urgent need to digitise to maintain its growth . Brian Perry , Operations Director at Boyce Precision Engineering , which has 26 employees , explains how there is a return on investment every day of the week .

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