Case Study: Chicago Tube & Iron streamlines operations with Ultra Consultants

Chicago Tube & Iron modernizes operations with Ultra Consultants after 30 years on green-screen Unix

Chicago Tube & Iron, a large specialty steel service center, faced a technology dead-end with its outdated and heavily customized 30-year-old Unix-based operations management system. The system lacked fabrication management functionality and could not support engineer-to-order processes. To address this, they engaged the vendor Ultra Consultants for ERP consulting, business process improvement guidance, and implementation management.

Ultra Consultants directed the project, steering Chicago Tube & Iron through business process improvement and software selection for a new ERP system. The solution streamlined the company's processes and provided valuable data and critical analysis tailored to its unique needs. While specific measurable impacts are not detailed in the provided text, Ultra Consultants successfully enabled the transition, with the customer's IT leadership acknowledging that the vendor's people and industry expertise brought real value and were essential to completing the project.

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