Case Study: Electrical Components Manufacturer Company achieves 35% inventory savings and eliminates lost machine time with Upland Software (Ultriva)

Electrical Components Manufacturer Company - Customer Case Study

Electrical Components Manufacturer (ECM), a global maker of custom fractional-horsepower motors, blowers and gear motors with over 5,000 employees across 13 facilities, struggled with an MRP-driven production schedule that caused excess inventory and safety stock, frequent stock-outs and lost machine time, planners constantly firefighting, supplier over-shipments and long customer lead times due to lack of visibility between U.S. and Mexico plants.

Ultriva analyzed ECM’s inventory and implemented a Collaborative Supply Portal with electronic Kanban, providing real-time visibility, line-side pull scheduling and consistent purchase orders. The change delivered a 35% reduction in inventory, elimination of lost machine time, far fewer manual ERP transactions, improved supplier performance and control of physical goods flow, and better customer retention from improved delivery cycles.