Case Study: Specialty Products Company achieves real-time inventory visibility and rapid same-day shipping with Vormittag Associates (VAI) S2K ERP

Managing warehouse and manufacturing facilities is no easy task, especially if the organization is working with inefficient, outdated software

Specialty Products Company, a family-owned designer and manufacturer of automotive suspension and alignment parts with two U.S. warehouses, was struggling with an outdated MRP system that could not support real-time inventory visibility, one-step order processing, GUI integration, or reliable vendor support. To modernize operations and regain trustworthy sales and inventory data, Specialty Products selected VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.) and its S2K Enterprise suite (S2K for Distribution and S2K for Manufacturing).

VAI implemented the S2K solution (including e-Commerce, EDI and MRP Suggestion Manager), customized MRP and forecasting modules, and completed the initial rollout in about four months (with a Tennessee warehouse online in under a month). The VAI implementation eliminated double-checking, reduced maintenance costs and scrap, enabled same-day shipping, and delivered measurable results: 99.9% on-time shipments, 99.9% inventory accuracy and under 0.02% error rate, with many departments moving to paperless processes.

Specialty Products Company

Mina Cox

Chief Operating Officer