Italian aerospace company exports Infor ERP Baan solution to its Canadian subsidiary

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(2007), "Italian aerospace company exports Infor ERP Baan solution to its Canadian subsidiary", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 79 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2007.12779fad.008

Italian aerospace company exports Infor ERP Baan solution to its Canadian subsidiary

Italian aerospace company exports Infor ERP Baan solution to its Canadian subsidiary Infor recently announced that Mecaer America Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Mecaer S.p.A., has implemented Infor ERP Baan, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for the manufacturing industry, in just eight months. Infor ERP Baan, which is already in use by its Italian parent company, will enable the company to align and integrate its global operations.

Mecaer S.p.A. is an aerospace company specialized in manufacturing landing gears and flight controls systems and is located in Borgomanero, in the province of Novara. Owing to the specific regulations governing the aerospace industry, Mecaer has had to apply information systems and processes in use in Italy to its North American subsidiary. These processes concern specific controls methodologies, including work orders and production sequence.

“The choice of Infor's ERP solution for our Canadian subsidiary has proved strategic for the whole company,” said Davide Butera, IT Manager of Mecaer in Italy. “An extended, efficient, easy- to-maintain ERP solution which is specifically suited for the discrete manufacturing sector, meets Mecaer's functional and business requirements.”

Owing to this implementation, Mecaer can now manage its foreign subsidiary with the same guidelines and indicators as the headquarters in Italy. The implementation involved a Canadian consultancy firm, as well as Mecaer key users; besides production modules, several other modules were implemented including Finance and Distribution. The solution runs on Windows Server 2003 Platform and Oracle database.

“Infor ERP Baan provides us with an integrated solution that offers valuable planning and manufacturing tools” concluded Davide Butera.

“Thanks to this implementation Infor strengths its position in the global aerospace manufacturing sector” added Enza Fumarola, General Manager Enterprise Solutions Group for Infor Italia. “The long-term relationship and mutual trust between the two companies, as well as the characteristics of the business-specific Baan solution, guaranteed the success of project.”

Infor ERP Baan is an extended modular ERP solution for manufacturers, primarily in discrete industries such as aerospace, industrial machinery and equipment operating job shops, as well as those with make-to- stock (MTS), assemble-to-order, make- to-order, and engineer-to-order processes. However, the flexibility of the solutions provided has meant that Infor ERP Baan also supports active production in a wide variety of manufacturing industries. Infor ERP Baan runs on open systems platforms and offers deep capabilities in project- based industries and those requiring complex configurations.