Epicor Success Story

EL ES DE Engineering
Company Facts
Location: Perth, Australia
Industry: Engineering/Manufacturing/Primary Resources
Website: www.elesde.com

Prior to Epicor ERP becoming available in Australia

in the SaaS deployment model, there had been
nothing in the midmarket that could do what we
wanted it to do at an affordable cost.
Rob McMahon, General Manager | EL ES DE Engineering

Success Highlights
Challenges
EL ES DE Engineering required an integrated
system that would provide increased visibility
over inventory, time spent on jobs and clarity
on purchase order status

Solution
Epicor ERP Express Edition (Epicor Express),
the cloud-based version of the award winning
next-generation Epicor ERP solution. Delivered
in a SaaS model, Epicor Express provides
broad functionality to small and mid-size
businesses

Benefits
Increased clarity on process delivered by an
integrated system
Advanced system at an affordable cost
Six weeks from start of implementation to
initial go-live

EL ES DE Engineering provides specialist mechanical engineering, fabrication

and inspection services to the oil and gas, mining and resources sectors in Perth,
Western Australia. The companys design and manufacturing facilities are situated
in Welshpool, Perths central industrial hub. EL ES DE Engineering offers a diverse
range of solutions including one-off manufacture, qualified engineering design
and even complete turn-key projects from concept to completion.

Challenges
Prior to implementing the next-generation Epicor enterprise resource planning
(ERP) solution in the software as a service (SaaS) deployment model, EL ES DE
Engineering did not possess an integrated system with one source of information.
The company lacked a system that would provide increased visibility over the
companys inventory and assist management with a greater understanding of time
spent on jobs. The company also required greater clarity on purchase order status.
EL ES DE Engineering required the acquisition of an advanced ERP system. We had
been using MYOB, spreadsheets and various other methods to support the business,
explains Rob McMahon, General Manager. We had been looking to find an
advanced system that could meet the needs of our production, accounting and project
management teams. Prior to Epicor ERP becoming available in Australia in the SaaS
deployment model, there had been nothing in the midmarket that could do what we
wanted it to do at an affordable cost. We chose the SaaS deployment model because
we wanted to get an advanced system like Epicor at a reasonable entry fee.

Success Story EL ES DE Engineering

I looked at the SaaS offering from Epicor a couple of years ago,

but it wasnt available in Australia at the time. When the SaaS
delivery model became available [in 2012] we thought this is going
to be a good thing for the company, continued McMahon.

Solution
EL ES DE Engineering selected Epicor ERP Express Edition (Epicor
Express), the cloud-based version of the award winning nextgeneration Epicor ERP solution. Delivered in a SaaS model,
Epicor Express provides broad functionality to small and mid-size
businesses.

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EL ES DE Engineering has enjoyed numerous benefits since

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Following the Epicor systems initial go-live, EL ES DE Engineering is

looking to rollout additional modules in separate phases. It took
about six weeks from the start of implementation to the point
where we turned the system on, said McMahon. For us it was
good just to dive straight in. We are the busiest we have ever been
at the moment but Im glad we just got into it. With SaaS we didnt
need to go through a long implementation plan before turning it
on. We could just get into it and do it and I think that was the way
to go.
The Epicor system will also help EL ES DE Engineering to manage
their materials and sub-contractors. McMahon explains, We
started the Epicor rollout by implementing core functionality
for managing our financials and manufacturing. Production
management was also important because we needed to be able to
get all our jobs into the system. We are using the CRM to track our
customers information, order management to generate quotes, and
project management for project billing. It is largely a project-based
industry over here in Perth and Epicor Project Management is key
because it gives us flexible options on billing, whether we bill up
front, at the end or during a project.

Epicor Dashboards and Crystal Reports have also provided EL ES DE

Engineering with increased visibility over materials and inventory.
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inventory management module, doing cycle counts and min-max
order levels, said McMahon.

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