Infor®, a specialist in the Cloud industry, announces that the French companyAutomotor, a leader in the automotive parts export market, has chosen to deploy its Infor CloudSuite™ Distribution Enterprise ERP solution to cover all of its business needs from a single, centralized platform. Automotor has also opted for the ADS (Authentic Distribution Solution) developed by the partnerAuthentic Groupof Infor, to support the implementation and enhance it with high value-added services in the automotive distribution vertical.
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Founded in 1972, Automotor is one of the leaders in the export of automotive parts with a presence in over 70 countries. Its strategy to develop its activities in emerging markets, mainly outside Europe through its AMERIGO International group, has allowed it to consolidate its revenue.To support its growth, the company has opted for the modernization of its information system.
The project of implementing the Infor solution, hosted in the cloud of Amazon Web Services with the support of technology partner Authentic Group, follows the failure of an ERP project that, according to its management, was poorly prepared.“We started a program to transform our processes in 2018”, says Jérôme Cambray, ‘IT Manager’ at Automotor. “Unfortunately, at that time we had poorly defined our needs both around the jobs related to managing our logistics warehouse, which requires a lot of agility, but also in terms of our support and administration activities. We halted the project in order to resume it in a rational and strategic manner, on much healthier foundations, relying on a solution dedicated to our business and serious support,” he adds.
The project therefore resumes at Automotor in 2021 with a detailed analysis of all the business processes of the company carried out with internal users. The resulting document serves as the basis for the call for proposals submitted to solution integrators, including Authentic Group, which takes charge of the project. Authentic Group suggests to the Automotor teams to opt for the Infor CloudSuite™ Distribution Enterprise solution, which is widely used among distribution professionals in France.
« After our first failed project, we were able to define a dual objective. The first was to improve our productivity in terms of transit flows within our warehouses and to optimize at best the restocking orders. The second was to be able to capitalize on our data and share part of it – in the form of a catalog and a diagnostic tool – through a platform open to our network of wholesale distributors. It had to be done through a tool that speaks the business language and evolves according to our growth. The Infor solution met these requirements exactly, and the fact that it is available in the cloud also allowed us to focus 100% on our core business and free ourselves from IT maintenance constraints», says Jérôme Cambray.
Support from a true specialist in the sector, Authentic Group, was crucial in driving the project. «When we were approached by Automotor, it was clear to us that the Infor solution, with which we have a very close relationship, was perfectly suited to the business requirements, the need for agility, and the growth ambitions of Automotor», affirms Fabrice Caumette, ‘Executive Delivery Manager’ of Authentic Group. «We were even more convinced because we developed a dedicated pre-configured module to implement it easily and thus reassure a client who was coming out of a difficult experience», he adds.
On the Infor side, the project further establishes the relevance of its portfolio of solutions dedicated to some of the most specific vertical sectors. «The Infor CloudSuite™ Distribution Enterprise solution, hosted on AWS, is both comprehensive and scalable. Specifically dedicated to distribution professionals, it supports their growth and strengthens their commitment to their customers, particularly through the development of high-value-added services.", says Philippe Maillet, ‘Sales Director France SMB & Channel’ at Infor. "We are therefore particularly pleased with our technological partnership on this ambitious Automotor project, conducted jointly with Authentic Group, whose rigor and expertise in the distribution sector are a systematic guarantee of success for business transformation.", he concludes.
As a reminder, Infor CloudSuite™ Distribution Enterprise is a multi-site, multi-company, multi-currency, and multilingual solution that covers both themanagement of inventoryand warehouses, financial management, the omnichannel management of orders, purchasing, services, etc. Supporting 49 locations and 24 languages, this solution offers the flexibility and scalability necessary to easily and quickly tackle new markets, as well as change.
" The Infor CloudSuite™ Distribution Enterprise solution, hosted on AWS, is both comprehensive and scalable. "
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