CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
May 14, 2007
Implementation Investments
Precast Leader Tindall Corp. Selects IFS Applications-IFS Shows Capabilities in Both the Manufacturing and Construction Space
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, has been selected to provide enterprise applications by Tindall Corporation, a leading provider of precast and prestressed concrete panels and products.
Tindall Corporation designs and manufactures precast and prestressed concrete systems for office buildings, industrial facilities, parking decks, prisons and bridges, and also produces precast concrete prison cells for facilities throughout the United States. The company employs approximately 900 at locations in Conley, GA, Spartanburg, NC, Biloxi, MS, and Petersburg, VA.
Tindall Corporation will implement a full complement of IFS Applications for financial management, document management, business performance management, distribution, manufacturing, project management, maintenance, support and service management, call center as well as sales and sales contract management.
According to Tindall Corporation Information Technology Director Steve Flacy, IFS Applications are being implemented to replace a number of disparate systems running within the firm. Various homegrown and commercial systems had been implemented at Tindall Corporation to augment their existing software. Choosing an application to replace the company's current system was not easy.
"We looked at a lot of products," Flacy said. "But we are an engineer to order (ETO) company, and almost all the systems we considered are really geared towards repetitive manufacturers. Only a few systems are designed for ETO companies like us. And of those, IFS was the only one who will support a construction company as easily as they support a manufacturer. There is no one else out there that does all that that I was able to find."
"As IFS expands its customer footprint from manufacturing into the construction space, precast manufacturers like Tindall Corporation are some of the early adapters in North America," IFS North America President and CEO Cindy Jaudon said. "As manufacturing has become more project-oriented, our functionality has grown to encompass the transactions and functions that construction contractors require. In North America, mixed mode companies like Tindall Corporation with one foot in the manufacturing camp and one foot in the construction camp are finding our broad capabilities a good fit."
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