ERP overhaul for Versarien’s Total Carbide takeover

Posted on 4 Apr 2014 by Malcolm Wheatley

When fast-growing advanced engineering manufacturer Versarien set about acquiring sintered parts specialist Total Carbide early last year, it was quickly clear that if the acquisition was to go ahead, a new ERP system would be needed.

“The company was part of an AIM-listed group running IFS right across the business,” recalls Versarien chief technology officer Will Battrick. “But the IFS system was largely being used as a group-wide reporting tool, and wasn’t really serving the needs of Total Carbide at all.” Casting around for a solution, Versarien—established as recently as 2010,…

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