Fast-growth electronics firm invests €200k in Sage ERP
Electronic Product Services (EPS Global), a fast-growing Irish
technology company serving global markets, has invested €200,000 in
a major Sage 500 ERP (enterprise resource planning) system to
manage financial and management information.
EPS Global employs more than 200 people across Europe, the
Middle East and Africa, Asia and the US. The company performs as a
value added reseller of components, software and logistics for some
of the world’s largest original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
The investment in the Sage 500 ERP system will help EPS Global
to streamline processes, improve efficiencies, provide accurate
reporting capability and full visibility of work in progress.
“Due to our rapid growth, we needed to invest in an ERP system
that would grow with us and allow us to flex and turn as markets
and needs demanded,” explained Mick McCarthy, CEO of EPS
Global.
“It is imperative that we have reliable, accurate and up-to-date
information available to all key decision makers within the group.
We wanted a solution that could link the financial information
across the entire group, automate accounts, integrate with other
systems we are using and save finance employees’ hours every
day.”
EPS Global selected FDS Technology, a Sage Ireland business
partner, to optimise the business and to provide consultation,
installation, implementation, training and on-going support
services.
FDS Technology's work
FDS Technology implemented the Sage 500 solution to manage the
financial and management information within the group. The wide
range of Sage 500 modules seamlessly unifies back and front-office
information from finance, manufacturing, distribution and service
operations.
“One of the main business requirements that any global
electronic component distributor faces is to accommodate their
vendors' reporting requirements,” McCarthy explained.
The management of Ship & Debit programs, POS & Inventory
Reporting and Distributor Price Agreement Claims are a very complex
series of processes and need to be tightly specified.
“FDS Technology with ourselves developed our own Ship &
Debit module that caters for this requirement and provides the
management and controls needed to ensure that every sale is
profitable.”
Sage 500 also drives the company’s customer service
capabilities, as well as providing sales revenue pipeline data and
comprehensive reporting capabilities, giving EPS Global instant
access to valuable performance data.
“Because each company within EPS is self-contained, Sage 500 allows
each one to operate under its own database, yet share in the power
of the Sage 500 programs,” McCarthy continued.
“If a new company is needed, FDS can have it up and running in a
single day. Multiple currencies, multiple control accounts,
shared digital forms and documents all using standardised layouts
but individual company contact details and logos are all within
Sage 500 capability and are perfect for global companies.”
EPS Global purchased Sage 500 with a single company licence and
today they have more than 15 companies operating all over the
world.
EPS Global’s servers are working 24 hours a day processing
business transactions across the globe.
L-R: Roger Gribbin, Business Development
Director, FDS Technology, Mick McCarthy, CEO, EPS Global and Frank
Kelly, ERP Commercial Development Manager, Sage Ireland.
By John Kennedy