Farm Equipment Manufacturer Miller-St. Nazianz Improves Efficiency, Customer Service With Integrated IFS Solution
Founded in 1899, Miller-St. Nazianz, Inc., manufactures and supports more than 20 product lines of agricultural equipment for forage harvesting, livestock feeding, manure handling, and crop spraying. Companies and brand names include Badger Farm Systems, Miller Application Technologies, Miller Pro, Victor (a product line sold and serviced exclusively by John Deere dealers), and Miller Finance Corporation.
The Challenge
Although its existing ERP system was adequate, Miller-St. Nazianz wanted to upgrade to a more sophisticated, state-of-the-art business solution that would integrate all aspects of the enterprise.
"Our previous system was pretty much a manufacturing system only," said Mike Behnke, Project Manager at Miller-St. Nazianz. "IFS gives us the opportunity to extend the benefits of an automated system to other areas of the business."
In particular, the company's sales department was looking for an easier way to maintain and track detailed information about budgets and expenses, much of which was being stored offline.
Also, management wanted more real-time visibility into the company's production and financial data to improve decision making, efficiency, and customer service, and an advanced platform that would support the company's strategic plans.