To support the company’s growth via improved access to operational information, quality control functions, and multi-plant capabilities, a Consona ERP solution and leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solutions designed to meet the unique requirements of the metals, wire and cable industries, AXIS, announced at The Wire Association International, Inc.’s 2008 Wire Expo in Pittsburgh that Champlain Cable Corporation (Champlain) has leveraged the AXIS ERP solution.

In order to better support its customers’ Mexico assembly operations, Champlain, previously part of a large European conglomerate, became an independent entity in 2003 and recognized the need to expand its existing El Paso warehouse into a full manufacturing facility. Quality control functionality, documentation to satisfy automotive industry customers, and easy access to information were among Champlain’s chief requirements for its upgraded systems. Champlain, under its parent company, operated its business using an older version of the AXIS ERP solution, but did not engage AXIS for support. However, upon gaining independence, it chose to migrate to the most current version of the solution and contract with AXIS for support and updates. Along with easy access to real-time information, the new version of AXIS ERP includes a strong quality function that supports the need for documentation.

Champlain, upon conversion to the updated AXIS ERP solution, realized immediate improvements evident in data access and implementation of multi-plant capability. Alan Clark, Champlain IT Director declared: “We have grown significantly in the last couple of years.” “The newest version of AXIS ERP has provided us with substantial flexibility and good access to information. Even though we are bigger and multi-plant now, we actually have one less person in IT—yet we’re able to provide better service to the company. To a large extent, this is because AXIS ERP is an industry-specific solution that provides the tools we need, right out of the box. We are very pleased with the partnership we have with AXIS; it’s more than just vendor support and problem fixes,” concluded Clark.