Information Flows for Fluid Handling Company with ASG-Safari™

Industry: Manufacturing
Location: Ontario, CANADA

The Challenge
Sterling Fluid Systems, a subsidiary of a global engineering firm specializing in pumps, vacuum technology, engineered systems, water treatment, and valves, wanted to upgrade their System 36 IBM Manufacturing, Accounting, and Production Information Control System (MAPICS) to an application that tracked their entire manufacturing process. After extensive product research, they chose Computer Associates' MK7 package for their NT system and the companion product of ASG-Safari InfoTools for all reporting needs.

The Solution
Sterling Fluid wanted a tool for mining the data concealed in the MK7 system. ASG-Safari™ ReportWriter, the only desktop tool with complete server access and full report writing capabilities regardless of operating system, file structure, hardware platform, or database design, armed them with specific technology for analyzing data and detecting operational patterns. With the tool's user-friendly interface, Sterling Fluid's 25 end-users embraced ASG-Safari ReportWriter, creating, editing, and printing their own reports without difficulty.

Measurable Results
Sterling Fluid's other departments quickly joined the ranks of ASG-Safari ReportWriter users. The sales and accounting departments used this tool to create critical internal reports for sales orders, commissions, revenue, backlog, and reconciliation. The engineering departments used ASG-Safari ReportWriter to track industrial engineering parts in technical drawings; the purchasing department used it to track their operations.

With the success of ASG-Safari ReportWriter, Sterling Fluid is ready to expand their toolbox by adding ASG-Safari™ Administrator for table creation and view capabilities and ASG-Safari™ DataViewer for quick data queries. The ASG-Safari solutions maximize Sterling Fluid's MK7 investment and allow employees to spend more time on mission critical projects.