Industrial Machinery & Components

EzIMC™: a complete solution for small and midsize Industrial Machinery & Component (IMC) companies

EzIMC™ is a preconfigured, rapidly deployable software and services solution that enable IMC distributors to meet their fundamental business and IT challenges. Built on the world's leading enterprise applications from SAP with best business practices built-in, EzIMC has been predefined by Answerthink to address the needs of small and midsize industrial machinery & component companies and can be up and running in only 14 weeks.

Growing IMC Companies Face Complex Challenges

Today's business climate presents a host of challenges. To manage your company's growth and sustainability, you need to ship differentiated products and services cost-effectively, focusing on innovation and economies of scale. By integrating and streamlining business processes, industrial manufacturers can achieve the operational efficiencies they need to sustain growth in a volatile market.

Competition is intensifying and technological changes are accelerating. Answerthink's EzIMC™ solution enables small and mid-sized service companies meet their fundamental business and IT challenges. This solution is a completely defined, documented and ready-to-run ERP solution built on SAP Best Practices and Answerthink's expertise in IMC companies. Once business data is transferred and users are trained, a IMC company may commence operation. The implementation approach is based on the ASAP Focus Methodology, developed specifically for mid-market customers. EzIMC™ supports the entire business value chain from design to service including:

Collaborative product life cycle management;
Order-to-cash management;
Supply chain planning and execution;
Engineer-to-order, make-to-order, and/or make-to-stock production strategies;
Procure-to-pay processes; and
Financial management to include accounting and controlling.

With EzIMC™, Answerthink and SAP have teamed to deliver a rapidly deployable solution that allows IMC companies to improve operations, increase revenue. Answerthink and SAP will provide a platform for a stable IT environment for growth and stability with EzIMC™.

Right out of the box, EzIMC™ delivers industry best practices derived from working with the world's most successful IMC companies. It is preconfigured with hundreds of industry specific business processes, reports and business forms. Predefined user roles and end-us er training are also standard. All of this is offered at a fixed scope and with a fixed implementation timeline.

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