Case Studies

Mining ERP Case Studies

Capstone Mining Corporation

Capstone Mining Corporation is a Canadian based metals mining company with remote mines located in the Yukon Territory, Canada, Chile and yet another in Mexico. They also manage additional exploration properties. The company was using an outdated Enterprise Resource Planning system with remote connections into their Yukon site which severely hampered accurate and efficient reporting on mine production. By switching over to a Sage ERP solution, the mining company consolidated their financials and automated reporting.

Newmont Yanacocha

Minera Yanacocha, a large gold mine, is located in the Peruvian Andes. With five open pit mines, four leach pads and four gold recover plants the mine operates a huge fleet of trucks and moves approximately 1megaton of ore per day. They needed a system that would provide greater visibility on their costs, identify areas of risk and optimize their maintenance strategy.

Major Drilling Group

As a global company, multicurrency support is a high priority for Major Drilling Group International. The company selected Sage 300 because of its strong consolidation capabilities, multicurrency support, and low total cost of ownership. More than 20 separate Major Drilling Group International operating locations and over 100 employees, operating in dozens of countries, are currently using Sage 300.

John Holland

Being one of Australia’s largest and most diverse specialist contracting businesses, John Holland realized they needed additional software to manage their mobile equipment as accurately estimating the hourly rate of an asset over its life-cycle is crucial to ensuring the profitability of projects. They utilize AMT with the Plant Hire module to make informed component replacement decisions and through integration into their project costing and accounting system receive real time costs at the component level.

Village Reef

Village Main Reef (Village) is a South African-based, mining and development company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The company has been acquiring multiple mining operations, all of whom were using different ERP platforms. As a Village Main Reef faced substantial obstacles with managing these and chose to consolidate all their mining operations on Sage ERP X3.

CRM Case Studies

Island Lake Resort Group

“Over the past ten years,” said Darryn Shewchuk, Director of Sales and Marketing, “The number of back-country adventure operations in the Canadian Rockies—which comprise more than 90 per cent of the worldwide market—has tripled. Yet skier days have remained constant. This means the environment is much more competitive.” To grow, the Group wanted an enterprisewide CRM system that would enable it to improve its marketing. In addition, after many years successfully using Sage Simply Accounting, the Group wanted to move to an enterprise-class accounting system that could accommodate its expanding operations.

CPS Sales & Service Group

CPS, a sales and service group of companies based in Ontario, maintains both an outside sales force and an inside team of customer service professionals who support them. Prior to the implementation of Sage CRM and Sage 300, CPS endured widespread inefficiencies due to a lack of integration between its various databases. To remain competitive, the company realized it needed a better way to track its sales processes.

James River Marketing

The tremendous growth specialty contractor James River Marketing was experiencing put a strain on its sales efforts. It needed a formalized approach to sales and project management to ensure opportunities were being pursued and customers were receiving the best possible service.

Gressco Ltd.

Through targeted marketing, Gressco Children’s Furniture is able to tailor its catalog mailings to the desired audience, saving money and improving campaign results. Customer service levels and response time have improved. Opportunities are now tracked from initial communication, increasing the win ratio. Seamless integration with Sage 300 ERP eliminates duplicate data entry and provides sales and marketing teams with a complete picture of the customer relationship.

Accounting Software Case Studies

Valley Traffic

Valley Traffic has grown into one of Western Canada’s largest traffic management and traffic control providers. Caron was brought in to migrate them from a paper-based dispatch system to a fully integrated, forward looking solution accessible from mobile devices, with Google Map integration and site plans viewable from employee phones. Integrations with Sage 300 ERP are a key component of this system.

MyBadges.com

MyBadges.com is a Canadian based conference supply company offering name badges and custom printed lanyards. Their orders involve complex combinations of small margin items. Caron was retained to build a custom integration to Sage 300 Order Entry to accommodate this tricky inventory scenario.

Winery Case Studies

Vineland Estates

Nestled in the heart of the Niagara wine country at the site of an historic Mennonite farm is Vineland Estates Winery. The winery produces 80,000 cases of wine each year from grapes grown in its 150-acre vineyard and surrounding farms. Wine is shipped across Canada and to more than a dozen other countries, where it has won numerous domestic and international awards. The winery’s tasting room, restaurant, and exclusive wine club ensure Vineland Estates wines are enjoyed by enthusiasts locally and around the world. The wine industry is complex, highly regulated, and faces unique business challenges; Vineland Estates Winery meets these challenges with the power of Sage 300 ERP.