Lee Spring Announces Millionth Order on SYSPRO ERP Platform
SYSPRO Technology Solution Supports Global Leadership of Spring Manufacturer; Platform Openness, Flexibility Cited as Key Success Factors.
BOSTON (June 17, 2010) –
Lee Spring, a global leader in catalog-based business springs, and SYSPRO, a provider of pragmatic, visionary enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, announced today that the partnership between the two companies has led to Lee Spring recording its one-millionth sales order on the SYSPRO software platform. The announcement was made here today before two dozen of the world’s leading technology analysts at the Grape Escape event in Boston.
Founded in Brooklyn, NY in 1918, Lee Spring is one of the world’s top five manufacturers and distributors of springs used in a wide variety business equipment and consumer goods, such as cars, recreation vehicles, toys, furniture, etc. The company has five manufacturing facilities in the U.S., four sales and customer service centers and additional operations in the U.K., Mexico and China. Lee Spring has a record of more than 100,000 companies contacting its site for information and orders on more than 87,000 stock codes and 17,000 catalog items.
Lee Spring, which implemented the SYSPRO ERP platform in 1999 and has migrated successfully through several generations of technology platforms and versions, will shortly be adopting the newest version of SYSPRO software, SYSPRO 6.1. SYSPRO is known for its award-winning, open and highly customizable software solution that are deployed today in 14,500 global manufacturing and distribution companies. SYSPRO’s inherent six “Power Bundles”, led by “Power Tailoring” are referenced as unique and cost saving by mid-sized companies throughout the world.
“SYSPRO is visionary with its product development and stays on the cutting edge of capabilities to support lean manufacturing, inventory optimization and other requirements that evolve as its customers grow,” said Mike Gisonda, Director of IT for Lee Spring. “What’s also remarkable is the openness of its architecture, which has enabled us to easily integrate our own customized technology solutions – that are unique to our business – into SYSPRO solutions. SYSPRO offers excellent value, a wide range of options and to me it