Ohio Coatings Company Earns 2008 Summit Award at Consona Customer Conference
Company Uses AXIS® ERP to Reduce Shipping and Labor Costs; Win Transformation Award
Las Vegas, NV, Indianapolis, IN and Yorkville, OH (October 16, 2008) –
Consona Corporation (Consona), a worldwide leader in providing customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services for companies of all sizes, today announced at its premier customer conference, Consona Connect, that Ohio Coatings Company, a Yorkville, Ohio-based leader in tin-plated products and AXIS ERP user, is the 2008 recipient of the software provider’s Transformation Award.
The Transformation Award, part of Consona’s annual Summit Awards, honors a customer that has been able to either reinvent its business or achieve a strong return on investment in a relatively short period of time. Recipients of the award submit both qualitative and quantitative data that illustrate how the solution has impacted the customer’s business model or overall business performance. Award recipients display significant business improvements and changes, such as unprecedented customer satisfaction levels, the introduction of new products and services, or increased sales.
Ohio Coatings Company was established in 1995 as a joint venture company of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and Dongyang Tinplate of South Korea. As a startup in 1996, Ohio Coatings Company searched for the best-fit ERP solution that could be implemented within a reasonable timeframe and at a reasonable cost. Additionally, the company needed the solution to be customizable and easily integrated into its production environment and business practices. Ohio Coatings Company selected AXIS to meet these challenges.
The AXIS solution’s value was realized through the company’s many customization, integration and e-commerce efforts. The largest customization effort involved integrating AXIS ERP with the Best Transport
