News: Macalloy invests in IT

Rotherham construction experts, Macalloy, has upgraded its business management systems in order to keep pace with its growing order book.

Dinnington-based Macalloy are world leaders in design, manufacture and supply of threaded bar and cable systems to engineering and construction projects across the globe.

The products are used in tension structures, façade engineering, ground engineering and post-tensioning/concrete engineering and can be found in the Burj Al Arab in Dubai; Munich Airport, Germany; and Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Macalloy met with Wharncliffe Business Systems, the Sage Strategic Partner for South and West Yorkshire based in Barnsley, to discuss the need to upgrade. After detailed presentations to the Macalloy team which included working through all conceivable quote-order-manufacture-deliver-install scenarios, an order was placed for the Sage 200 Suite including Financials, Commercials, Manufacturing, CRM and Configur8or.

Peter Hoy, managing director at Macalloy, said: "We needed an upgrade to modern, state-of-the-art web-based systems to assist our agents in the field and to process orders more quickly back at HQ. Business has been very brisk for us with an increasing number of exports, so we were clearly looking to improve all our business processes with an emphasis on CRM to deliver better support for our worldwide network."

The new system includes a build-to-order design interface so that customers can see at a glance how Macalloy's end products will look and work for them. Its unique "workflow wizard" functionality eliminates the potential for human errors, saving time and money for Macalloy and their global dealer network as only orders which are correctly configured and priced are received.

Peter added: "We were impressed with Wharncliffe's consultative pre-sales approach. Wharncliffe were keen to work with us to ensure that their finished proposal met our complex requirements. This means I'm confident that most of our 80 employees will see substantial benefits with streamlined quote-order-manufacture-delivery processing and a massive reduction in paperwork."

Macalloy website
Wharncliffe website

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News: NAMTEC contract for Wharncliffe

Barnsley-based IT specialists Wharncliffe Business Systems has won a contract to work with the country's National Metals Technology Centre in Rotherham to upgrade their IT system.

The National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC) realised they needed to upgrade their IT systems and contacted three separate companies.

Mike Strobin, Chief Financial Officer at NAMTEC said: "Wharncliffe were chosen as our preferred supplier because of their geographical location and also because they supplied realistic pricing in their proposal.

"The other suppliers submitted tenders at full price and only wanted to negotiate downwards in the event of a tied tender - Wharncliffe seemed the more ethical provider."

Wharncliffe are providing NAMTEC with Sage 200, an IT package incorporating Financials and CRM (Client Relationship Management) that will enable the NAMTEC team to deliver better reporting analysis and improve their internal processes.

As part of their sales and implementation process Wharncliffe met with the Namtec team to learn more about the business, their IT requirements and suitability for the system.

Alan Exley, Director at Wharncliffe added: "Clients tell us they appreciate our honest and transparent approach to pricing. It's great to be working with NAMTEC. South Yorkshire is steeped in metallurgical history and if our technology and the technical expertise of our staff can help NAMTEC to continue its work in supporting organisations on a national basis then I am very pleased."

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News: Mac'Ants Group take Sage advice

Rotherham based manufacturers, the Mac'Ants Group, has installed a powerful Sage 200 suite thanks to Barnsley based technology specialists, Wharncliffe.

The Dinnington firm now has massively enhanced accounting power, giving them a significant boost to their efficiency.

The Mac'Ants Group's core business is the manufacture and sale of abrasives and electrominerals; this is supplemented by divisions specialising in the reclamation and supply of metal abrasives and plastic blast media. Even operating in a recession, the Group sets itself big targets, but their previous accounting system was letting them down.

According to Wharncliffe Director, Alan Exley: "It couldn't cope with most day-to-day processing requirements – the Accounts department had actually resorted to tabulating the information by hand. Added to that, the system was increasingly unreliable – it crashed up to twelve times every day – and had to be laboriously re-booted."

Victoria Imeson, Accounts Office Manager at Mac'Ants says: "Everything is so much easier. Reports are virtually instant, management accounts are all easy to customise. Even the invoice templates are vastly improved. Now we can get the data we need, together with the look we want at the touch of a button."

Mac'Ants website
Wharncliffe website
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