Protect-all Selects Radius Solutions as new MIS/ERP Provider

CHICAGO, Ill.—Radius Solutions Ltd., the leading integrated Business Information Management/Enterprise Resource Planning provider for the printing and packaging industry, announced that Protect-all, Inc. has chosen PECAS Vision as its “next generation” information management system, to be deployed across its operations in support of the company’s long-term business objectives.

Located in Darien, Wisconsin, Protect-all, Inc, is a manufacturer of standard, specialty, and custom extrusion coating and adhesive lamination products.

As a growing organization, Protect-all, Inc. executives wanted to replace its existing, outgrown system with a fully integrated manufacturing / accounting ERP System to gain additional efficiency and productivity throughout the organization. The solution also needed to provide additional converting industry workflow functionality, along with real-time Business Intelligence data to facilitate the executive decision making process.

Protect-all’s ERP Selection Team spent more than a year going through a comprehensive due diligence process in selecting its “next generation” fully integrated ERP application’s partner. More than 30 vendors were initially considered before targeting six final software vendor candidates with demo and reference check requirements. “Our team was impressed with how well PECAS Vision was fully integrated.In demonstrations of their product, there were no work-arounds needed to accommodate our operating processes in any area of our business.” said Benjamin Vogel, director of IT at Protect-all, Inc.

Protect-all will implement the entire PECAS Vision Suite including: sales and production estimating, order handling, production scheduling, shop floor data collection, material purchasing, inventory control, job costing and financials. The company plans to begin using the new solution in January of 2008.

“Radius Solutions is very pleased to be selected as Protect-all’s new ERP provider. Our software is an excellent fit for their business and our services personnel know their industry. We look forward to providing a solution they can rely on to reach their business objectives for many years to come,” stated David Taylor, president and CEO of Radius Solutions.

Protect-all looks forward to achieving many additional benefits from implementing the PECAS Vision application, such as wireless warehouse inventory control, better enterprise collaboration, improved access to business intelligence and rapid reporting.

“A new system will be a major part of our organization, affecting every part of our business. In working with Radius Solutions it was obvious they understand what our company does, what our needs are, and how critical this system is to our business. They also have a well thought-out and thorough implementation plan, that we feel confident will achieve results,” said Vogel.