Laticrete International

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LATICRETE is a family-owned, customer focused, world-wide manufacturer marketer of green flooring and facade materials, used in residential, commercial and industrial applications.

Customer:
Laticrete International
Bethany, CT
www.laticrete.com

Industry:
Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturer

Annual Revenue:
US$ Private Company

Employees:
1,500

Oracle Products & Services:
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.1

Address Book
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
General Ledger
Fixed Assets
Budgeting
Multi-Currency
Inventory
Procurement
Sales Management
Manufacturing
Transportation
Oracle Business Accelerators
Syntex Cloud Hosted Solution

Client Reference Letter:

Laticrete International Improves Financial Visibility and Eases IT Management by Rapidly Re-Implementing JD Edwards World A7.3 to EnterpriseOne 9.1 using (OBA) Oracle Business Accelerators.

The Challenge:
With its U.S. headquarters and state-of-the art manufacturing facility located in Bethany, CT., Laticrete is a 3rd generation family-owned, customer focused, world-wide manufacturer marketer of green flooring and facade materials, used in residential, commercial and industrial applications. For over 60 years, Laticrete has provided the technology, products and service making innovative, permanent installations and repairs for the construction market. Architecturally specified and professionally endorsed, Laticrete offers a dedication to quality that results in globally proven solutions for virtually every flooring, waterproofing and facade application.

To support its growing business, Laticrete needed to streamline operations, enhance financial performance, secure better visibility and control of its distribution lifecycle, optimize trade promotion spend, and improve demand planning.

The Services:
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.1 - Oracle Accelerate Implementation Services

The Vision:
Provide better distribution lifecycle visibility and control, and improve demand planning, which is imperative for a large industrial manufacturer and distributor selling through retail and Architectural service channels.

Minimize excess inventory and ensure more efficient trade spend management, consolidate processes critical to the company’s consumer packaged goods business to reduce the cost of maintaining and hosting standalone software,
and streamline operations to enhance financial performance.

The Solution:
The company deployed Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne solution to meet its goals. Using the Oracle solutions, Laticrete has a single, scalable platform that delivers enhanced, user-friendly manufacturing, logistics, financial management, and forecasting capabilities. By consolidating processes critical to its consumer packaged goods business on Oracle software, Laticrete has eliminated the cost of maintaining and hosting standalone software, achieving a greater return on investment.

Customer Comment:
"Dwight, your professionalism and project organizational skills were an asset to our organization. You are an energetic, enthusiastic person, and you conduct yourself in a very professional manner. Your strategies, experience and project management style were of great help to Syntax. We were impressed with your JD Edwards software knowledge on a functional and technical basis." - Ryan Etinson, MBA, Vice President