Manufacturing & Distribution | JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Twin Disc Achieves Global Manufacturing Excellence with JD Edwards
Twin Disc, a manufacturer of marine and industrial products, implements JD Edwards ERP software to grow profits
The Client
In 1918, Twin Disc originated a power transmission technology that changed the way the world works. For nine decades, the global manufacturing company has been developing, engineering, manufacturing and distributing power transmission products that make things work. Today Twin Disc primarily produces marine and industrial products. With a history of innovation, Twin Disc took a proactive approach to solving challenges with Twin Disc’s internal business systems. When the company’s mission of continued profitable growth was impeded by internal barriers to critical information, the global manufacturing business realized it needed an integrated IT system to reach its strategic goals and ensure future growth.
The Challenge
Twin Disc was facing the following business challenges:
- Manual, inconsistent, people-intensive business processes and limited use of automation to improve efficiency
- Siloed systems and fragmented, inconsistent, inaccessible data
- Limited holistic scheduling and forecasting
- Twin Disc executive management was unable to access to relevant information to make timely business decisions
- The system’s inability to handle foreign currencies hindered local and global manufacturing growth
- Limited knowledge of customers and markets was limiting the ability to forecast sales and service capabilities
The Solution
Terillium delivered the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne implementation providing the following business benefits to Twin Disc:
- Revenue growth
- Operational efficiency
- Operational and financial transparency
- Global manufacturing excellence
Twin Disc had multiple, siloed systems with manual processes. JD Edwards integrated these systems to coordinate, which improved visibility and automated many manual tasks
JD Edwards enabled management to have better visibility into company information, allowing improved solutions for timely business decisions
JD Edwards improved Twin Disc's functionality by providing necessary tools to expand its global manufacturing