Lovejoy, Inc., which recently
celebrated its 100th year in business, is an international leader in
designing and manufacturing power transmission components. Lovejoy
offers the most comprehensive selection of flexible couplings in the
industry through more than a dozen product lines. In addition to
couplings, Lovejoy is an important supplier of variable speed
pulleys, tensioning devices, universal joints, motor bases, and
sheaves.
Lovejoy acquired JacanaForms at a time when the IS
department was also looking to implement other higher priority
applications. The IS team, however, saw an opportunity to gain
immediate benefits for their organization with very little effort -
to solve some niggling operational issues associated with managing
and storing pre-printed stationery, as well as tackling day to day
hassles of constantly reloading pre-printed style paper in their
existing printers. In addition, there were some potential cost
savings to be realized!
After reviewing other electronic form
packages, Lovejoy chose JacanaForms, since it offered the added
bonus of being a certified MAPICS application, and would therefore
integrate well with their MAPICS XA ERP package, both now and in the
future. The availability of pre-designed MAPICS templates meant that
they could be up and running quickly and easily, using the HP laser
printers attached to their LAN, and with no modifications to 'core'
business application code. As Business Analyst, Arlene Merritt
points out, "The overlay solutions worked best for us as they
were very easy to implement. The only modifications needed were
adding our own logo and address box and changing some wording in the
column headings."
Lovejoy is currently using JacanaForms to
produce quotations and invoices, printing approximately 250 invoices
and 30 quotes per day. These two forms have been developed with
variations in logos and addresses, depending on the company
involved. As Arlene continues, "With JacanaForms, modifications
are easy to make, and we don't have to worry about finishing the
current inventory of pre-printed stationery before we can make a
change. We are already saving $8,000 annually on pre-printed forms
just by changing over our invoices and quotes. Eliminating the need
to reload forms on the printer, which used to be necessary on
average 3 times each day, has also been a great advantage, freeing
up staff for more important tasks." Areas identified for future
use of JacanaForms include purchase orders and AP checks.
Lovejoy's
'no frills', pragmatic approach to implementing electronic forms and
tackling known problem areas first, was rewarded with immediate
productivity and cost benefits for their operations … within a
matter of days!
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