MM Electrical Merchandising

MM Electrical Merchandising (MMEM) is
a major operator in the electrical wholesaling industry with 163 branches throughout Australia. MMEM carries over 130,000 products that it supplies to electrical contractors, data communications installers, industrial maintenance providers, builders, and commercial contractors. MMEM products are available at branch locations and via a Web-based catalog.

Challenge

MMEM needed to replace a legacy ERP application that was difficult to maintain and scale. They sought a solution that could support the growth of their business, which would minimize the risk of downtime. Because MMEM's branches are located throughout Australia, the ability to control communications costs was also a major priority.

Solution

Progress Partner ComOps's ERP application Unibis is ideally suited to MMEM's needs. It provides the performance necessary to support high transaction levels, and the flexibility and scalability MMEM needs to support sales growth.

Results

The ComOps application and the OpenEdge environment and tools allow MMEM to efficiently manage a distributed enterprise. MMEM continuously adds new e-commerce features without increasing IT staff, and operates OpenEdge at 163 locations without the need for a dedicated database administrator.