Microsoft Dynamics AX Saves Kelly Tractor

Kelly Tractor, a provider of heavy-equipment sales, rentals, parts and maintenance services, decided to implement and integrate Microsoft Dynamics AX to address the problem of their aging software systems. The aging software had decreased employee productivity and slowed the company’s growth, so they turned to Microsoft Dynamics AX to optimize their business processes.

Kelly Tractor’s Problem

Prior to implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX, Kelly Tractor was using several old and rigid systems. Using over 20 legacy systems to manage their operations had become a labor-intensive task that was prone to data errors. Kelly Tractor employees lacked real-time insight into business processes, and managers had to wait for weekly or monthly reports to conduct planning activities. Additionally, employees had to manually enter data into several systems with no safeguards to prevent erroneous data.

John Rose, Information Services Manager at Kelly Tractor, explained, “The software capabilities did not improve significantly over time, and certainly not at the pace we wanted to move. For example, we wanted to add a field or change a process detail, it took weeks or months to implement that change because we had to modify the programs written in Cobol or RPG. File changes or integration with other software were even more difficult tasks.”

Solution: Microsoft Dynamics AX

Kelly Tractor chose Microsoft Dynamics AX after reviewing several makers of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.

According to Rose, ““Now, we can grow and accomplish more without adding resources. Microsoft Dynamics AX delivers far more for our technology spending than what we used to have. We moved from a dead-end street to a wide-open road where we can advance as rapidly as we wish.”

Since implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX, Kelly Tractor has realized substantial benefits from the Microsoft ERP. Microsoft Dynamics AX has enabled Kelly Tractor to respond quickly to customer changes and competitive climates, increase information accuracy, exceed customer expectations and boost revenue, and increase profitability and efficiency of supply chain activities.

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