Leiber, an automotive component supplier and manufacturer of special-purpose vehicles, will implement IFS Applications throughout its operations in Germany, Poland and Spain.
The contract, covering licences and implementation services, is valued at EUR1.8 million. Leiber will use IFS Applications components for product development, manufacturing, maintenance, financials and human resources.
Apart from manufacturing special-purpose vehicles, Leiber supplies die-forged aluminium parts for the automotive industry, where its customers include DaimlerChrysler, Ferrari, Porsche, Rolls Royce and Yamaha. Leiber is implementing IFS Applications to meet constantly increasing market requirements and ever-tighter delivery deadlines in the automotive industry.
Leiber expects the new system to increase transparency in its business processes and enable more efficient business control. Implementation is scheduled to start in November 2003. To begin with, all the company`s business processes will be modelled in IFS Business Modeller. Roll-out will start in Germany, with Poland and Spain following in a step-by-step manner. The system is expected to be live in the three countries in January 2005.
"We opted for IFS because IFS Applications gives us future-oriented technology and the necessary flexibility to expand our market lead still further," said Dr Rolf Leiber, representing Leiber management.
Before making its decision, Leiber spent nine months evaluating the offerings on the ERP market. The selection process was primarily based on workshops in which three suppliers had to map sub-processes. In the final round, IFS came out on top.
IFS has more than 100 automotive customers in Europe, the US and Asia, including Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks, MG Rover, BMW, Mayflower Vehicle Systems, Finnveden Sheet Metal Components, Lotus Cars, KYB Manufacturing North America, Expert Components, Toyo Denki Seizo kk, Unipart Manufacturing Group, Timberjack, London Taxis International and VBG. Industry-specific processes, such as lean manufacturing, are handled via components covering Kanban, Kaizen Costing and Production Schedules.
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The Leiber Group (www.leiber.com) has based its business on two independent cornerstones as a supplier of automobile components and producer of special-purpose vehicles. Firstly, this long-established company makes die-forged aluminium parts for the automotive industry, where its customers include DaimlerChrysler, Ferrari, Honda, Porsche, Rolls Royce, Triumph and Yamaha. Secondly, it manufactures special-purpose vehicles, above all narrow-gauge vehicles for horticulture and communal purposes as well as dump trucks and vehicles designed for feeding tasks in concrete-block production.
With a workforce of around 800, the group generated revenue of approximately EUR100 million in 2002. As well as its main plant in Emmingen, Germany, the Leiber Group has production facilities in Poland and Spain. Since 2000 Leiber cooperate with a Turkish company MeS Aluminium, a specialist in cold extrusion and ironing of aluminium. Founded in 1928, Leiber is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.
IFS and IFS Applications
IFS develops and supplies component-based business applications for medium and large enterprises and organisations. IFS Applications, which can be implemented step by step, is based on Web and portal technology. The solution offers 60+ enterprise application components used in manufacturing, supply chain management, customer relationship management, service provision, financials, product development, maintenance and human resource administration. IFS offers customers an easier, more open alternative. A leading global business applications supplier, IFS has 3 000 employees, with sales in 45 countries, and more than 350 000 users worldwide. The company is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (XSSE: IFS).
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