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Australian enterprise software developer, Pronto Software, has finalised a deal with Vatmi Industries, Victoria’s largest employer of people with disabilities, to roll out its flagship ERP solution.
Vatmi Industries will roll out PRONTO-Xi across
its four businesses and expects to go live in October this year with a
full range of modules from Pronto, including financials, CRM,
manufacturing planning, shop floor manufacturing and distribution.
Pronto beat SAP and one other tenderer to win the VATMI contract.
Widely acknowledged as an industry leader within the disability
services sector, Vatmi employs 440 people, 300 of which are employees
with a disability. Based in regional and metropolitan Victoria, it
offers employment opportunities in its contract packing and
manufacturing, recycling, catering and art studio businesses.
Vatmi CEO, Greg Wasmund said today three organisations were invited to
tender, including SAP, but he “liked the look and feel of PRONTO-Xi
from the start.”
“They had a good track record for project management and
implementation, and they were very professional. We were keen to
purchase a solution that required little change on our behalf and
didn’t want to have to adjust our practices to suit the software. When
comparing solutions, we found PRONTO-Xi to be the best fit for the
business.”
Wasmund said that deployment of PRONTO-Xi would streamline Vatmi’s
processes all around the state, driving greater efficiencies throughout
its various businesses.
“PRONTO-Xi will allow us to standardise our different processes. We
needed a fully-integrated management system that had the capability of
being installed regionally as well as at head office.”
According to Wasmund, Pronto’s implementation and training aspects were another key attractor.
Pronto managing director, David Jackman said that fact that one of
Australia’s industry leaders in the disability services field has
chosen Pronto to deliver its ERP needs “validates our expertise and
flexibility to address business requirements from a range of sectors.
“Not only were we able to demonstrate that PRONTO-Xi is a technically
superior ERP solution, but also the best-fit supplier in terms of our
customer focus for Vatmi Industries.”
Michelle Thomas
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