Waukesha Tool & Stamping, LLC, an international full-service metalforming manufacturer, has awarded a contract to Plexus Systems to manage its tool design and build, engineering and metalforming operations, SCMR reported.

Waukesha Tool & Stamping said it required a complete system to manage all aspects of its operations, integrate its business data from multiple locations, and facilitate more sophisticated and complex financial reporting. Plexus Systems will maintain Waukesha Tool & Stamping's data and provide the software, hardware and services to support the Sussex, Wisc.-based operation and a new McAllen, Texas, operation.

"We are confident that Plexus will give us more reliable data on our costs, save time in the customer service area, streamline purchasing and planning, and manage manufacturing and quality," stated Nancy Nyhan, Controller, Waukesha Tool & Stamping, LLC. "We'll also be able to accelerate our shipping and receiving operations through the use of bar code scanner technology."

Plexus Online is an on-demand solution that builds on the software as a service (SaaS) model. Plexus Online offers over 350 functional modules, providing companies access to information and management functions using a Web browser. The on-demand solution features enterprise resource planning (ERP) functions such as accounting and finance modules, customer relationship management (CRM) features such as order entry and tracking, manufacturing execution systems (MES) functions such as production scheduling and machine integration, and supply chain management (SCM) functions such as supplier quality and traceability.

"This contract with Waukesha Tool & Stamping gives Plexus the opportunity to expand its reach in the metalforming industry, and it offers Waukesha the ability to maintain the high quality of its products and to streamline its business and financial reporting functions," said Thomas Mackey, executive vice president, Plexus Systems, Inc.