AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company Values Streamline Systems

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AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company Values Streamline Systems. It is important for us to provide all the necessary tools and information to our sales force in a timely manner that allows them to respond efficiently during the bidding process

Headquartered in Colorado, Streamline Systems (www.streamlinesys.com), follows a focused business strategy and proven approach when it comes to working with any client. Larry Cohn, Managing Director noted, “We have been working with AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company for about a year.”
John Barnhart is Director of Information Services for AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company. The firm manufacturers ductile iron pipe, spiral-welded steel pipe, fire hydrants and valves for the waterworks industry, and electric-resistance-welded steel pipe for the oil and gas industry.
Barnhart recently shared the biggest issues in accurate bidding that affected the bottom line prior to working with Streamline Systems, noting, “Raw material price changes have caused end product pricing to fluctuate more frequently in the past few years. It is important for us to provide all the necessary tools and information to our sales force in a timely manner that allows them to respond efficiently during the bidding process.”
Barnhart corroborated that he requested assistance from Microsoft to identify a partner that possessed the functional and technical skills to evaluate Dynamics AX. According to Barnhart, “Streamline proved their abilities while understanding our internal skill sets and respecting our corporate culture. They put us on a path to be successful.”
Cohn acknowledged, “AMERICAN is running a legacy system for their business. They are looking to migrate business functionality to AX a piece at a time. They started with their Ductile Iron Pipe Division – quotations, configuration integrated into their CAD solution.”
AMERICAN will operate AX for pricing, quoting and product configuration. It allows the company to build new items based on configuration rules that take into account water volume and pressure as well as the specific application and need (water transmission, water treatment plant, etc). Barnhart noted that Streamline’s functional and technical experts were able to come in and immediately understand our hardware and software infrastructure, learn our business and processes to support the business, and therefore make sound recommendations that would allow us to achieve our end goals.”
Streamline Systems motto is: making manufacturers more competitive since 1994. The company has a single focus: Improving the businesses of Industrial Equipment Manufacturers. Providing business management solutions and business process improvements, Streamline Systems’ team of experts focus exclusively on state of the art technology to help equipment manufacturers become more efficient and competitive. Utilizing the robust functionality of Microsoft Dynamics AX – an integrated end-to-end business management solution, Streamline helps clients gain market share, operate more efficiently and profitably.

Streamline Systems, LLC
www.streamlinesys.com
Larry Cohn
PRinfo@streamlinesys.com
720-200-0142