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Precision Replacement Parts (PRP)

Replacement part provider for the automotive industry mobilizes inventory management for self-ownership and easy ERP upgrades.

Precision Replacement Parts

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Industry: Automotive

ERP: Oracle's JD Edwards

RFgen Solutions: Inventory Management, Manufacturing, License Plating, Mobile App Development

Results

  • Upgrading from JDE 8.10 to 9.2 with ease
  • Self-ownership over the solution
  • 70% increase in in-house development productivity
  • Integration with Android and Windows CE devices
  • Near-perfect inventory accuracy

Challenge

As a trusted replacement part provider for the automotive industry, Precision Replacement Parts (PRP) needed to find an inventory management system that offered exacting control over an extensive inventory library.

The team was also facing an impending Oracle ERP version update—from version 8.10 to 9.2—and needed an inventory solution that would make this transition as smooth as possible, with minimal revisions to the code or downtime.

To maintain the outstanding customer support the company is known for, PRP’s key criteria for a new mobile inventory solution included:

  • Being version independent to facilitate current, and future, ERP upgrades
  • Supporting future in-house ownership
  • The flexibility to use both Android and Windows CE devices simultaneously
  • Industry-best inventory accuracy and visibility

Results

  • Upgrading from JDE 8.10 to 9.2 with ease
  • Self-ownership over the solution
  • 70% increase in in-house development productivity
  • Integration with Android and Windows CE devices
  • Near-perfect inventory accuracy

Solution

To address these challenges, PRP turned to RFgen Mobile Foundations for Oracle’s JD Edwards. Through an ecosystem of mobile apps, hardware, and barcodes, workers scan inventory to update the Oracle ERP in real-time for perfect data collection.

RFgen’s mobile solutions are self-contained and won’t impact the Oracle environment, so PRP was free to update the ERP to version 9.2 without any complex code revisions. Any future upgrades can also be made as needed and without worry.

RFgen’s unique low-code Mobile Development Studio also lets PRP’s IT team modify mobile apps in-house or build new ones as their needs adapt.

Result

By working together, PRP now has the tools the company needs to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction and grow business into the future.

Key results include:

  • Upgrading from JDE 8.10 to 9.2 with ease
  • Self-ownership over the solution
  • 70% increase in in-house development productivity
  • Integration with Android and Windows CE devices
  • Near-perfect inventory accuracy

Precision Replacements Parts, or PRP, has been a trusted name in the automotive glass and repair industry since 1986. As a global leader, PRP partners with 25 different manufactures worldwide. They specialize in manufacturing millions of extruded and molded EPDM Rubber, PVC and HDPE based plastics, and various stamped and extruded metal products for the classic and late model industries.