Case Study
Electric Machinery Company
Electric Machinery Company Electric Machinery of Minneapolis, Minnesota, designs and manufactures electrical motors and generators for the power generation industry. Founded in 1891, Electric Machinery builds its products to its customers specifications, combining experience and innovation to service customers around the world. In December 2006, the French- based Converteam group, a specialist in power-conversion engineering, acquired Electric Machinery. Because of the reorganization involved in the acquisition, the management team at Electric Machinery was forced to reevaluate its current IT infrastructure and the methods it was using to operate its Infor ERP VISUAL software. “Prior to the acquisition, a sister-company was hosting VISUAL for us,” states Patty Ellswor