CASE STUDY 3 Privately Held Defense Contractor 6320 Canoga Ave Suite 1500 Woodland Hills, California 91367 818-227-5025 www.ljrconsultingservices.com SITUATION The parent company is a sub-contractor to the prime defense contractors. In the last 5 years they had purchased 3 smaller sub-contractors in different locations in California. The parent company was using a 25 year old ERP system that was no longer supported and had not been upgraded in more than 10 years. Hewlett Packard had recently dropped support for the hardware platform that supported the system. However, the technical problems were minor compared to the business problems. The company ’s raw material inventory was growing due to inadequate inventory control and procurement procedures. The manufac

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