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Ronson Gears adds ERP software M1 by B&G™

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Gordon New, Managing Director of Ronson Gears

Behind him is the new Koepfer 200 CNC gear hobber, the latest in flexible manufacturing technology from Germany, representing a three quarters of a million dollar investment by the Highett based manufacturer.

February 28, 2002

Ronson Gears (www.ronsongears.com.au), the Melbourne based gear and transmission component manufacturing specialists, having made a significant capital investment in state of the art manufacturing technology, has selected the Australian developed M1 ERP software from Bowen & Groves as the business management software platform which will realise their company growth objectives into the future.

Ronson Gears, a family owned manufacturing business established over forty years ago, has invested $4 million in new capital investment in state of the art, gear cutting and hobbing machines in the past four years.

This followed the creation of a detailed business plan for the company.

"We set ourselves the overall objective of having the flexibility to manufacture small production runs of gears and drive shafts for our established customers, as well as producing gear and transmission components at very high volume rates."

Managing director Gordon New says that this vision for the company has been quickly realised.

"We are currently handling one order for a customer, related to the automotive industry, which requires a production run of 170,000 units.

"We scoured the USA and Europe for the latest gear manufacturing technology and selected two new major CNC production centres which have quickly demonstrated both their flexibility and capacity to meet our company objectives."

The next move was to choose an enterprise resource management software package to enable Ronson to derive full benefit from the new capital investment and to really retain control over the business as it continues to grow.

"When I consulted the leading gear manufacturers in the USA, I discovered that they were using the M1 software from Bowen & Groves.

"We decided to take the step to upgrade our management systems and organised a trial of the M1 software.

"This worked so well for us that we converted all our company and manufacturing records over to M1 during the Christmas holiday period.

"It proved to be such a seamless process for our staff that we now find the M1 software indispensable.

"If we have any minor problems Bowen & Groves has an on line support team which quickly bring us up to speed" Gordon New added.

Bowen & Groves is the Australian based developer of the M1 ERP software specifically developed for manufacturing industry.

M1 offers multiple modules including ordering, job recording, inventory and purchasing management, purchasing, shipping/receiving , scheduling, estimating and quoting, interfaced with a full range of accounts modules.

Significantly the M1 package has been extensively adopted by small to medium scale manufacturing businesses in the USA.

Bowen & Groves has established a San Diego based subsidiary company which supports the North American market.

For more information on Ronson Gears, visit their web site at www.ronsongears.com.au.

About Bowen & Groves Pty Ltd

Bowen & Groves was established in Australia in 1992 and expanded into the USA in 2000 with the specific focus to provide quality software and support to the Manufacturing Industry. Over the past nine years they have accomplished a reputation for excellence in customer support and professional service. More information about Bowen & Groves and its products and services is available at Bowen & Groves' Web site www.bowen-groves.com