Kendrick Plastics is an IATF/TS 16949-certified, tier one and tier two supplier of interior decorative trim components and assemblies to the automotive industry. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, its 300,000 sq ft engineering and manufacturing facility has more than 50 presses serving fully automated paint lines and assembly stations.

After being spun off from its previous ownership, Kendrick Plastics needed to scale down from a multinational system to a middle-market regional system. Using multiple software systems to facilitate manufacturing operations was inefficient and uncompetitive for a business of its scale; doing so absorbed valuable resources across departments, including manual data reconciliation, IT support for hardware and software management, and limited quality tracking and visibility. This software environment created data silos, leading to issues with synchronization that resulted in high costs and limitations on Kendrick’s ability to innovate.

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