Founded in 1960, Dexter Group is a premier supplier of axles, suspension, brakes, doors, venting products, trailer parts and accessories, and towing components serving the commercial trailer, RV, heavy-duty, marine, agriculture, and manufactured housing markets.
Alpine is proud to be partnering with Dexter on Project LEAP – a large-scale ERP development and implementation project. Project LEAP began as a WMS implementation, but as Dexter acquired new business units and brought them into their distribution network, the project evolved into something greater crafted with a focus on four key elements:
- Learning
- Equipment
- Advancement
- Progress
The project’s goal is to bring Dexter together as one entity so that all branches can work together in one system fostering cross-functional alignment. This gives both employees and customers the ability to view product availability from all over the country, empowering the Dexter Group to serve their customers holistically, in a way they were not able to do when using multiple ERP systems.
Launching Project LEAP across different sites, branches, and personnel, involved a huge collaborative effort, but it’s been well worth the work. With all teams involved it means every department has representation and a say in the process, from sales, marketing, and product development, to purchasing, inventory control, and branch managers.
The benefits of merging all branches into one system are many:
- Better growth opportunities
- Improved visibility throughout branches
- Flexibility to scale with customer needs
- Ability to look into inventory from portable RF devices
- Reducing the number of steps needed to get orders out the door
- Warehouse duties can be better distributed and organized as needed
Watch this video to learn more about Project LEAP, and to get tips on how to successfully manage a large implementation project of your own. If you’re looking for optimal solutions that drive maximum value to get the most out of your supply chain, Alpine Supply Chain Solutions can help. Reach out today!
