The facilities and features of iMetal have freed up what were huge administrative tasks and enabled us to concentrate our efforts on selling steel. iMetal has enabled our business to grow and given us the most professional presentation to the marketplace of any steel trading or stockholding business in the UK. Looking back we cannot imagine how we coped. As a trading platform iMetal has given us the assurance and competitiveness to take our business forward and as we move more and more into export markets, making increased use of multi-lingual documentation, following up everyday enquiries in different languages, tailoring them to ensure they are country relevant, along with professional documentation and imaging attachment we are confident that iMetal will grow with us. Couple this with the enthusiasm and passion of the development and support team we know this will continue to contribute to the professional advantage that differentiates us from our competitors.

Our main selection criterion was not cost – we felt that iMetal, being a metals specific system, would give us continuity of functionality from our bespoke system. We could see from the start that iMetal would be simple to use and simple to learn, would deliver ‘longevity’ and still support the business as it grows.

One of the greatest cost savings that we saw from Metalogic came from its licensing. Because we are a globally positioned company, we are able to have concurrent licensing allowing us to only pay for ‘active’ licenses rather than named licenses. Initially during our RFP processes other ERP packages only allowed named licenses, which would have required 1100 user licenses. The savings from this alone in concurrent licensing reduced our annual spend on our ERP by 50 percent.

The scene that greeted us was one of devastation this was our place of work, the company had been built from scratch – seeing the impact of the flood waters and the damage it caused along with colleagues work and personal effects littering the floor evoked strong emotions in everyone.