The perfect software blend

The some 100 employees at Benninger Guss AG in Uzwil, around 20 kilometers west of St. Gallen in Switzerland, share a common goal: To produce casting parts with perfect properties. To achieve this, CEO Eric von Ballmoos relies not only on his team of engineering specialists and on various materials, customized production processes, and tailored logistics services, but also on reliable software solutions.

MAIT Swiss – Customer Success Story – BENNINGER GUSS

Sector Mechanical engineering

Region St. Gallen, Switzerland

Company size 100 employees

Efficient, flexible, easy to use: Abas ERP

So, a while back, the CEO was looking for an integrated platform for efficient corporate management and control, across all areas of purchasing and sales, accounting, production, distribution, and materials management. What's more, the new tool needed to be compatible with all existing systems.

The software and IT specialists at MAIT were more than happy to fulfill his wishes. Their solution: Abas Enterprise Resource Planning (Abas ERP). The high-performance ERP software enables efficient control of all company processes. The system is robust, low in maintenance, and has a particularly flexible architecture. Abas ERP enables easy integration of other applications—such as digitally controlled 3D casting production, which Benninger Guss AG introduced a few years ago. Connecting additional databases means the solution can be easily adapted and updated at any time, is also upgrade-compatible in the long term, and can keep pace with any company development. Last but not least, Abas ERP is easy to operate via smartphone, web browser or desktop. In short: Thanks to Abas ERP, Benninger Guss AG can process and complete every order faster.

MAIT and Abas—a long-standing partnership

MAIT has been working with Abas since 1996—and is now the largest abas partner worldwide. Over 400 companies from the manufacturing industry rely on the integrated MAIT solutions.

This wealth of experience brings companies like Benninger Guss AG numerous advantages:

MAIT offers all standard functions and a variety of other tailored applications based on Abas ERP.
All MAIT consultants are always up to date in terms of methodology, processes, and features.
Through its numerous successfully completed assignments, MAIT has amassed a wealth of sector and project expertise.

"We maintain long-standing, trusting partnerships with our customers. We develop and deliver the finished solutions and integrate them into the overall process landscape.   And on top of this, we also support our customers with our expertise beyond implementation," says Sabine Riemer-Müller, Managing Director of MAIT Swiss GmbH.

"Wherever castings are needed, Benninger Guss AG is there. And wherever we need reliable software or IT, MAIT is our partner of choice."

Eric von Ballmoos

CEO, Benninger Guss AG

MAIT to continue supporting Benninger Guss AG in the future

"We are continuing to drive digitalization forward—step by step," says Eric von Ballmoos. One of these next steps: The QlikView business intelligence system is to be introduced shortly. The established data analysis software brings together all the required company data and provides clear evaluations such as sales statistics at the click of a mouse. Without question: MAIT will take care of the integration and ongoing maintenance again here. Or as Eric von Ballmoos puts it: “Wherever castings are needed, Benninger Guss AG is there. And wherever we need reliable software or IT, MAIT is our partner of choice.”