Saint-Gobain Semiconductor

Hard Goods Manufacturing

A Saint Gobain Branch based in San Jose, CA

Manufactures metal components and integrates chip manufacturing systems for the semiconductor industry

A subsidiary of the $30 billion Saint-Gobain company headquartered in Paris, France

Five manufacturing plants across California and Texas

Challenge

• A merger of two companies formed SGSE, which resulted in the unenviable challenge of trying to reconcile two separate business information systems
• Redundancies and confusion reigned

Solution

• Sage ERP X3
• Provided everything SGSE needed in a single enterprise-wide suite: manufacturing, scheduling, sales, inventory, procurement, receivables and payables
• Offered the ability to interface with SAP's General Ledger software at the parent company

Results

• New confidence in inventory and availability information
• Know the exact status of all customer orders
• Consistency of business processes at the different sites