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Calnetix Technologies ERP Case Study

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Industry

Electrical

Challenge

Calnetix experienced rapid expansion, growing from a single entity to managing multiple affiliates and tripling its workforce in just 18 months. This growth exposed critical challenges due to reliance on disconnected systems such as QuickBooks, Excel and Word. These legacy tools led to inefficiencies in inventory management, hindered real-time visibility and created obstacles in tracking orders and consolidating business data across entities. As the company’s affiliate structure evolved, the need for centralized management, accurate labor balancing and integrated project cost control became urgent to maintain operational excellence and support continued innovation.

Results

By deploying Global Shop Solutions ERP, Calnetix achieved unified oversight across all business units and affiliates, dramatically improving work order tracking and real-time project management. The ERP’s multi-entity capabilities empowered Calnetix to optimize labor and costs, cut daily labor balancing time and deliver greater manufacturing efficiency. Real-time dashboard analytics provided executive management with actionable insights, enabling sustained growth, sharper decision-making and seamless global expansion.

Key Applications

Inventory, Advanced Planning & Scheduling, Shop Floor Data Collection, Job Costing Accounting, Accounting, Dashboards, Order Management, Purchasing, Tailored ERP

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Overall, Global Shop Solutions helps us think more about our R&D and production, and less about our back-office work that needs to be done to make R&D flow. The software provides the information that I need to feed to project engineers. This is absolutely key for us in containing costs and managing several research projects at the same time. In short, Global Shop Solutions helps us marry the various accounting areas for our four businesses into one easy to use and easy to understand system that fits in nicely with what we do at Calnetix.

Ian Hart

CFO

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About Calnetix Technologies

Calnetix is a Cerritos, California-based manufacturer specializing in high-speed, high-efficiency electric motors and generators for various industrial applications, including turbocompressors, energy storage flywheels, micro turbines and more. Renowned for innovation, Calnetix has spun off several technology-driven affiliates to address diverse market needs.

The Challenge

As Calnetix embarked on a period of accelerated growth - expanding its employee base threefold within 18 months and developing multiple affiliate companies - its existing reliance on fragmented tools like QuickBooks, Excel and Word proved inadequate. The inability to centralize data led to challenges in inventory control, order visibility and business information consolidation. Managing complex workflows and balancing labor across rapidly growing affiliates became a significant hurdle, threatening both operational control and the company’s innovation trajectory.

The Solution

Recognizing the need for a robust, integrated manufacturing ERP, Calnetix evaluated its options for replacing disparate legacy systems. The decision to implement Global Shop Solutions ERP was driven by the software’s proven capabilities in multi-entity management, centralized dashboards and real-time operational visibility. According to Mike Baca, Purchasing Manager, "Global Shop Solutions helps us meet due dates, keeps us on track and keeps us delivering on-time." With Global Shop Solutions, Calnetix gained the tools to manage all affiliates under one system, automate critical workflows and focus resources on R&D and production rather than administrative overhead. CFO Ian Hart noted, "With Global Shop Solutions, the bottom-line for management is the Dashboard. Everything is in one place, under one roof. As we develop this business model of affiliate development further, we’re going to have more volume and we’re going to spread it around the world."

The Results

The adoption of Global Shop Solutions ERP delivered measurable benefits for Calnetix: one, employee growth: 3x increase in workforce within 18 months was successfully managed without loss of operational control. Two, they expanded to oversee 4+ distinct entities with centralized administration. Three, work order efficiency saw significant improvements in generation, tracking and on-time delivery. Four, daily effort required for labor allocation was eliminated, freeing up management resources. COO Brad Garner commented, "Global Shop Solutions impresses me more than any other software manufacturer I’ve seen in my 20 years as a business professional. They’re understanding and flexible and they know exactly what we’re going for." With real-time dashboards and consolidated data, Calnetix is well-positioned for continued innovation and global expansion, while maintaining the manufacturing efficiency and responsiveness that drive customer satisfaction.

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