Modular Wind Energy
Case Study
Client Background Modular Wind Energy produces wind turbine blades for manufacturers of multi-megawatt wind turbines. Located in Hunting Beach, CA, Modular uses a revolutionary structural technology, resulting in longer, lighter, more reliable blades. This allows their wind turbine manufacturing customers to offer wind generation at a lower cost. Modular's first prototype sets were installed in the United States in 2012.
Challenges Modular Wind Energy faced a problem with information fragmentation. An overly complex database, including multiple vendors and accounting systems, made the purchasing process too complex across their organization in all departments. Modular needed a complete solution that would seamlessly integrate with their existing systems and databases. The solution would need to simplify the purchase process so it could be approved through the correct user channels based on their roles and access rights, as well as provide collaboration tools to better unify the organization.
Solutions Modular sought the assistance of AllianceTek, an IT solutions and software development company with experience in providing custom technology solutions to businesses worldwide. AllianceTek had expertise in information systems that would help Modular create a better way of using their current database. AllianceTek evaluated Modular's organizational architecture and purchasing process and designed an innovative solution to improve Modular's user's performance, collaboration, and security. The solution includes enhanced features like vendor details, job codes & category, user Permissions, account list & account category, shipping locations, material types, material master, purchasing requisition and PO master .The solution was developed end-to-end, from scoping to requirements definitions, development, deployment, maintenance, support, and hosting.
Implementation AllianceTek created the solution as an integrated SharePoint application, so all the purchase request data can be housed within SharePoint. This allowed the purchase request at Modular to be routed and approved through the correct users based on their assigned roles and access rights. The solution made the various account codes currently available with the purchasing request and integrated the current vendor, PO and BOM database. The development took place on the Foundation version of the SharePoint Server and was then deployed on Modular's current SharePoint server.
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