| COMPANY: | The Belden Brick Co. |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Canton, OH |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 500-999 employees |
| INDUSTRY: | Industrial/heavy equipment |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | Clay bricks for building and landscaping for residential and commercial purposes |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | Color Range Combinations |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To sell existing inventory without additional production runs, increasing cash flow, and service to customers by combining smaller lots; radically reduce number of small lots remaining in inventory |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | Infor ERP LN |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | Maximized production and gained 10 to 20 production days per year; leveraged innovation; reduced separate lots of inventory to 50; increased profits by $250,000 to $300,000 annually; gained 1 million to 2 million bricks per year available for sale, resulting in an additional $350,000 to $500,000 per year in revenue; immediate payback by leveraging existing investments |