Manufacturing / Welding Alloys

Forging ahead with NetSuite’s improved processes and efficiency gains

A global welding group consolidating finances and operations
in real-time across all countries.

Customer overview

Welding Alloys Group provides advanced welding consumables, automated wear-protection equipment and engineered wear solutions. Founded in 1966 with 50+ years of experience, it spans 150+ countries through 30+ subsidiaries and 1,000+ employees, with subsidiaries ranging from 2–3 up to 150 staff.

The challenge

The key challenge was creating trustworthy, reliable information in one environment. It initially chose JD Edwards (JDE) to consolidate subsidiaries, but after many delays and only ten subsidiaries onboarded, progress stalled — for smaller 2–3-user sites, JDE became unworkable.

The solution

Chose NetSuite as its global operating system for high adaptability across subsidiary sizes. Initially implemented by another partner but slowed by inefficiencies, it switched to JCurve Solutions to optimise scripts (built by the prior partner) and three key customisation areas for speed — now with 420+ users.

The results

It consolidates finances and operations in real-time across all countries and entities. One JCS-optimised script saves a minute per fulfilment, and with ~2,000 fulfilments/day that’s 2,000 minutes saved daily (~3 man-days per day). Overall system speed improved, and new subsidiaries can be onboarded in as little as three days.

NetSuite was identified as the solution best suited to the requirements of the Group. The software is highly adaptable and can handle a variety of subsidiary sizes and user numbers.

Dominic Stekly (CEO), David Andre (Group IT Mgr)
Welding Alloys
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Story Snapshot

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Industry
Manufacturing
Company size
1,000+ employees · 420+ ERP users
Location
Global (150+ countries, 30+ subsidiaries)
Solution
NetSuite ERP
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Key results

2,000 min/day
Saved (~3 man-days)
3 Days
New Subsidiary Onboarding
Real-time
Global Consolidation
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