AXIOM® Now Streamlining Operations at Three Locations

AXIS Computer Systems Inc., the leading supplier of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for the metals, wire and cable industries, announces that Copperfield LLC, a growing Indiana-based producer of insulated and fabricated copper wire, has extended deployment of the AXIOM Enterprise Resource Management System to two new plants. The new plants are located in Nogales, Arizona and Lafayette, Indiana. The Lafayette plant was recently acquired from Essex Electric Inc. AXIOM is a comprehensive business system providing integrated support for sales, production, quality, and financial management for wire and cable manufacturers.

The decision to expand the AXIOM implementation followed Copperfield’s initial AXIOM implementation at the Company’s Bremen, Indiana headquarters and manufacturing facility. That site went live with sales, purchasing, finance, and a subset of AXIOM manufacturing applications in January 2003. Based the success of that effort, Copperfield began replacing the existing systems at the new plants with the AXIOM solution shortly thereafter. They went live with the same functions in the summer, and all three sites then expanded their implementations into the remaining AXIOM manufacturing and cost management applications in November.

Copperfield produces insulated copper wire in a variety of gauges, as well as flat and round cords. Markets served include appliance, automotive, recreational vehicle, electrical distribution, electric motor, and cord set manufacturers. Copperfield products are available in a variety of colors, produced in short or long runs, and with some of the shortest lead-times in the industry. The Company also sells bare and tinned copper wire to the insulating wire market.

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