Founded in 1978 by John R. Burt, Duro-Last started out with a simple goal: to develop a quality roofi ng system that was long-term, low maintenance, and economical. The roofing membrane that Burt invented in the late 1970s still leads the market, and today Duro-Last is the world’s largest manufacturer of prefabricated roofi ng systems. Duro-Last is also the largest of several companies falling under the same corporate umbrella including Plastatech Engineering, Oscoda Plastics, Tri-City Vinyl, Tip-Top Screw, and Creative Impressions.
Duro-Last, plus the other companies, operates six locations under a WAN (Wide Area Network). Spread across these facilities are roughly 200 users supported by an System i (iSeries 400) running Infor XA ERP (formerly MAPICS). Like so many companies that use Paperless Process Management (PPM) solutions including forms, fax, and email, Duro-Last started with one portion of the PPM suite, fax, and then built in more PPM functionality when their business required it. …
[CASE STUDY] Document Management and Durolast
[This article was written for Quadrant Software between 2001 and 2005]