ERP solution helps drive fast growth of Formula One team

摘要

Team Lotus, the Formula One team that brought the Lotus name back into Grand Prix racing in 2010 and has now been rebranded as the Caterham F1 Team for 2012, has implemented Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, to enable it to achieve full control and visibility of purchasing and stock during this period of rapid growth. Team Lotus has expanded beyond all recognition in the past two years. In October 2009, it had only 11 members of staff, six subcontract designers, four or five suppliers, and a handful of desktop computers with computer aided design (CAD) software, occupying the company's barn headquarters (HQ) in Norfolk, England. Within 12 months, the company had grown to almost 200 employees, a fully functioning CAD system and a full rollout of Microsoft Dynamics AX, managing 720 suppliers.