PHOENIX Cement Works: VAS in the heart of Westphalia

Key project for small and medium-sized businesses

Ulm / Beckum, May 07, 2013. The PHOENIX Cement Works Krogbeumker GmbH & Co. KG, a long-established company within the Westphalian cement in-dustry, has decided to introduce the VAS IT logistics system by
FRITZ & MACZIOL. "Until now, we have had to manage the processes manually and on paper", said PHOENIX Plant Manager Kai Wagner in ex-planation of the company's reorientation. "With the aid of the VAS IT lo-gistics system, the processes within the cement works are now to be au-tomated gradually, and unmanned loading implemented across the plant". The next step will be the integration into a modern ERP system, which would replace the pre-existing solution. In addition, the processes of sack handling and material deliveries are to be integrated into the VAS IT logis-tics system. "The high flexibility and the possibility of stepwise optimisa-tion of our business processes were major criteria for deciding on FRITZ & MACZIOL. In addition, the VAS IT logistics system has already proven its practicability", explained Kai Wagner.

"We are delighted that the PHOENIX Cement Works has selected the VAS IT logistics system, in particular because PHOENIX is an exceptionally innovative company, and therefore a most important key customer in the small and medi-um-sized cement industry", said Claus Jordan, Director Business Development and Marketing Industrial Applications and Services at FRITZ & MACZIOL.

PHOENIX Cement Works Krogbeumker GmbH & Co. KG
The PHOENIX Cement Works Krogbeumker GmbH & Co. KG employs a total of 108 employees. The production capacity lies at approximately 500,000 tonnes,
plus special production and merchandise. 80 percent of the products are dispatched as loose goods, and 20 percent as sacked goods.


About VAS
VAS – the process-orientated software solution for the raw materials industry - forms the entire process chain from delivery via dispatch and loading, right up to departure. As the link between ERP systems and technical systems, VAS represents the key function and the 'adjusting screw' for efficient process sequences. In addition, VAS supports reporting functions and supplies real-time information to further systems, for example for Production, Sales or Controlling. All external technical systems such as the weighing, silo or metering technology are completely integrated into the VAS logistics system processes. VAS is cur-rently used in more than 140 plants worldwide within the raw materials industry.

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Background information
The FRITZ & MACZIOL Group, with its Headquarters in Ulm, incorporates the companies FRITZ & MACZIOL Software and Computervertrieb GmbH, INFOMA® Software Consulting GmbH, FRITZ & MACZIOL Schweiz AG, NEO Business Partners GmbH, STAS GmbH, STAS Österreich GmbH, FRITZ & MACZIOL Asia Inc. and IT&T AG. Currently employing approximately 1000 people at 22 sites and six service sites worldwide, the group of companies achieved an overall turnover of over 280 million EUR in 2011.

The FRITZ & MACZIOL Group has positioned itself both in Germany and Switzerland as well as in various countries world-wide through the FRITZ & MACZIOL Asia Inc. and Service Offices. Acting as both specialist and generalist providers, the Group as a system and consultancy firm offers a holistic portfolio of hardware, software, services and consulting in selected fields. The companies within the FRITZ & MACZIOL Group develop and sell software and system solutions for public clients, small and medium-sized businesses and large-scale companies. The group of companies acts as the top partner for IBM, Microsoft and SAP as well as EMC and Cisco, with the highest certifications, and provides the customer with a complete spectrum of relevant IT topics based on the latest technologies produced by these international market leaders in addition to further manufacturers. As part of the Dutch technology concern Imtech N.V., the system and consultancy firm makes use of the Imtech ICT Division as well as cooperation partners from the other divisions, for example the German Imtech in the Data Center Division, and also European synergies.