The product configurator in ERP was managing sales quotations and orders, as well as BOM and routing through defined product features and corresponding constraints. That automation prevented user mistakes, speeded up employee on-boarding, saved engineering time to focus on new products and designing elevators for prestigious buildings all over the world.
Project-wise, discrete manufacturing business could yield to manual or semi-automated planning for production. MRP covered that need from the very first day, and provided better insights both for material and operation planning under unlimited capacity.
As a multinational company, acting in various markets, reporting and documenting in various currencies was essential. Costing would be another issue to be competitive in the market. Multicurrency functionality saved valuable resources both in logistics and finance.