How a 500-Employee Manufacturer
Replaced 14 Spreadsheets with One Platform
GZ Industries — a multi-site can manufacturing group across South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya — unified 23 departments onto a single platform built by GrimmGear.
500+
Employees
23
Departments Live
467
Modules Deployed
3
Countries
5
Manufacturing Sites
Operational data trapped in silos
Quality, safety, and compliance data scattered across Excel files, email threads, and paper forms
Audit preparation consumed 3+ days per audit across 23 departments
No real-time visibility into plant-floor incidents, maintenance status, or compliance deadlines
Multi-country operations (SA, Nigeria, Kenya) with different regulatory requirements and currencies
One unified MES platform covering all 23 departments
GrimmGear delivered a purpose-built manufacturing execution system that replaced spreadsheets, paper forms, and email chains with structured digital workflows.
Quality
NCR/CAPA tracking, calibration management, SPC charts, GMP checklists, BRCGS audit trails
Safety
Incident reporting, risk assessments, PPE tracking, legal appointment management
Maintenance
Work orders, PM scheduling, spare parts inventory, equipment hierarchy
Procurement
5,537 vendors migrated, document verification, tender management
Finance
Multi-currency reconciliation (ZAR, NGN, KES), budget vs actual tracking
HR
47 modules including transport requests, travel management, employee relations
IT
Helpdesk, asset management, change management (CMCS), cybersecurity tracking
Integrations
SAP (32 sync tables), SCADA/Ignition (real-time OEE), Lighthouse Classic
Measurable impact from day one
23 departments digitised, previously on Excel/paper/email
467 functional modules deployed and operational
Multi-currency support across 3 African countries
Single sign-on access for 500+ employees
R0 per-user licensing (vs R150K+/yr for comparable enterprise platforms)
Real-time production data from SCADA integration
“GrimmGear replaced our entire operational workflow. What used to take days now takes minutes.”
— Operations Director, GZ Industries
Enterprise architecture, zero licensing cost
SAP Integration
32 tables synced from SAP ERP — procurement, finance, sales, and inventory flow into the platform automatically.
SCADA / OEE
Real-time OEE data piped from Ignition SCADA. Live production dashboards on the plant floor.
Multi-Currency
ZAR, NGN, and KES with live exchange rates. Group-level reporting in USD with local currency drill-down.