Malcolite Earns Prestigious PM100 Award from Managing Automation

NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Malcolite, a business-to-business lighting solutions provider based in Northbrook, Ill., is a recipient of the PM100 Progressive Manufacturing Award from Managing Automation Media, joining world-leading businesses such as 3M, IBM, Pepsi Americas, Dow Corning and Dole Food Company.

Malcolite earned its award for service-focused improvements. These were achieved through a comprehensive conversion to NetSuite, from NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading cloud computing business management software suite. The technology enables Malcolite to manage key business operations in a single system that includes enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM).

This system upgrade enabled Malcolite to become a virtually paperless operation, resulting in enhanced efficiencies, drastic reductions in order quoting and processing times, and immediate access to order information. Malcolite customers now see a real-time and thorough picture of their account status, boosting their ability to efficiently plan, budget, allocate and install.

"We are a customer-driven organization," said Jason Howard, Malcolite President. "Hassle-free service is a key differentiator for us. We saw a need to improve the way we communicate with our customers and deliver information to them, and spent the past year on system-wide upgrades with NetSuite. The benefits of these operational changes have improved our entire organization and allowed us to deliver better products, more quickly and most cost effectively."

A blue ribbon panel of industry experts evaluated nominations from companies around the world to select this year's Progressive Manufacturing award recipients. In addition to Malcolite, other winners this year include Cisco Consumer Business Group, Mohawk Fine Paper and Johnson & Johnson Services.

The PM100 recognizes 100 projects that have achieved distinction in at least one of eight core disciplines, including business model mastery, customer mastery, supply network mastery, innovation mastery, training and education mastery, leadership and operational excellence, as well as data and integration mastery. Managing Automation Media defines these categories as critical to business success in the years ahead. Progressive Manufacturing award recipients must incorporate multiple levels of innovation into their businesses. NetSuite nominated Malcolite as a success story from its pool of thousands of customers.

"This new crop of Progressive Manufacturing winners reflects the amazing creativity and determination alive today in the manufacturing community," said David R. Brousell, editor in chief, Managing Automation. "These companies are taking bold steps to rethink their business models and processes, their relationships with customers and partners and to create new advantages for themselves in business speed and value. In doing so, they are positioning their organizations for greater success now and in the years ahead."

Managing Automation Media, a division of Thomas Publishing LLC, produces focused information and decision support tools for the North American and European manufacturing markets. Managing Automation, launched in 1986, provides critical content to progressive manufacturers – companies that are using information and automation technologies to transform their businesses and create a sustainable competitive advantage.

Malcolite was recognized at the publication's Media's Manufacturing Leadership Summit Black Tie Gala in May. For more information on the PM100 Awards, visit www.managingautomation.com/awards.

About Malcolite

Malcolite delivers lighting solutions that increase efficiency, performance and savings, while improving the quality of light and the look of existing fixtures. Malcolite designs and manufacturers energy efficient, high-performance lighting components including replacement fluorescent light covers, easy -to-install retrofit kits and LED and natural day-lighting diffusers. Malcolite has been providing smart lighting solutions and guaranteed, hassle-free customer service to thousands of businesses and institutions across America since 1962. For information on Malcolite and its dedication to lighting performance, efficiency, cost-savings and hassle-free service visit www.malcolite.com.

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