If you’ve ever wondered what keeps Wesbeam running efficiently, from the factory to the merchant to the builder and everything in between, it starts with one word: integration.
At the heart of Wesbeam’s business is a powerful SAP ERP system, working with our team in planning production, finance, logistics, and sales across Australia. Installed during the factory’s construction and continually evolving over the last 20 years, SAP is more than software, it’s the digital backbone of Wesbeam’s world-class operations.
But what sets Wesbeam apart isn’t just its technology, it’s the team behind it. In particular, the clever people in the Information Systems (IS) department who are as innovative as they are playful. Their in-house systems don’t just solve complex problems, they have names you won’t forget.
The Information Systems (IS) department behind the innovation
Our in-house systems
At Wesbeam, innovation has personality. When the IS team builds something new, it gets a name that’s smart, surprising, and just a little bit cheeky. You won’t find dry acronyms here, instead, you’ll meet:
- SCIE – A cutting system so smart and the brain behind efficient, zero-waste LVL optimisation.
- Griffin – Scheduling efficiency that lets DC managers drag and drop production jobs with supernatural ease.
- Raxoptra – This system keeps stock accuracy razor sharp with rolling counts and real-time updates.
- Bundler – Our packing guru. It tells you what goes in the bundle and how to stack it so trucks are loaded right every time.
- Project Pirouette – As graceful as it sounds, it’s all about pre-cutting LVL at the factory to reduce waste and speed up site delivery.
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Each of these innovations connects back to SAP, our central nervous system that keeps every function in sync. Whether it’s scheduling, costing, inventory, or delivery, our systems feed into and pull from SAP to ensure we make decisions with real-time, accurate data.
The result? A business that’s agile, responsive, and always improving.
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Over the coming weeks, we’ll take you behind the scenes of each system, sharing how our IS team’s creativity and our operational teams’ expertise come together to make Wesbeam the most forward-thinking LVL and LVL I-joist supplier in Australia.
At Wesbeam, innovation isn’t just what we do—it’s who we are.