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Davis Controls Base Case
Headquarters: 2200 Bristol Circle, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
L6H 5R3
Phone: (905) 829-2000
Business: Distributor and manufacturer of process control instrumentation and factory automation devices, such as magnetic level gauges.
Chief Executive: Neil Montgomery
I.T. Supervisor: Jackie Yee
Financials in 2005: $15 million in revenue; net income not disclosed.
Challenge: Combat increasing competition from foreign suppliers by leveraging a suite of workflow and knowledge sharing applications to work more efficiently and smarter.
BASELINE GOALS
Continue to grow revenue at about 6% a year, from $11.9 million in 2001 to about $16 million in 2006.
Maintain current workforce at about 50 employees, by shifting resources from administration to sales.
Use workflow features in Exact software to automate business processes and reduce clerical staff, from 9 in 2000 to 3 in 2006.
Reduce inventories by 50%, from $1.6 million in 2000 to $800,000 in 2006.
Projects: Processes 
