Houston, 77086, TX,
United States
American Block Technographics
Discover the latest software purchases and digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by American Block and its business and technology executives. Each quarter our research team identifies on-prem and cloud applications that are being used by the 130 American Block employees from the public (Press Releases, Customer References, Testimonials, Case Studies and Success Stories) and proprietary sources.
During our research, we have identified that American Block has purchased the following applications: Global Shop Solutions ERP for Manufacturing ERP in 2015, Microsoft 365 for Collaboration in 2019, Liquid Web Cloud Servers for Application Hosting and Computing Services in 2022 and the related IT decision-makers and key stakeholders.
Our database provides customer insight and contextual information on which enterprise applications and software systems American Block is running and its propensity to invest more and deepen its relationship with Global Shop Solutions , Microsoft , Liquid Web or identify new suppliers as part of their overall Digital and IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.
We have been analyzing American Block revenues, which have grown to $19.0 million in 2024, plus its IT budget and roadmap, cloud software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions for American Block intention to invest in emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database or in cloud-based ERP, HCM, CRM, EPM, Procurement or Treasury applications.
ERP Services and Operations
Vendor |
Previous System |
Application |
Category |
Market |
VAR/SI |
When |
Live |
Insight |
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| Global Shop Solutions | Legacy | Global Shop Solutions ERP | Manufacturing ERP | ERP Services and Operations | n/a | 2015 | 2015 |
In 2015, American Block implemented Global Shop Solutions ERP as its Manufacturing ERP platform to consolidate accounting, engineering and shop floor operations into a single system. The deployment aligned the Global Shop Solutions ERP application to core manufacturing functions for a Houston based oilfield and marine equipment manufacturer that had previously operated with multiple software packages, spreadsheets and manual processes.
The implementation emphasized accounting and engineering modules initially, then expanded to inventory management, multilevel bill of materials creation, production work orders, routers, and accounts payable and receivable. Global Shop Solutions ERP was configured to generate purchase orders and work orders from planning decisions, to support very large multilevel BOMs for complex products, and to provide Supply and Demand visibility for materials planning and allocation.
American Block extended Global Shop Solutions ERP with a wireless barcode scanning architecture for shop floor and warehouse operations, using long distance scanners to reach 30 foot racks and durable adhesive labels for material tracking. The company worked with System ID on a flat bin design to expose barcodes downward for easier scanning, implemented wireless bin to bin transactions and inventory counts, and introduced a custom Transaction Code with User report created by the IT manager to restore per user auditability for wireless transactions.
Operational scope included materials management, planning, engineering, finance, sales and shop floor production across the companys warehouse and shop. Governance and process changes centered on daily monitoring of inventory transactions, release of BOMs to planning, routine use of work orders and routers to capture labor and costs, and report driven oversight by the materials manager to track work order closures, shipments and individual transaction activity.
American Block reported explicit benefits captured in the case context, including materially improved inventory accuracy, clearer job costing by labor and materials, the wireless transfer of nearly 15 million dollars in inventory to a new warehouse without reported loss, faster customer responses on spare parts availability, and sustained growth supported by the Global Shop Solutions ERP software.
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Collaboration
Vendor |
Previous System |
Application |
Category |
Market |
VAR/SI |
When |
Live |
Insight |
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| Microsoft | Legacy | Microsoft 365 | Collaboration | Collaboration | n/a | 2019 | 2019 |
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IaaS
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Previous System |
Application |
Category |
Market |
VAR/SI |
When |
Live |
Insight |
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| Liquid Web | Legacy | Liquid Web Cloud Servers | Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS | n/a | 2022 | 2022 |
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CyberSecurity
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Application |
Category |
Market |
VAR/SI |
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Insight |
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Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) | CyberSecurity |
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2022 | 2022 |
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Secure Web Gateways (SWG) | CyberSecurity |
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2022 | 2022 |
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