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About Columbus IT

Columbus IT specialise in Microsoft Dynamics ERP for the manufacturing and distribution sectors. They have a team of highly skilled consultants with a deep-rooted knowledge of the industry with over 5,000 successful implementations globally. Columbus IT is a Microsoft Gold Partner with 30 offices worldwide and has won the most partner awards from Microsoft globally.

Columbus IT helps their customers: 

  • Improve operational efficiency 
  • Provide business insight 
  • Collaborate across their supply chain 
  • Improve customer service 
  • Increase their competitive edge
  • Reduce the cost of compliance

Columbus IT has a proven track record in providing low risk implementations, fast return on investment and exceptional customer service.
 

Industry Expertise

2009 - The Most Awarded Microsoft Partner in the World

Focused on Manufacturing and Distribution

Winner of Microsoft’s Customer Excellence Award in Manufacturing and Distribution
Customers in the industry, employing people from the industry, we understand the industry and speak your language.

“The industry expertise of the team from Columbus IT played a major role in helping us enhance and extend the built in functionality of Microsoft Dynamics AX to meet our needs.” Philip Hawthorne, CIO, Wheelabrator Group

Global, Secure and Stable 

  • The Largest Dedicated Microsoft Dynamics Partner in  the World
  • 120+ Million Euro Turnover 2007
  • 40 offices, 30 countries, 1,200+ employees
  • First Partner to work with Dynamics AX forerunner (XAL) in 1989
  • Columbus IT UK Founded 1996 
  • Only Supply Microsoft Dynamics
  • Over 5000 Successful Business Implementations

Strenghth of Relationship with Microsoft 

  • Members of Microsoft’s Presidents Club and Inner Circle
  • Advisory Role to Microsoft Dynamics AX Training Courses
  • Dynamics Training Material Content Localisation
  • Columbus IT Train Other Resellers – Microsoft Elite Team Members
  • Representative of Microsoft UK Strategic Partner Community 
  • Most awarded Microsoft Dynamics partner in 2009

People

“Columbus IT are innovators. They actually get into your business, understand it and come up with innovative solutions to problems that we hadn't even thought about.”  Iain Burgess, Managing Director, BVG-Airflo

“We found from day one that their professionalism is very good. They are easy to work with, they know the product very well and they are able to help change processes because they have got experience. We would not have been able to do this without Columbus.” Keith Ravenscroft, Finance Director, Balfour Beatty

“Columbus IT are one of very few Gold certified partners in the UK. The quality of their people, the success of the projects their people have delivered provides great testimony to the success that they can bring to any organisation.” Paul White, Director, Microsoft

Customer Excellence 

  • Microsoft Customer Excellence in Manufacturing Award – Wheelabrator and Sevcon
  • Microsoft Customer Excellence in Distribution Award-  Elliott Group

Implementation Methodology

  • Freedom of choice
  • Integral quality
  • Speed
  • Your control
  • Communication
     

Next Step

Customer Story


Trevira Neckelmann Trevira Neckelmann
Trevira Neckelmann is a textile company with production facilities in Silkeborg, Denmark, and headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. In a competitive marketplace, the company needed to improve its efficiency and tools. In 1997, Trevira Neckelmann started using SAP to handle finance and purchasing. After a year, however, they gave up because SAP...
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