Richard Grilli

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About Richard Grilli

Hi, I'm Rich Grilli, President at Crossroads RMC. My company specializes in getting the most out of Infor ERP's with specialization in Baan/LN and BPCS/LX. We have over 700 customers in this space that we help with functional and technical consulting as well as software extensions like Data Collection, MES, and Analytics. One thing I've learned is that you don't need to spend 7 figures to replace your ERP to get a system that delivers what your business requires. If you partner with us, we can help you get the most out of your existing systems and leverage all the time and money you have invested in them. Why do I do this? Since I was in grammar school, I was always good with numbers. Because of that, I’ve been attracted to using numbers in my career. The thing about numbers is that they can be extremely illuminating if we let them. So math became my passion through high school into college. That led me to pursue a degree in Chemical Engineering which I thought would be challenging and rewarding. But after receiving my degree, I realized that my real passion was for making improvements to manufacturing processes rather than designing the processes themselves. I’ve seen manufacturing systems at their best and their worst. For example, continuous process industries use data extensively. They can’t make their products without good numbers. Discrete industries have typically lagged in this, mostly because high speed control is not required. But there is a tremendous opportunity to improve financial results by acquiring and analyzing data and then taking appropriate actions to improve processes. I’ve been lucky to work with some really smart people optimizing these systems in all sorts of production environments. Really Smart People like our team and customers. My company is dedicated to that mission and we all leave work every day knowing that we did something to help our customers be better at what they do.