Strategic Digital Transformation Roadmap for Industrial Manufacturing
Manufacturing
What They Were Facing
Apex Industries was a $2B manufacturing conglomerate operating on legacy systems with no cohesive digital strategy. Each of its five business units had independently adopted different tools, creating a fragmented technology landscape with redundant licensing costs exceeding $6M annually. Leadership recognised the need for digital transformation but lacked a unified vision and a practical roadmap to get there.
How We Solved It
AQBEE's consulting team conducted a comprehensive 12-week digital transformation assessment spanning all five business units, interviewing 80+ stakeholders, auditing 40+ systems, and benchmarking against industry peers. We delivered a 3-year phased roadmap with clear milestones, ROI projections, and technology recommendations centred on Salesforce (Sales Cloud and Service Cloud), MuleSoft for enterprise integration, Tableau for analytics, and AWS for infrastructure. Phase 1 was immediately executed: implementing Sales Cloud across all business units with unified pipeline management, deploying Service Cloud for the customer support centre, and establishing MuleSoft as the integration backbone connecting Salesforce to SAP and legacy manufacturing systems.
The Impact
Delivered a comprehensive 3-year digital transformation roadmap with phased milestones, technology architecture, and projected ROI for each initiative.
Phase 1 implementation achieved a 40% operational efficiency improvement through unified CRM, automated workflows, and elimination of redundant manual processes.
Identified $8M in projected savings over the 3-year roadmap through license consolidation, process automation, and infrastructure modernisation.
“We had five business units going in five different directions digitally. AQBEE gave us a unified vision and then proved it could work by delivering Phase 1 on time and on budget. The 40% efficiency gain in the first phase gave our board the confidence to fund the entire 3-year programme. They're not just consultants — they're our strategic technology partners.”
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