Since 1992 the company VIVA provides its services in the production of die-formed parts with a weight between 0.1 and 20 kg. Services range from construction to heat treatment to surface treatment. Well-known companies, such as ZF, GM, Linde, Scania and Georg Fischer are among their customers. From the very first moment, the owners opted for new production technologies. In the past years investments were especially made in the development of forming complicated forged parts for the automotive industry.

During the last year, the management came to the conclusion that it was necessary to dramatically change the leadership and management tools of the company in order to stay competitive. Only if the tools and methods of the company's leadership are nowadays on a "Best Practice" level, the company is able to comply with the requirements of the EU market.

In a ten-month selection process the Viva management was looking for a new ERP system, as well as a new implementation partner, who was to help Viva to realize the aspired goals. The abas Business Software which runs on a Linux platform was able to stand up to a lot of competition. Viva decided on abas ERP due to the high functionality in the areas cost accounting, controlling, production control and automotive supplier industry, as well as the high flexibility which enables a fast ERP implementation and a quick ROI (Return on Investment).

The implementing partner is the company amotlQ sro, which provides decades of international operative implementation experience to the project, i.e. for companies such as DCX, BMW, Magna and Hyundai. The Viva management was especially impressed by the implementation strategy. As one of the few companies in the Czech market, amotlQ presented a strategy which connects the management's and the owner's goals with the objectives of the implementation.