After years of struggling with complicated and in-congruent supply chain systems, manufacturers are now turning to ECM and Workflow technology to solve their most challenging business pain points. By integrating seamlessly with your ERP, Accounting Software and all other key line of business applications your company can leverage even greater value from your existing systems. The technology then becomes an overarching platform that ties together all the disparate data and information into one cohesive solution.
Companies like Lockheed Martin and ClosetMaid utilize their ECM technology to gain control over the entire supply chain process, enhance vendor/supplier relationships and improve production management.
Reduce costs, decrease lead times and gain visibility into:
Procurement
Gain greater control of your requisitions and better manage the purchasing process to take advantage of all possible volume discounts.
Features:
- Integrate with existing business applications including ERP, MRP, Oracle, Profit 21, etc.
- All RFQ’s, Quotes, P/O’s and purchasing data are organized into a centralized repository for easy storage, search and retrieval
- Automatic notification of quotes received and orders delivered
- Gain real time process visibility and tracking
Benefits:
- Eliminate bottlenecks for a quicker fulfillment of orders
- Gain order progress tracking to see the exact stage your entire production line is in
- Achieve a simpler and more efficient communication process for RFQ’s, RFP’s and RFI’s
- Empower executives to make just-in-time purchasing decisions
- Tighter controls between requisitions and P/O process, no longer email dependent
- Gain economies of scale through volume discounting
Production
Enable coordination of work orders in line management to react quicker to process breakdowns. Assembly activities are synchronized with the system through labor tracking.
Features:
- Centralize all work orders, worker instructions, part lists, incident reports, etc. related to production process
- Connect disparate department silo’s and independent business systems into one cohesive unit
- Gain complete visibility of the entire production line from start to finish
- Facilitate creation and distribution of electronic work instructions
- Eliminate manual logging with automated workflow to reduce error rates
Benefits:
- Enable workers and supervisors to access timely information to produce at rate
- Instantly notify appropriate parties to order requirements, project timelines, and more
- Establish quicker response times to resolve product quality issues
- Gain assembly worker productivity metrics
- Know where every order is at any point in the production process in real time via a graphical user interface
- Assess throughput capabilities and improve forecasting
Fulfillment
Ensure integrity in your ERP and MRP system to ensure the proper manufacturing, warehousing, assembly, quality control and delivery of product directly to customers.
Features:
- Centralize all data and documents related to stocking levels and requirements for improved inventory management
- Gain insight into production timelines and improve forecasting
- Establish automatic notifications for receivable as well as stocking alerts
- Utilize technology to enable paperless fulfillment
- Documents: incoming inspection review, qa, bill of lading, shippers, proof of deliverables, automatically capture electronic measurement from existing machines, barcode enabled receipt of goods
Benefits:
- Enable automatic notification of inventory levels and needs to perform at rate
- Reduce costs associated with being overstocked
- Meet optimal inventory levels
- Improve warehouse and inventory communication
- Eliminate paper pick tickets and automate notifications for stock levels
- Improve customer service and quicken response times
Accounting
Features:
- Collaborate and communicate quicker and easier with external clients, vendors and suppliers
- Gain a comprehensive historical record and audit trail of all information and data
- Automatically route change orders for quicker approvals
Benefits:
- Decrease days outstanding
- Receive early payment discounts with quicker processing
- Collaborate seamlessly with all departments, managers and executives for better and faster decision making
Human Resources
Features:
- Automate routing of business critical documents
- Improved performance management
- Gain insight into your HR processes with metrics and dashboards
Benefits:
- Greater assurance of meeting compliance, safety and contract requirements
- Quicker response to policy changes
- Improved management of contracts
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