The end-to-end solution implemented by Idexcel was
designed to allow the company and its branches to collaborate
on planning schedules, issue work orders, track work
order changes, plan cutting jobs, manage finished item
inventory (super market), exchange shipping information,
track shipments, and manage inventory consumption,
across the branches involved in the manufacturing process.
Supply chain Case study - Manufacturing Organization
1. idexcel
Supply chain Case study
Manufacturing Organization
Client Profile
The company is focused on global distribution of materials
and complex technical services for the production and manufacturing sectors in the aerospace industry. The company
has global presence with a functioning network of companies, branches and agencies. A sophisticated warehouse,
logistics and information logistics system with central and
branch warehouses provides the basis for rapid delivery
with lowest-possible inventories. All customers receive
their materials not only just in time, but in exactly the sizes
and shapes they need, whether as one-off items or in large
quantities.
Goals
The Supply Chain partners have to offer an array of precision processing services to improve cycle time and efficiency with cut-to-size, machine-ready material and shipped
just-in-time for their clients.
Synchronize demand/supply, order, and inventory information across all branches
Establish a highly coordinated set of supply chain
processes and transportation mechanisms to ensure
on-time delivery of all assemblies
Idexcel Customer Case Study
Eliminate latency in communicating demand/supply
change and change impacts across branches
Ensure continuity of supply while minimizing supply
disruptions
Improve on just-in-time delivery and ship-to-commit
date with the end customer
Provide visibility to all partners involved in the delivery of
the completed assemblies.
Challenges
The existing applications/tools were not on an integrated
platform, resulting in inefficient management of the manufacturing and logistics processes. The Client needed an
integrated solution for all the branches, covering the
end-to-end supply chain process, along with seamless
integration with their externally supported applications.
Find new ways to manage complex processes across
multiple supply chain tiers for their branches
Visibility and control into demand/supply and execution
processes in order to reduce complexity, risk and cost
2. To facilitate effective collaboration, there must be a trusted, single source of truth to evaluate real-time performance across the branch network
Process automation with performance filters that allow
management by exception and early identification of
potential problems anywhere in the supply chain.
Solution
The end-to-end solution implemented by Idexcel was
designed to allow the company and its branches to collaborate on planning schedules, issue work orders, track work
order changes, plan cutting jobs, manage finished item
inventory (super market), exchange shipping information,
track shipments, and manage inventory consumption,
across the branches involved in the manufacturing process.
The reporting capabilities have allowed client and its
branches to track the overall performance of the supply
chain process.
The solution was developed using Microsoft technologies
WPF, WCF with MVVM architecture. Visual Studio 2010
with C# language on .Net framework 4.0 has been used to
build the software components. SQL Server 2008 was used
as the backend data storage. The user interface (UI) developed with WPF, has been designed for improved user experience, resulting in efficient data handling and user friendly
navigations. On the server side, WCF technology has been
used to develop the middleware layer (BAL, DAL) components, allowing easy future new developments. This
solution has also been designed to integrate with SAP and
other in-house engineering applications/tools that are used
in their production process.
The Agile project management methodology was used to
execute this project, involving creation of product backlog,
sprints planning, release management and effective project
communication.
Idexcel Customer Case Study
Benefits
The client realized the following major benefits from the
solution we implemented.
Eliminated latency in communicating demand/supply
changes across multiple branches
Ensured continuity of supply and minimized supply
disruptions through the real-time synchronization of
demand with available supply
Improved on-time delivery to the end customer while
minimizing logistics costs
Eliminated many of the manual activities associated with
the manufacturing and logistics processes
Reporting and analysis for continued process improvement.