OLENA STEPOVYK – 32 Soft Inc.
AARON KRAINTZ – Wells Vehicle Electronics
Wells Vehicle Electronics keeps some of its component inventory in an off-site warehouse. While building their production plans, they were faced with the hurdle of incorporating off-site component inventory into their production planning calculations and were experiencing “fake” component shortages. They looked to 32 Soft’s Production Planner for help. In this presentation, Aaron will outline how Wells leveraged the software to overcome this obstacle, and Olena will give a short demonstration of the Production Planner solution.
AMBER GARTIN will share out how Penumbra Inc saves hundreds of man-hours and increases their profitability by using Data Loaders from 32 Soft. Amber will explain how the Price List Maintenance and Inventory Account Maintenance Data Loaders empower their staff to quickly and easily manage massive amounts of data. She’ll also share how the Fixed Asset Data Loader helps Penumbra transition from QAD SE to EE.
Modular Assembly Innovations (MAI) and Kauffman Engineering both had areas in their enterprises that were chaos points until they discovered how to keep their cool with the help of 32 Soft’s Data Loader technology. Lori Braun’s team at Modular Assembly Innovations now manages the frequency of pricing changes from their automotive OEM like champs and David McCloskey’s group at Kauffman Engineering now deliver real-time order information that keeps their production floor on schedule.
Presenters: Judy Gardner Walbro Engines, Alex Kim 32 Soft. Unlike previous studies, here Judy talks about unique set of tools 32 Soft helped them to build to address challenges in growing multinational operations at Walbro. In her 30 min presentation (edited) Judy talks about: Forecasting, Intercompany Material Transfers, Prioritizing Work Orders, Scheduling Orders Based on Material Availability, Estimating New Product Cost, Customer Relationship Management.
TS Tech knows all too well the amount of work that goes into setting up part numbers, bills of materials, routings, etc. for a new product launch. And, with each new launch comes a corresponding build out — all the planning parameters needed for ramp-up, full production and eventually, product end-of-life. Lance MacKeown will share how 32 Soft technology has taken the pain out of processing the data for new product launches and made quick work of managing the changes throughout the product’s life cycle.
Today’s best enterprises respond quickly, operate efficiently and depend on their ERP data for effective decision-making. All that data needs to be managed which can often mean tedious and repetitive tasks that are a source of pain to your staff. It keeps them from reacting adequately to customer needs, gives them spotty or inaccurate data, and adds to their everyday stress. Find out how CESI and Walbro have eliminated bottle-necks, saved hundreds of man-hours, and increased profitability across their enterprise. They shattered the pain chain in the areas of master data maintenance, inventory control, production and planning, supply chain management, compliance.
Your ERP system is based on data, tons of data. All that data necessitates repetitive activities that are a source of tedium and pain to your staff. High staff turnover make the situation even worse. Don Lindsey at CESI speaks how 32 Soft helped to shift the situation for the better, saved hundreds of man hours, broke the pain chain in the areas of Cycle Count, Master Data, Bill of Material, EMT – Inter-site/Intercompany Transfers, SSM Installed Base, Standard Costset, Sales and Operations Planning, Purchase Requisitions, Work Orders.
On-time performance is one of the key ingredients for customer satisfaction and loyalty. We’ll share how Carlisle partnered with 32 Soft to build an online dashboard that uses real-time QAD data. The tool has enabled Carlisle’s teams to track and analyze delivery performance trends, uncover and measure buried drivers for delays, react quickly to missed shipments, come up with better decisions to reach their targets. Presenters: Tris Hopkins Carlisle Brake & Friction – Alex Kim 32 Soft Inc
Serving customers from multiple business units can be a challenge. Companies who do are always looking for ways to improve the complex inter-company sales transaction process in QAD. Judy Gardner of Walbro Engine Management and Olena Stepovyk will show you how Walbro has gained tremendous efficiency in managing inter-company orders and eliminated double-entry, inaccuracies and errors.
Capital Safety doubled the size of their revenue in four years. With software that increased the visibility of their QAD data and gave them superior decision-making power over their production process and purchasing needs, they were able to handle the increased volume without increasing the operations head count. All the while they maintained customer satisfaction with lead times and delivery dates, did not compromise on performance metrics, and continued to provide a healthy work/life balance for their employees. Find out how they accomplished this amazing feat. Presenters: MOGGIE BRADY Capital Safety(3M) – ALEX KIM 32 Soft Inc.
Does your sales force have real-time order status and product availability information at their fingertips? Are they able to quickly answer customer inquiries? Can they head off a problem before it becomes a problem? Stein Industries will share how we armed and empowered our sales force by giving them online access to real-time QAD data. We’ll discuss the challenges we faced, the decisions we made, and the results we gained. Presenters: Steve Cromer Stein Industries Inc – Nancy McCrimmon 32 Soft
This session will offer a case study on how CESI addressed challenges for a medical device company in the area of purchasing approvals. CESI will share their experience of implementing 32 Soft Requisition Plus system and the results it has yielded.