Case Study - Metal

FAC srl

"..we have now, as well as a smoother operation, a vision of data and business processes more timely and accurate.
We've always been characterized by timely assistance, availability and high professionalism, and moments of confrontation lead to new solutions for the daily life of our company, enriching the already vast wealth of experience of Arti Informatiche.." The Manager of Fac Ltd.

The FAC srl is a leading supplier of mechanical components of high quality, for residential and industrial doors and gates. The special attention to the needs of its customers, the market in general and the ability to interpret its needs, have contributed to a steady growth over the years and to stronger expertise, to the benefit of the excellent quality of products and services offered to the customer.

THE NEEDS

• An integrated information system, from administration to the treasury and management control, from  purchase to sale, from logistics to production.
• Avoid the replication of information between the old management software and the logistics departmental, using a single system natively integrated
• Manage internal logistics movements of the warehouse in real time
• Manage the inventory in a revolving manner without stopping business
• Manage the scheduling of shipments based on the actual material available
• Production schedule (MPS) based on logics linked to sales forecasts contextually analyzed with the average daily consumption and reorder point
• Management of work Center capacity via a Gantt chart, native in Ideale2005
• Management of the production's progress in an automated way by detecting the actual timing of production
• Management of the work account with monitoring of the materials stocked by contractors and advancement of processing
• Management of the control of the actual cost of purchasing and production with the possibility of automatic updates to the standard
• Graphical Management of costs trends for raw materials in order to define a policy for selling prices of finished products;

THE SOLUTION

Arti Informatiche has implemented Ideale2005, an integrated information system for managing all business functions, along with IdealeMobile for the management of internal logistics using a WI-FI device.  Thanks to the collaboration between Fac and Arti Informatiche, it has been possible to build an innovation project bringing in a contemporary range of technologies:

• Ideale2005, an evolved ERP for business management in the areas of Administration, Treasury, Management Control, Purchasing, Sales,  Logistics, and production.
• The Wi-Fi coverage of logistics and production departments for the inclusion of Ideale Mobile, which allowed to carry out all the logistical movements in a structured way and in real-time.
• The introduction of IdealeMobile in production for the management of advanced production and detection of the actual timing of the procedures.
• The introduction of an integrated simulation environment for the planning of production, in the planning of both purchases and domestic resources, designed as work centers and labor centers.

THE BENEFITS

• INTEGRATED SYSTEM: The use of multiple technologies sharing the same database has allowed the company to concentrate its investments on the added value of the products, rather than hazardous, heavy and unproductive data replication activities.
• REAL TIME MANAGEMENT: An integrated ERP environment allows the company to collect the information where it is generated and in a structured way, as well as propagate it to the specific functions involved. In the logistics area, operators are able to add or correct the information made available to other departments in real time.
• PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: With the inclusion of Ideale2005's production area, the production planner is able to analyze sales orders and manage their viability, in relation to purchases already planned or to schedule, as well as in terms of resources intended as internal or account work.
• CUSTOMER SERVICE: With the integrated use of Ideale2005 and IdealeMobile, Fac has recovered, in terms of efficiency, in all its business functions, which has resulted into a more accurate and timely service to its customers.