Challenge
Automate all facets of injection-molding production—including estimating, quoting, sales, order processing, planning, scheduling, tooling, design for manufacturing, production, inventory, procurement, and delivery—to increase efficiency and improve quality, as well as to better understand actual costs per job to maintain profit margins while improving the company’s competitive position.
Solution
Add the integrated DELMIAWORKS enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for manufacturers to the company’s existing SOLIDWORKS design and manufacturing implementation.
Results
- Increased operational efficiency from 70 percent to 98.5 percent
- Cut reject rate to less than one percent, a third of industry standard
- Improved profit margins
- Attained ISO 9001:2015 certification