Kasdon Electronics ERP Video Case Study

00:00:07 - 00:00:33 "It improves our quality system; it allows us to update our ISO 9001 system to demonstrate that we are able to trace stock all the way through the system and then after it's complete, we can trace it back through the system as well. We can provide detailed reports on when the stock came in, where it's been used, and when it went out."

00:00:34 - 00:00:46 "Having WinMan and the ability to handle stock in the way we can opens up new sectors and companies that we couldn't have worked with before. We're starting to see that now—we're starting to gain bigger, more blue-chip companies."

00:00:49 - 00:01:12 "Kasdon is a contract electronics manufacturer, so we offer a full supply chain solution to the customer as well as the contract build. By introducing WinMan, that's given us a fully integrated system and allows us to interrogate our entire system for all sorts of information on our customers, suppliers, and products."

00:01:13 - 00:01:35 "That's yielded real benefits such as component traceability, really good document control structure through handling complicated bills of materials and complicated work instructions. Simply put, it's made us a much more professional organization and helped control manufacturing processes much tighter than we ever were before."

00:01:36 - 00:02:00 "A couple of big selling points for us: one was they're UK-based, and two was the size of the company and the flexibility that comes with that. We liked the fact that we can pick up a phone to somebody who works directly for that company. We've been able to really keep one person all the way through, which is really useful for continuity."

00:02:01 - 00:02:30 "WinMan led the implementation for us. We were able to bring data on board from our previous system so we weren't starting again. All the data coming into us isn't standard, so we have to find a way of making that become standard, and working with WinMan we've managed to find a really good way of doing that."

00:02:31 - 00:03:04 "It makes our quality-in a lot easier and a lot more accurate. WinMan does this import, creates custom stock references, and references the customer's part number and description for back-call traceability. We quote the job and if it goes live, we convert it from a quote to a sales order. At that point, MRP automatically takes account of all requirements and orders all of the parts, saving an awful lot of time and potential for error."

00:03:05 - 00:03:39 "There are major efficiencies in goods receipt. We label and transact stuff onto shelves without handwriting anything. The system knows where everything is, and it will even hide batches that are currently 'in work' so you don't pick a reel that's already being used on another job."

00:03:40 - 00:04:10 "WinMan then made an app for us for picking. We scan the manufacturing order on handheld devices, and it’s clever enough to know which order to pick in—we've mapped that order to our stores. In our industry, we have very, very small parts and you do lose a few naturally."

00:04:11 - 00:04:34 "We've bought an X-ray reel counter that interfaces with WinMan itself. When the kit is complete and the stock comes back, the machine counts it and updates the system automatically. It keeps our stock levels accurate and allows us to report on what attrition is costing us."

00:04:35 - 00:04:53 "We were on a growth path and WinMan is very much part of that. I think it would be fair to say we couldn't have done it without it. It's key to what we do and has helped continue us along the way."