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Cirtronics Success Story

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Aerospace Electronics Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Predictive Maintenance
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Cirtronics Corporation, a product manufacturer operating within multiple markets, was using MAX ERP and Aegis software as a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to automate their manufacturing floor. However, they faced a challenge in streamlining the process of validating part numbers between Aegis and MAX—a process that could take most of a day when customers sent a new or revised bill of materials. The challenge was to create a seamless integration between MAX and Aegis so that information flowed quickly and smoothly between the two systems. If integration could be built, Cirtronics would be able to take full advantage of the best capabilities of each system. Read More
About Customer	Cirtronics Corporation is a product manufacturer operating within multiple markets, including medical and health tech, military, aerospace and defense, industrial, semiconductor, clean tech, communications and emerging technologies. The organization invests in all stages of the product lifecycle—from new product introduction, material management, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and direct fulfillment to after-sales support and reverse logistics and returns management. With extensive expertise in engineering, production, program management, quality and supply chain, Cirtronics offers customized programs to fulfill its customers’ product vision from initial design stages all the way through to end of life planning and product sun setting. Cirtronics’ customers, really their partners, leverage from the company’s core competencies and competitive strengths to improve time to market, enhance manufacturing flexibility, reduce inventory liability and remove redundant and nonvalue added processes. Today, the employee-owned company continues to invest in all areas of highly complex, expertise-oriented contract manufactured products. Headquartered in Milford, New Hampshire, Cirtronics has two additional locations; Washington, D.C. and Portland, Oregon. Read More
Solution	In response to the challenge, Aegis created integration between MAX and Aegis that functions as a “part import service,” to ensure that part information is synchronized between the two systems. When Cirtronics receives a new or revised bill of materials from a customer, Aegis can import the customer’s bill, automatically cross-reference MAX by customer part number and then fill in the necessary part number information to complete the bill of materials. If a part number does not already exist in MAX, an automatic prompt will notify Cirtronics that a part must be created. Using software that Cirtronics wrote, information about any newly created parts are sent to the Aegis Import Service via an XML formatted file. Information from newly created parts are synced every five minutes to ensure both MAX and Aegis have all the information needed to fulfill their respective roles in Cirtronics’ operations, without any time-consuming manual intervention. Once a Bill of Material is completed in Aegis it can then be exported and imported into MAX using the MAX Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) Module. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Aerospace

Electronics

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Predictive Maintenance

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Cirtronics Corporation, a product manufacturer operating within multiple markets, was using MAX ERP and Aegis software as a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to automate their manufacturing floor. However, they faced a challenge in streamlining the process of validating part numbers between Aegis and MAX—a process that could take most of a day when customers sent a new or revised bill of materials. The challenge was to create a seamless integration between MAX and Aegis so that information flowed quickly and smoothly between the two systems. If integration could be built, Cirtronics would be able to take full advantage of the best capabilities of each system.

About Customer

Cirtronics Corporation is a product manufacturer operating within multiple markets, including medical and health tech, military, aerospace and defense, industrial, semiconductor, clean tech, communications and emerging technologies. The organization invests in all stages of the product lifecycle—from new product introduction, material management, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and direct fulfillment to after-sales support and reverse logistics and returns management. With extensive expertise in engineering, production, program management, quality and supply chain, Cirtronics offers customized programs to fulfill its customers’ product vision from initial design stages all the way through to end of life planning and product sun setting. Cirtronics’ customers, really their partners, leverage from the company’s core competencies and competitive strengths to improve time to market, enhance manufacturing flexibility, reduce inventory liability and remove redundant and nonvalue added processes. Today, the employee-owned company continues to invest in all areas of highly complex, expertise-oriented contract manufactured products. Headquartered in Milford, New Hampshire, Cirtronics has two additional locations; Washington, D.C. and Portland, Oregon.

Solution

In response to the challenge, Aegis created integration between MAX and Aegis that functions as a “part import service,” to ensure that part information is synchronized between the two systems. When Cirtronics receives a new or revised bill of materials from a customer, Aegis can import the customer’s bill, automatically cross-reference MAX by customer part number and then fill in the necessary part number information to complete the bill of materials. If a part number does not already exist in MAX, an automatic prompt will notify Cirtronics that a part must be created. Using software that Cirtronics wrote, information about any newly created parts are sent to the Aegis Import Service via an XML formatted file. Information from newly created parts are synced every five minutes to ensure both MAX and Aegis have all the information needed to fulfill their respective roles in Cirtronics’ operations, without any time-consuming manual intervention. Once a Bill of Material is completed in Aegis it can then be exported and imported into MAX using the MAX Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) Module.

Impact #1	The entire bill of materials and part number creation process from beginning to end now takes about ten to fifteen minutes, down from several hours before the change.
Impact #2	The productivity gains have been tremendous.
Impact #3	Cirtronics has been able to reconfigure their manufacturing floor with a better flow and cut their manufacturing time in half.

Impact #1

The entire bill of materials and part number creation process from beginning to end now takes about ten to fifteen minutes, down from several hours before the change.

Impact #2

The productivity gains have been tremendous.

Impact #3

Cirtronics has been able to reconfigure their manufacturing floor with a better flow and cut their manufacturing time in half.

Benefit #1	Cut manufacturing time in half.
Benefit #2	Reduced the time to complete a key business process from hours to a matter of minutes.

Benefit #1

Cut manufacturing time in half.

Benefit #2

Reduced the time to complete a key business process from hours to a matter of minutes.

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Cirtronics Success Story

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