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Dreco Incorporated: More Responsive Customer Service

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Plastics
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Inventory Management Manufacturing System Automation
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Dreco Incorporated, a manufacturer of injection molded plastic parts, was struggling with an outdated ERP system that was not designed to account for sales orders in real time or effectively manage data on prospective sales. The system required constant updates and was not user-friendly. Dreco needed a software solution that could handle the unique requirements of a plastics processor, including accounting for parts weighing as little as a few grams. The company also wanted a system that could seamlessly integrate all its business operations. Read More
About Customer	Dreco Incorporated is a family-owned company that manufactures injection molded plastic parts primarily for the vacuum cleaner industry. The company, which is currently run by the third generation, offers a large product line with more than 800 hose end types and a full line of vacuum attachments. Dreco serves the needs of several industries, including lawn and garden, health care, industrial cleaning, consumer products, and automotive. The company is based in Cleveland, Ohio. Read More
Solution	After conducting thorough research on a variety of competitive industry products, Dreco selected DTR, a product of more than 20 years of plastics-focused software development. DTR was designed to provide industry-specific manufacturing, distribution, and financial management solutions that address the unique system requirements of plastics processors. Once installed, DTR enabled Dreco’s management to predict required materials and subcomponents based on scheduled production, sales orders, and backorders. DTR also generates forward finite, queued, and just-in-time scheduling for all workstations and/or secondary operations. Users have the option of basing schedules on sales orders, forecasts, release orders, electronic data interchange (EDI), manual assignments, consolidations, and/or reorder points. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Plastics

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Manufacturing System Automation

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Dreco Incorporated, a manufacturer of injection molded plastic parts, was struggling with an outdated ERP system that was not designed to account for sales orders in real time or effectively manage data on prospective sales. The system required constant updates and was not user-friendly. Dreco needed a software solution that could handle the unique requirements of a plastics processor, including accounting for parts weighing as little as a few grams. The company also wanted a system that could seamlessly integrate all its business operations.

About Customer

Dreco Incorporated is a family-owned company that manufactures injection molded plastic parts primarily for the vacuum cleaner industry. The company, which is currently run by the third generation, offers a large product line with more than 800 hose end types and a full line of vacuum attachments. Dreco serves the needs of several industries, including lawn and garden, health care, industrial cleaning, consumer products, and automotive. The company is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Solution

After conducting thorough research on a variety of competitive industry products, Dreco selected DTR, a product of more than 20 years of plastics-focused software development. DTR was designed to provide industry-specific manufacturing, distribution, and financial management solutions that address the unique system requirements of plastics processors. Once installed, DTR enabled Dreco’s management to predict required materials and subcomponents based on scheduled production, sales orders, and backorders. DTR also generates forward finite, queued, and just-in-time scheduling for all workstations and/or secondary operations. Users have the option of basing schedules on sales orders, forecasts, release orders, electronic data interchange (EDI), manual assignments, consolidations, and/or reorder points.

Impact #1	DTR’s production scheduling functionality provides production management with valuable and detailed information for making strategic decisions about what to produce, when to produce it, and what resources to use.
Impact #2	DTR’s plastics-specific functionality introduced an unprecedented level of accuracy for Dreco.
Impact #3	DTR enables Dreco to track the status of an order instantly and with confidence in the accuracy of the information.

Impact #1

DTR’s production scheduling functionality provides production management with valuable and detailed information for making strategic decisions about what to produce, when to produce it, and what resources to use.

Impact #2

DTR’s plastics-specific functionality introduced an unprecedented level of accuracy for Dreco.

Impact #3

DTR enables Dreco to track the status of an order instantly and with confidence in the accuracy of the information.

Benefit #1	Faster time to market.
Benefit #2	Shortened production cycle times.
Benefit #3	Minimized waste.

Benefit #1

Faster time to market.

Benefit #2

Shortened production cycle times.

Benefit #3

Minimized waste.

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Dreco Incorporated: More Responsive Customer Service

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