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	Glovia Wins the Ball Race

Glovia Wins the Ball Race

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Automotive
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Procurement
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Supply Chain Visibility
Services	System Integration
Challenge	NSK, the world’s second largest supplier of bearings, faced a significant challenge following a merger with another major bearing manufacturer, RHP. The newly formed organization, known throughout Europe as NSK, needed an integrated ERP system to provide a common system across its many plants in Europe. The company was looking for a solution that would not impose constraints on or demand changes to its existing efficient manufacturing operations. The system also needed to handle NSK's 27-character part referencing system without modification. The challenge was to implement the new system across five UK sites within an eighteen-month period. Read More
About Customer	NSK is a Japanese industrial giant and the world’s second largest supplier of bearings. Established in 1916, NSK has grown into a massive international business selling a diverse range of bearings and assemblies. It has offices in 25 countries and a global chain of 30 manufacturing plants. The company has expanded beyond traditional bearing manufacture into automotive and mechatronic products, serving major Japanese car makers such as Nissan and Toyota. NSK's growth and diversification have put it into direct competition with a different type of supplier and demanded tighter overall control of business performance. Read More
Solution	NSK selected Glovia's ERP product, glovia, as the solution to their challenge. The decision was based on the fact that glovia was the best fit for NSK's business, would be the easiest to implement, and was the only package that could handle NSK's 27-character part referencing system without modification. The implementation of glovia presented a tough systems challenge, as NSK needed to replace the manufacturing systems in five UK sites within an eighteen-month period. The system links with the IBM mainframe bespoke order processing system and PROIV shop-floor data collection system. Glovia provides all the necessary real-time production information, as well as the management reports and statistics needed for delivery, cost, and quality control. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Procurement

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

System Integration

Challenge

NSK, the world’s second largest supplier of bearings, faced a significant challenge following a merger with another major bearing manufacturer, RHP. The newly formed organization, known throughout Europe as NSK, needed an integrated ERP system to provide a common system across its many plants in Europe. The company was looking for a solution that would not impose constraints on or demand changes to its existing efficient manufacturing operations. The system also needed to handle NSK's 27-character part referencing system without modification. The challenge was to implement the new system across five UK sites within an eighteen-month period.

About Customer

NSK is a Japanese industrial giant and the world’s second largest supplier of bearings. Established in 1916, NSK has grown into a massive international business selling a diverse range of bearings and assemblies. It has offices in 25 countries and a global chain of 30 manufacturing plants. The company has expanded beyond traditional bearing manufacture into automotive and mechatronic products, serving major Japanese car makers such as Nissan and Toyota. NSK's growth and diversification have put it into direct competition with a different type of supplier and demanded tighter overall control of business performance.

Solution

NSK selected Glovia's ERP product, glovia, as the solution to their challenge. The decision was based on the fact that glovia was the best fit for NSK's business, would be the easiest to implement, and was the only package that could handle NSK's 27-character part referencing system without modification. The implementation of glovia presented a tough systems challenge, as NSK needed to replace the manufacturing systems in five UK sites within an eighteen-month period. The system links with the IBM mainframe bespoke order processing system and PROIV shop-floor data collection system. Glovia provides all the necessary real-time production information, as well as the management reports and statistics needed for delivery, cost, and quality control.

Impact #1	Glovia merges seamlessly with the IBM mainframe and Oracle/ UNIX-based system, providing the system support to make NSK a leader in their field.
Impact #2	Glovia provides all the necessary real-time production information, as well as the management reports and statistics needed for delivery, cost, and quality control.
Impact #3	NSK now has 500 users across Europe connected to glovia, including a plant in Poland, which was implemented in just six months.

Impact #1

Glovia merges seamlessly with the IBM mainframe and Oracle/ UNIX-based system, providing the system support to make NSK a leader in their field.

Impact #2

Glovia provides all the necessary real-time production information, as well as the management reports and statistics needed for delivery, cost, and quality control.

Impact #3

NSK now has 500 users across Europe connected to glovia, including a plant in Poland, which was implemented in just six months.

Benefit #1	The external IT support costs have been reduced by around £1.5 million per annum.
Benefit #2	Stock holding has been reduced by £5 million.

Benefit #1

The external IT support costs have been reduced by around £1.5 million per annum.

Benefit #2

Stock holding has been reduced by £5 million.

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Glovia Wins the Ball Race

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