Case Studies
How Nutanix Reduced BOM Errors to Absolute Zero
Overview
Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) Functional Applications - Product Lifecycle Management Systems (PLM) | |
Professional Service Software | |
Product Research & Development Quality Assurance | |
Process Control & Optimization Supply Chain Visibility | |
Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration | |
Operational Impact
With Arena, Sangster realized a number of key benefits, including shortening the product concept to cash cycle on second-generation product by almost 50%. “This has had a positive, material impact to the business by reducing our burn rate and reliance on external cash,” he said. | |
Arena PLM reduced engineering change order cycle (ECO) approvals from days to hours. “ECO reviews are now done by teams of impacted stakeholders using the same data,” said Sangster. “We get terrific feedback from the give and take of the review process. Partners have provided feedback that helped us avoid making unnecessary, confusing, or costly changes.” | |
Arena has improved cost visibility, allowing Nutanix’s engineering team to take a critical look at BOM cost tradeoffs. “This has almost by itself promoted part re-use and standardization in our platforms—a key to shorting time to market,” said Sangster, who shared the following benefits: Our suppliers now access the same BOM and revision, and we have had zero wrong BOMs built since the system was implemented. Configuration integrity is assured. Interface is intuitive, understandable, and readily customizable. Common tasks like ECO creation and routing are quickly done. Our supply chain partners were up and using Arena in under five days. Finally, the benefit of increased visibility and trust that accrues from a single, correct, centralized, real-time database cannot be over-emphasized. | |
Quantitative Benefit
Reduced ECOs from days to hours | |
Resulted in 'zero wrong BOMs' | |
Shortened product-concept-to-cash cycle by 50% | |