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	Plastics Components Inc. Leads Global Competition at Home With EnterpriseIQ ERP Software

Plastics Components Inc. Leads Global Competition at Home With EnterpriseIQ ERP Software

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Plastics
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Inventory Management Manufacturing System Automation Predictive Maintenance
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Plastic Components, Inc. (PCI) is a leading, globally-competitive supplier of critical molded plastic parts for a diverse range of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). However, the company was struggling with managing operations with several nonintegrated, manual databases, which was putting a heavy load on the company’s staffing resources. Data was scattered throughout the company, and there was no standard for reporting, so information was often unavailable or inaccurate. Without accurate data, PCI couldn’t easily provide value quotes to its customers, and because the system lacked inventory management controls, inventory could not be checked without calling a live person. The company was looking for a single database solution that offered centralized, accurate, and relevant data that was accessible to everyone in the company. Read More
About Customer	Founded in 1989, Plastic Components, Inc. (PCI) is a globally competitive, low-cost producer of critical injection molded thermoplastic parts for original equipment manufacturers. The company is based in Germantown, Wisconsin and has relied on complete process automation to provide the highest quality parts at the lowest possible cost. With 40 dedicated manufacturing cells (presses, robots, parts conveyors and automated material handling systems) producing parts on a fully automated basis 24 hours a day, five days a week, PCI has shipped over one billion molded parts to customers throughout North America since its inception. The company operates 40 molding presses simultaneously 24 hours a day, five days a week with no operators involved in the molding process. Read More
Solution	PCI selected EnterpriseIQ for its breadth of functionality, easy-to-manage user-friendly format, and the centralized control it provided over core business data. With EnterpriseIQ in place, PCI is more effectively managing information internally and across its entire supply chain. The company relies on EnterpriseIQ to manage everything from manufacturing and plant operations to sales and distribution, finance, payroll, customer relationship management, preventative maintenance, and more. IQAlerts, IQMS’ business activity monitoring module, helps PCI fend off potential problems by notifying the appropriate personnel when a task needs to be accomplished and by warning when an error has been made. PCI also uses IQAlerts to automate electronic delivery of invoices to its customers. 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

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Manufacturing System Automation

Predictive Maintenance

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Plastic Components, Inc. (PCI) is a leading, globally-competitive supplier of critical molded plastic parts for a diverse range of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). However, the company was struggling with managing operations with several nonintegrated, manual databases, which was putting a heavy load on the company’s staffing resources. Data was scattered throughout the company, and there was no standard for reporting, so information was often unavailable or inaccurate. Without accurate data, PCI couldn’t easily provide value quotes to its customers, and because the system lacked inventory management controls, inventory could not be checked without calling a live person. The company was looking for a single database solution that offered centralized, accurate, and relevant data that was accessible to everyone in the company.

About Customer

Founded in 1989, Plastic Components, Inc. (PCI) is a globally competitive, low-cost producer of critical injection molded thermoplastic parts for original equipment manufacturers. The company is based in Germantown, Wisconsin and has relied on complete process automation to provide the highest quality parts at the lowest possible cost. With 40 dedicated manufacturing cells (presses, robots, parts conveyors and automated material handling systems) producing parts on a fully automated basis 24 hours a day, five days a week, PCI has shipped over one billion molded parts to customers throughout North America since its inception. The company operates 40 molding presses simultaneously 24 hours a day, five days a week with no operators involved in the molding process.

Solution

PCI selected EnterpriseIQ for its breadth of functionality, easy-to-manage user-friendly format, and the centralized control it provided over core business data. With EnterpriseIQ in place, PCI is more effectively managing information internally and across its entire supply chain. The company relies on EnterpriseIQ to manage everything from manufacturing and plant operations to sales and distribution, finance, payroll, customer relationship management, preventative maintenance, and more. IQAlerts, IQMS’ business activity monitoring module, helps PCI fend off potential problems by notifying the appropriate personnel when a task needs to be accomplished and by warning when an error has been made. PCI also uses IQAlerts to automate electronic delivery of invoices to its customers.

Impact #1	Increased data integrity and accessibility
Impact #2	Improved on-time delivery to achieve an average 99.3% on-time rate
Impact #3	Increased traceability for ISO compliance

Impact #1

Increased data integrity and accessibility

Impact #2

Improved on-time delivery to achieve an average 99.3% on-time rate

Impact #3

Increased traceability for ISO compliance

Benefit #1	Reduced the warehouse space by 25 percent as a result of the timeliness of material delivery
Benefit #2	On-time delivery rate of 99.3 percent
Benefit #3	Growth of business nearly ten percent after implementation

Benefit #1

Reduced the warehouse space by 25 percent as a result of the timeliness of material delivery

Benefit #2

On-time delivery rate of 99.3 percent

Benefit #3

Growth of business nearly ten percent after implementation

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Plastics Components Inc. Leads Global Competition at Home With EnterpriseIQ ERP Software

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