At that time, the company used a custom batch system that wasn't live, had no effective shop floor control or scheduling, and more urgently, was not Y2K compatible. Dynacircuits examined its objectives and outlined its requirements for a solution that offered real-time information and document management, had effective shop floor control, and provided enhanced scheduling functionality. The Y2K incompatibility of its current system also encouraged Dynacircuits to choose a solution that it could implement quickly, before scheduling customer orders became problematic. With these criteria in mind, the company performed a thorough search using the consulting services of the Chicago Manufacturing Center. Now it tracks inspection data, gage calibration, preventive maintenance, and spare parts within a single online system.
Different products require different build times.
We're growing so rapidly now, we have so many new customers that we need to maximize our work center capacities. We're running job costing, inventory control, customer management, purchasing, engineering and job definition. In any competitive industry, maintaining customer loyalty and delivering high satisfaction are as important to a company's success as pricing, on-time delivery, and a quality product. As the company began to profit from these investments, it chose to implement an advanced enterprise system because it needed to manage both the increased volume of data and its shop floor operations before they got out of control. One of the business benefits of adopting an integrated ERP system included real-time information access.