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glovia Project Accounting Automates Cost Control Process and Provides Enhanced Visibility for Budget Analysis

Technology Category
  • Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries
  • Electronics
Applicable Functions
  • Discrete Manufacturing
  • Product Research & Development
Use Cases
  • Manufacturing System Automation
  • Predictive Maintenance
Services
  • Software Design & Engineering Services
  • System Integration
The Challenge
Radio Frequency Company, a leading manufacturer of advanced industrial radio frequency (RF) processing systems, was facing a business problem. With manufacturing jobs that could last up to six months or more, the company needed an automated solution to accurately monitor the costs and evaluate the status of these complicated and lengthy projects. They needed to quickly distinguish one-time labor costs, increase their overall planning efficiency, and provide visibility into these processes for the Project Managers and upper management. The company was also looking for a solution that could help them better evaluate bids and estimates and track the ongoing changes to engineering, resources, and services for their Engineered-to-Order (ETO) equipment that have complex product lifecycles and long lead times.
About The Customer
Radio Frequency Company, Inc. (RFC) is a total-system design and manufacturing company known for the most innovative and reliable RF heating and drying equipment in the world. Founded in 1946, RFC designs and builds RF generators, applicators, automated handling systems, plus system instrumentation packages, and programmable logic control systems. The company provides turnkey installation supervision plus field service, telephone consultation, and spare parts for over 3,000 systems in operation around the world. RFC is headquartered in Millis, Massachusetts where the company’s manufacturing, service, and sales operations are located.
The Solution
To solve their business problem, Radio Frequency migrated to the current version of glovia to take advantage of project accounting and project resource planning functionality. This move was aimed at improving project cost tracking visibility and evaluation as well as enhancing their ability to plan and manage their complex projects. The current version of glovia enabled RFC to better manage their complex projects, which can last six months or more, and stay on top of project budgets with instant access to timely and detailed cost information throughout the project lifecycle. The flexible solutions framework in glovia immediately reacts to project changes to rebalance supplies, resources, and demands to help keep projects on time and costs under control.
Operational Impact
  • With the current version of glovia implemented, Radio Frequency has been able to enhance and automate their work order and costing report processes eliminating several hours a day of manual compilation for accounting and project managers while greatly increasing the value, efficiency and accuracy of these processes.
  • The company can now better manage their complex projects, directing information to the people who need it and organizing it by fiscal period or by assembly or both.
  • The end-to-end solution manages everything from defining the project scope and developing realistic estimates and quotes to optimizing the use of resources and managing costs.
Quantitative Benefit
  • Project managers are saving several hours a day in clerical duties.
  • The company can now accurately monitor project costs and ensure effective budget management.

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