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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
The 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 The 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.
The 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.
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