CASE STUDY - Replacement of Job Tracking and Stock Control System

Profile

• Sheet Metal Manufacturing Company
  
  
• Markets are both Commercial and Government
  
  
• Plans to increase production capacity.

Challenges

• To implement a more functionally rich job tracking system
  
  
• Add an automated Stock Control application
  
  
• Integrate the business practices
  
  
• Improve Operational efficiency

Solution

• Reviewed current system and assessed impact on business performance
  
  
• Created a proposal for the new system and processes
  
  
• Drafted a detailed business and technical specification
  
  
• Selected a vendor to build the bespoke solution
  
  
• Project Manage the build and implementation.

Benefits

• The assessment phase uncovered a number of system issues which impeded the operational efficiency of the business
  
  
• We correlated the information and put together a detailed business and technical specification
  
  
• We also took a long term strategic view of the business and suggested that they incorporate their future requirements into the build now thus reducing the cost by half
  
  
• Currently project managing the build on behalf of the client.