Manufacturing SME: Gaining Production Visibility
"Excel hell and an expensive, rigid ERP left us blind to bottlenecks. We needed a way to see what was actually happening on the floor.", Klaus Becker, Operations Director, Präzisionstechnik GmbH (Stuttgart, 140 employees)
The Problem: Their planning process was painfully slow, and because they relied on spreadsheets, they had no real-time visibility into production or machine availability.
The Fix: We created a custom production order module that tracks bills of materials, manages machine scheduling, and includes a portal for suppliers to check order status.
The Outcome: Planning is now 50% faster, and they reduced their work-in-progress stock by 18% in the first quarter. They replaced several fragmented tools with one lean system.
Key Tech: Custom Schemas, Bottleneck Alerts, Supplier Portals