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Success Highlights
Challenges• Manualplanningboard• Obsoleteshopfloordatacollectionsystem• Increasingcustomerdemands
Solution• EpicorAVP
Benefits• Betterdecision-makingbasedonwhat-if
scenarioinformation• Increasedshopfloorefficiency• Proactiveactionsbasedonconstraints
thatidentifycriticalfactorsintheproductionprocess
• Immediatevisibilityintoproductionscheduleandchanges,toallplantpersonnel
• Costanalysisofdifferentproductionoptions,attheclickofamouse
Company Facts• Location:Warwick,RhodeIsland,UnitedStates• Industry:FoldingCartonManufacturing• Website:www.jaypack.com
Jay Packaging
Epicor Success Story
“The scheduling constraint information provided by Epicor AVP has become a crucial part of our process, and we now use this information exclusively. A scheduler can just click on a job and see if the inks are ready, or when the dies and plates will be available. This has enabled us to become proactive to external factors that have a significant impact on our schedule.”
AngeloGiacchi,ITManager|JayPackaging
A phased approachWhentheinconvenienceofamanualplanningboard,andthehindrancesofanobsolete,unsupportedshopfloordatacollectionsystembecametoomuchtobear,JayPackaging(JPG)ofWarwick,RhodeIsland,beganthesearchforaflexibleandcomprehensivesoftwaresolution.Withmarket-leadingcustomers,thishigh-endfoldingcartonandblisterpackagingmanufacturerneededaninternalsystemthatwouldmeettheincreasingdemandsoftheircustomers.
TheJayPackagingteamwentthroughathoroughtwo-yearselectionprocessevaluatingsixdifferentmanagementinformationsystemsfromleadingsoftwaresuppliers,lookingforasolutionthatwasfullycompatiblewiththeirbusinessneeds.Theynarrowedthechoicesdowntothreefinalvendorsthatwereassessedbasedontheirbusinessbackground,thesoftwareitself,andthesupportoffereduponandafterinstallation.
Success Story – Jay Packaging
“Epicor really understood the products we make, and the needs of the packaging industry more than any
of the other companies or systems out there.”FernandoLemos,VicePresidentofFinanceandAdministration
Afterduediligenceintoavailablebusinesssoftwaresolutions,JayPackagingdecidedthatEpicorAVPwouldmatchthedemandsoftheirbusiness.
Justtwomonthsaftersigningthecontract,JPGwentlivewiththefirststageoftheirphasedsoftwareimplementation.
In-house, out-of-datePriortotheimplementationoftheEpicorAVPschedulingandshopfloordata-collectionmodules,JPGreliedoninternally-developedsoftwareoperatingonanoutdatedlegacyoperatingsystem.“WedecidedtopurchaseEpicorAVPsoftwareinseveralphases.Weoptedtoinstalltheadvancedschedulingandshopfloordatacollectionsystemsfirstastheyweremostinneedofupgrade,”saysAngeloGiacchi,ITmanageratJPG.“Ourlegacydatacollectionunitscouldnotbepurchasedorrepaired,andthesoftwarewasnolongersupported.”
Theschedulingsystemwasindesperateneedofimprovement,withJPGoperatingamanualschedulingboardthatconsistedof2”x2”cardsthathadtobehand-writtenbytheschedulersandthenmanipulatedmanuallyasrequirementschangedandproductionorderswererecorded.
System that fits the business at Jay Packaging“Epicorreallyunderstoodtheproductswemake,andtheneedsofthepackagingindustrymorethananyoftheothercompaniesorsystemsoutthere,”saysFernandoLemos,vicepresidentoffinanceandadministrationatJPG.“AtJPGwewantedasystemthatwouldfitourbusiness.Epicorgaveusthat.”ThesupportJPGknewtheywouldgetfromEpicorwasalsoakeyfactorinthedecision-makingprocess.Epicorhadadedicatedteamon-handtohelpensureasuccessfulsystemimplementation,andwithofficesontheeastandwestcoastsofNorthAmericaandinLeicester,UK,Epicorwasabletooffervirtuallyaroundtheclocksupport.
Seamlessly integratedDuringtheinstallationoftheshopfloordatacollectionandschedulingmodules,theEpicorteamwastheretoassistwiththesmoothintegrationofthenewsoftwareintothecompany’sday-to-dayoperationsandtoofferon-handsupportduringthego-live.AgreatdealofpreparationfromJPGensuredthesmoothnessofthistransition,asdidthethoroughtrainingandsupportofferedbyEpicor.
Beforethego-live,JPGranboththenewandoldsystemsinparalleltoallowthebusyteamattheirRhodeIslandplanttolearnthechangesthatcamewiththeimplementation.JPGalsowantedtoensurethatallemployeeswereconfidentwiththenewsoftware.“Itwasimportantthateachoftheemployeeswerecommittedtothesystem;everyonehadtobeapartofit.”saysGiacchi.
Partial completion, full satisfactionJPGrealizedsignificantbenefitsrunningtheEpicorAVPschedulingandshopfloordatacollectionmodules.Thevisualaspectofthesoftwareandits‘what-if’capabilitieshavebeennotedasgreatfeaturesofthesystemwithmajorbenefits.Thekeyproblemwiththeoldschedulingboardwasitslackofvisibility.“Therewasnoeasywaytoviewandmanipulatesituations;auserhadtowalktotheboardtoseewhichstageajobwasat.Thismadeitverydifficulttoreactefficientlytoanycustomerchanges,”saysGiacchi.WithEpicorAVP,themanagersatJPGhaveaccesstoviewallproductionschedules,inavarietyofdifferentformats.Changestotheplanarevisibleimmediatelythroughthepowerfulforward,backwardandbottleneckloadingoptionsofthesoftware.
Theuseofconstraints,whichidentifycriticalfactorsthatcanaffecttheschedulingofajob,hasbroughtmassivebenefitstotheschedulingoperationatJPG.
“Wedidn’trealizehowbigofanimpactthesewouldhave.Theconstraintshavebecomeacrucialpartoftheprocessandwenowusethemextensively.Forexample,aschedulercanjustclickona
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jobandseeiftheinksareready,orwhenthediesandplateswillbeavailable,”saysGiacchi.“Thishasenabledustobecomeproactive,ratherthanreactivetoexternalfactorsthatcanhaveasignificanteffectontheschedule.”
InJPG’sRhodeIslandplant,customerservice,departmentmanagers,purchasingandschedulersareusingthesystem.Ontopofthis,upto20peopleusetheshopfloordatacollectionsoftwareatanyonetime,recordjobandoperationalactivityasitoccurs,withautomaticupdatesbacktotheschedule.Ease-of-usehasbeenoneofthekeyfactorsintherapidadoptionontheshopfloor.AdditionalusersinJPG’sIndianaplantrunthesystem,enablingtotalvisibilityofloadandcapacityacrosstheentiregroup.
Phasing-in the futurePhasetwooftheimplementationwillbeexecutedintwostages,thefirstofwhichwillseetheinstallationofestimating,theflagshipmoduleofEpicorAVPfollowedbytheremainingmodules.GiacchiandallwhowillbeusingthesystematJPGareeagerlyanticipatingthisnextstage,andthefurtherbenefitsthenewmoduleswillbring.“TheflexibilitythattheEpicorAVPestimatingmoduleoffersisahugebenefit,andthestrengthofthismodulewasoneofthemainreasonsforchoosingthesystem,”saysGiacchi.“Theimplementationwillenableustoquicklyrespondtocustomerrequestsforquotes,andtoanalyzethecostsofthevariousproductionoptions,attheclickofamouse.”
ForJPG,thephasedapproachtotheintegratedsystemhassuitedthespecificneedsoftheirbusiness,andtheynowhaveastableplatformuponwhichtobuild.
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