Furniture production management. Integrated automation of furniture production: stages, procedures, requirements for software components Production process control program furniture

Sergei Babichev
System Analyst, "Furniture Design" direction, "Top Systems" company.
Sergey Dimitryuk
System Analyst, direction " Technological processes”, Top Systems company.

The advantages of automating the end-to-end chain of production processes have been repeatedly discussed both in periodicals and on specialized Internet resources. However, the problems standing in the way of automation are discussed with even greater interest. Certain opinions of skeptics are justified and the problems they raise deserve attention, but we must not forget that technical and technological barriers are overcome sooner or later, and the trends are such that without ensuring transparency and manageability of the operational and production processes of an enterprise, modern conditions it becomes harder to compete. Therefore, enterprise-wide automation is the norm. today. This is confirmed by the frequent requests received by Top Systems from representatives of furniture companies who are looking for modern integrated solutions for their enterprises and reliable suppliers for their implementation.

On the market of integrated automated solutions, there are proposals from both domestic and foreign software developers. Unfortunately, the similarity of the declared functionality for different systems actually turns out to be imaginary (and this is one of the main reasons for skepticism!). Everyone knows that the concept of "car" cannot be interpreted unambiguously, speaking about its capabilities. At a minimum, it is necessary to clarify its brand, specifications and, in the end, the class of the car.
So why should “document flow”, “parametrization” and other capacious terms that characterize the key capabilities of automated systems be interpreted differently?

This article outlines the main requirements for automated systems, which, according to the authors, are able to ensure the collective work of key departments of a furniture enterprise.
The main requirements of customers facing a choice complete solution, boil down to the following points:

• ensuring collective work in a single information space (SIS);
• using the principle of a single data source (without data duplication) in the interaction of all units in the SIS;
• the possibility of using the complex within the framework of distributed production with data transfer via secure VPN channels;
• building an end-to-end chain of process automation with a minimum number of breaks (ideally, without breaks in the chain at all);
• flexibility of the system both due to the ability to configure it with built-in tools (that is, without programming), and through the use of macros (ideally, system support by one or two administrators without special programming knowledge).
• "seamless" integration of the components of the complex, which ultimately affects the cost of maintaining a comprehensive solution when switching to new versions of programs.

The stages of the life cycle of a furniture product are somewhat different for serial and custom production, but invariably include the following steps:
1. Order.
2. Preparation for production.
3. Manufacturing.
4. Delivery and service.
For production, working according to the order system, the stages are performed sequentially, while in the conditions series production it is necessary to continuously develop and update the product line.
To do this, various marketing activities are carried out: market research and purchasing power, collecting feedback from customers, etc. According to the results marketing research an experimental sample of the product is designed and manufactured, which is then either sent for revision or put into production.
Despite the differences in the passage of the cycle, depending on the type of production, approximately the same mechanisms and tools are used to automate stages 1-4. Let's consider the main functionality of the components of the complex used to build an end-to-end chain of automation of the processes of a furniture enterprise.

Order

Information about the order, as a rule, comes from sales salons, where the product is demonstrated to the client and the contract is concluded. For these purposes, automation systems for the activities of sales outlets are used. Such systems make it possible to model the interior in three-dimensional form based on client data, automatically generate contractual documentation and transfer order parameters to production, where the received data is processed and transferred to various accounting systems of the ERP (enterprise resource planning) class.

Example design documentation

In the case of a serial system, a production task is formed on the basis of the order data, and in the case of a custom system, the order parameters are transferred for development to the design department.
To conduct marketing activities aimed at the development of new products, it is necessary to be able to collect, accumulate and structure information on future products. For these purposes, the technical document management (TDM) functionality is used, which allows you to add and accumulate heterogeneous files and data (documents, images, video materials, etc.) in the system, structure them and provide access to data in accordance with enterprise security policies. To work with clients, CRM (customer relationship management) class systems are used, where information about contacts is stored, commercial offers, issued invoices, etc. To work with contractors, organize internal orders and register incoming and outgoing correspondence, the functionality of office and clerical workflow is used.
Do not forget about the system-wide components necessary to ensure the SIS, which are used by all participants in the production cycle in their daily activities:

• postal service for notifications and exchange of information, as well as for issuing tasks and instructions;
• calendar;
• work with the nomenclature of products and materials;
• automatic generation of reports and statements;
• data search and filtering system.

Preparation for production

This stage is associated with the design and technological preparation of production (CTPP), at which the design and development of design documentation (CD) is carried out, technological preparation is carried out and control programs for equipment with numerical control are formed. program management(CNC).

For furniture according individual projects(non-standard furniture), the key features of the design system are:

• creation of geometry of any complexity (the possibility directly depends on the geometric core of the system);
• advanced design diagnostic tools to minimize design errors;
• automated tools for building products and obtaining design documentation (operating with such concepts as a part, edge, accessories) facilitate the process of product development, and automatic generation project documentation relieves routine operations);
• tools for working with the product (working with materials of parts and products, costing, etc.);
• the possibility of using prototypes, that is, pre-prepared parametric blanks of parts and assembly units for their multiple use with different parameters;
• some design systems provide automatic generation of export files for CNC equipment, which allows them to be transferred to the machine and put into processing.
  For the design of serial and custom-made (standard) furniture, the key features of the system are:
• powerful parametric capabilities, which allows you to lay any logic for rebuilding models;
• the ability to create custom dialogs for managing models without programming;
• the possibility of using a three-dimensional model of the product for automated receipt of assembly diagrams (product passports), packaging calculation and other necessary documentation.
  Technological preparation of production provides an opportunity to:
• select the processing route and the composition of operations by type of furniture parts;
• select the main and alternative equipment;
• calculate the modes and norms of time for processing;
• create a parametric process that depends on the available equipment and production capabilities;
• form the main production operations and transfer their parameters for scheduling operations and drawing up production plans.

The process of developing a design and technological documentation must be manageable, and approval procedures are transparent to use and efficient.

For these purposes, the mechanisms of project management, resource and cost planning (Project Management) are used. It is important that the information for analysis in the Project Management system is based on real data. This will allow you to identify bottlenecks in the course of the project (for example, the reasons for postponing the launch of a product into production), rationally allocate resources for the implementation of the project, or compare several copies of the project in real time in the “plan-to-fact” mode.

In the approval procedures at the stages of the KTPP, the functionality of business processes is widely used (for example, for working with notifications of changes in project documentation) and the mechanism for generating reports (specifications, statements, etc.).

In the process of designing and manufacturing experimental samples, a search for design solutions is carried out, issues of optimizing the cost of products are solved, and the use of certain materials for the production of a product is being worked out. Thus, several variants of design and technological documentation are formed for each version of the product.
Therefore, the ability to manage product compositions, versions and configurations (options) is an important requirement for a technical document management system.

Manufacturing

At the stage of order implementation, it is important to receive information about the state of affairs in production in real time and, in case of problems (for example, in case of equipment breakdown), assess the current situation and promptly make adjustments to the production plan. To solve these problems, a system of operational scheduling (OCP) is used.

Order schedule

The main functionality for this stage are the following subsystems:

• Managing production tasks. Operational scheduling (OKP);
• Warehouse accounting (Warehouse);
• Maintenance and repair of equipment (TORO);

Delivery and service

The final stage of the product life cycle is the delivery of the order to the customer and after-sales service. At this stage, the relationship between the client and the seller moves into the category of official requests / responses in the form of claims, requests for product repairs, fulfillment of warranty obligations, etc. The same functionality is used here as in the previous steps:

• office and clerical workflow;
• technical document flow;
• customer relationship management;
• project and resource management.

At this stage, it is important to have information about the design of the parts delivered to the furniture client, and their color scheme, in order to quickly manufacture broken parts during the delivery, assembly or operation of products.
For some types of fittings, such as glued fittings, it is necessary to provide instructions for replacing fittings or repair inserts.
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• T-FLEX Furniture.Administrator - universal environment development of parametric models of furniture without programming.

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1C-Rarus is a joint venture between 1C and Rarus, which has been in existence for seven years and is one of the leading companies in the development of ready-made industry solutions in the field of business automation based on the 1C:Enterprise platform. Today, 1C-Rarus presents a new solution for effective management modern furniture company.

It can be said without exaggeration that modern computer technologies have taken an important place in the sphere of production. Indeed, more and more manufacturers are coming to the conclusion that automation can significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the enterprise.

However, most of the software products for manufacturing enterprises presented on the market, as a rule, solve either local problems: accounting, trade, warehouse operations, or do not have a clearly defined industry specialization. This problem is also relevant for furniture companies.

In November 2001 on international exhibition Mebel-2001 company "1C-Rarus" presented a software product in which production, trade, warehouse and financial functions a typical furniture company. At the same time, the program is designed in such a way that it is convenient to work with geographically remote divisions of the enterprise.

This solution is intended for management accounting in production, both for standard furniture and for custom-made furniture. The program can also be useful for furniture stores.

The following is short description main functions of the program:

Order and sales management

For a consumer-oriented furniture company, important element management accounting is the management of customer orders.

To work with clients, the program provides an unlimited number of price categories and pricing mechanisms that the user can use at his discretion. When placing an order, you can specify both the usual information about the order (composition, name of the customer, his address), and additional ones, for example, delivery time. When placing an order, you can enter into its composition both products from the catalog and “create” products based on a prototype (one of the products already present in the catalog).

A useful feature when working with customers is the input and storage of product photos. Thanks to this, the program can be conveniently used in sales departments or furniture stores, selecting the furniture necessary for the buyer in terms of colors, sizes, appearance, material and coating.

Upon receipt of an order for the shipment of furniture, you can get a prompt calculation of the cost of the order, taking into account deviations from the prototype and additional services furniture delivery, assembly, etc.

For the convenience of working with orders, the program allows you to keep track of the geometric parameters of the nomenclature, for example: height, width, length, type of facade.

The program allows you to trace the entire chain of documents created on the basis of the entered customer order. By compiling an operational report on the balances and turnovers for a specific order, you can at any time find out the status of the order.

Materials Management

A distinctive feature of furniture production is the presence of a large range of materials, raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products, goods. Each element of the nomenclature has various properties: weight, dimensions, material, color, coating, etc. These and other data are stored by the program in the multi-level directory "Nomenclature".

In connection with the "Nomenclature" directory, you can enter an arbitrary number of specifications for products and semi-finished products, indicating the main specification. The specification stores data on the material composition of the manufactured product, production operations for its manufacture, by-products, analogues of materials and semi-finished products with a replacement priority scheme.

The program involves full automation of warehouse accounting and movement material assets: receipt at warehouses, movement between warehouses and production, write-off, batch accounting, inventory, reservation of goods in a warehouse, etc.

Manufacturing control

Based on orders received from customers and other parameters of the system, the program generates a furniture production plan. Planning is carried out for a certain period for specific projects (types of activity, groups of orders), in the context of departments and nomenclature.

Based on the plan for the production of furniture, the planned cost of production is calculated, a plan for the purchase of raw materials and materials is drawn up, production tasks and orders are formed by suppliers.

Entering the production task for final products automatically generates tasks for workshops, sections, employees for processing raw materials, assembling units, cutting into materials and other operations necessary for the production of furniture.

Production accounting in the program is carried out by the formation primary documentation: production tasks and orders, consignment notes, documents for the release of products, etc.

Production accounting capabilities complement technological maps, which store data on the composition of the manufactured product or semi-finished product (staples, nails, boards, upholstery), consumption rates of materials and semi-finished products, production operations, by-products and analogues of materials and semi-finished products that are used in the manufacture of the product.

Cost management

The program allows you to keep records for different types of industries. Accounting for the cost of manufactured furniture is possible both at actual and standard costs. At the same time, standard costs are indicated directly in technological maps.

The cost of direct costs can be calculated directly at the time of production or at the close of the period. General and general production costs are written off in accordance with the selected method at the end of the period, while you can use various bases distribution of costs. Recording of work in progress is also kept in the context of departments, orders, production assignments and nomenclature. The program supports the accounting of marriage and returns from production.

Management of mutual settlements and cash

The program allows you to automate work with clients: issuing invoices, invoices, invoices and others primary documents. To account for the purchase of raw materials, materials and goods from suppliers, registration of the receipt of goods at warehouses, the return of goods to the supplier, the registration of invoices and the introduction of orders to suppliers is provided. At any time, you can get details on mutual settlements with counterparties by currency, by contracts, by supporting documents.

The program allows you to generate and process primary banking and cash documents: payment orders, bank statements and cash orders. Conducting bank and cash desk operations allows you to quickly track the movement Money enterprises.

Management reporting

The program has a wide range of opportunities for obtaining a variety of management reports that allow managers of a furniture company to have up-to-date management information at any time. For example, you can generate reports on what is happening in production, on the balance of cash and materials, the status of mutual settlements with counterparties, the volume of output, the execution of the production plan, the volume of work in progress and scrap, the volume of sales and purchases, the cost of production, changes in assets and liabilities of the enterprise, etc. Such reports can be detailed by company divisions, firms and other analytics elements.

Compatibility

Automatic uploading of data into the standard configuration "Accounting" of the program "1C: Enterprise" allows you to integrate the program "1C-Rarus: Furniture Enterprise" with accounting. This is very convenient, since 1C constantly keeps up to date the compliance of the Accounting configuration with the requirements and changes in Russian legislation.

The functionality of the program "1C-Rarus: Furniture Enterprise" can be expanded with other management decisions 1C-Rarus company:

The connection of the solution with the furniture design program "K3-Furniture" is also provided.

Thus, the 1C-Rarus: Furniture Enterprise program has full-fledged capabilities for organizing management accounting, is flexibly configured and scaled, has a pronounced industry specificity and covers almost all production and commercial functions of a furniture industry enterprise with the accounting process. For more information on this decision, please call: 250-6383/93.

In order to effectively and efficiently conduct all business in the furniture business, it is recommended to switch to an automated control system. Its implementation allows to increase management performance by 25%. Furniture concerns working with the automated control system for furniture production 1c have achieved considerable success over the past 10 years.

What services does the firm offer?

1. The control system for kitchen and facade enterprises is designed to coordinate non-standard parameters, because it includes a large number of product characteristics.

   Problem: the ability to renegotiate the terms of the order several times and the presence of incorrect characteristics, which leads to an increase in costs and time to complete orders.

   Decision: furniture production program created to facilitate the production process, which estimates how much material, financial resources and other operations will be required, as well as allow you to quickly complete orders and make the necessary adjustments.

2. The control system for cabinet furniture was created for the unification of production materials, as well as for the rapid exchange of information about the warehouse assortment.

   Problem: the need to ensure fast order picking, as well as the work is hampered by standardized packaging of materials, which leads to confusion in the warehouse.

   Decision: furniture production program 1s: http://umf-consult.ru, UMF Consult company, analyzes the cost of production and reduces the number of errors by barcoding.

3. The control system for sliding systems is designed for both individual and standard orders, which entails the most complex calculations and ongoing approvals.

   Problem: the need to produce serial models at the same time as individual orders.

   Decision: Furniture production accounting program allows you to create works "to order" and quickly exchange information with the client and with the factory using remote access to the database. At the same time, the system automatically calculates the final cost of the product, based on the specified parameters.

4. The control system for upholstered furniture is designed to take into account the specific features of production, that is, to ensure the correct functioning of the serial production of frame products and individual additions, such as upholstery and covers.

   Problem: the need not only to combine individual and serial orders, but also to take into account the specifics of the work, because manual labor is often used in this business.

   Decision: Automation of furniture production allows you to parametrize orders, which greatly facilitates the work.

5. The management system for individual projects allows you to fulfill unique orders on time.

   Problem: the need for a clear assessment of the feasibility of orders, which means that it must not only fully pay off, but also make a profit. This is due to problems in setting prices for the entire range of work, as well as problems associated with the wages of workers.

6. Management system for solid wood furniture - allows you to track all stages of mass production of furniture, which contributes to the filling of warehouses.

   Problem: there is a need for constant calculation of profitability of the cost price and accounting a large number"repartitions".

   Decision: accounting for furniture production allows you to carry out a detailed, step-by-step accounting of all orders, as well as apply bar coding, which allows you to track all stages of production.

7. Custom cabinet furniture management system – designed to maximize the efficiency of order processing at minimum cost.

   Problem: constant monitoring of production, speed and quality of order fulfillment is necessary.

   Solution: using the control system, you can automate order acceptance, execution and shipment using parametric and graphical system parameters and barcoding, which will notify you of the readiness of the order just in time.

To make order fulfillment clear and well-coordinated, an automated control system with a bar-coding system and taking into account many parameters will allow:

• effectively track the correctness of ordering
• make timely adjustments and share information
• just in time to know about the readiness of the order

An expert in the field of IT consulting and automation of accounting at furniture enterprises gives recommendations on attracting a hired production director and calculating motivational schemes.

Sergei Mironenko, CEO company "Aviant"

Many of my clients complain that they often have to change production directors. It’s not for me to tell you how troublesome and energy-consuming this business is! What is the reason why this is happening? Maybe the lack of competent managers in the market affects? Or Russian business Is he too young for this? Or maybe the point is in high expectations, in an incorrect assessment of what and how a top manager should be able to do in this position? Or is there no understanding of how to manage production, and both at once - the hired top manager and his employer?

I think it all comes down to it in one way or another. But, perhaps, the most important thing that hinders the success of the production director and leads to leapfrog with the change of top managers is the lack of understanding of how to manage such a director. I suggest to readers furniture business» a simple technique: how to start growing on your own or attract an intelligent hired production director.

To begin with, let's describe in more detail the production process at a furniture company. It all starts with an elementary calculation of the planned cost of production and an assessment of current capacities. Only after we have understood how much and for how much we are able to produce, we can decide on the type of production that we will follow: serial or custom. It happens, however, that one director manages two directions at once.

Next, you need to decide which methods of production planning we will use. There are many possibilities here, but ultimately they depend on the specifications of a particular finished product. In furniture production, the concept of “packaging” is often used, and each package has its own specification; the finished product itself appears after the final assembly on site at the client.

After we have written down the process of manufacturing "packages" and their specifications, we can determine the planning horizons. Most often, shift planning methods and general workshop planning for a month are used.

When you decide to plan your production, try to be guided by the required level of accounting detail within the production cycle. The following is important here: the lower the level of detail required, the higher the labor costs for accounting for such production. You also need to be aware of why you, in fact, need this detailing. The task is simplified if you use robotic lines - they can be integrated into any accounting system and take into account information without additional labor costs.

Now it remains only to highlight the costs that will relate directly to production. To do this, it is better to compile a separate table and try to take into account everything that is directly or indirectly related to production. And here - attention! It is important to understand exactly what costs will be included in the production cycle. Why? Because this will limit the scope of our production and show where, in fact, the responsibility of the director ends, for what exactly he is responsible.

Finally, having planning methods in hand, a scheme for calculating the cost of manufacturing products, a list of cost items, calculations of production capacities, a decision on the level of detail of accounting, one can create motivation for the production director. Yes, it is to create motivation, and not to open an intense and disorderly review of candidates for this position.

Motivation is the only effective mechanism that will allow you to manage a top manager and achieve your goals. Motivation must be consistent with the development strategy of your enterprise, the business strategy as a whole. Many businessmen do not draw logical connections between strategy and staff motivation, and then wonder why seemingly qualified top managers do not show the required results? Pay attention to this: see how the motivational scheme for your top manager corresponds to the business strategy you have outlined.

Based on my experience, I distinguish two basic types of strategies that are present in the market: the strategy of development and expansion of the market presence; strategy for maintaining a business, or its survival. The first is characterized by the fact that the emphasis is on investment costs and good management. financial resources. The second one, an anti-crisis survival strategy, is more focused on managing key costs and reducing them. In one or another phase of business development, these strategies replace each other. Moreover, each of them requires a change in motivational schemes that support the desire of top managers to achieve goals within the framework of these strategies.

To determine a clear motivation for a top manager, it is worth first of all to formulate key indicators his activities. In other words, indicators of success in the part of the business that you delegate to him. It is important to clearly define the manager's area of ​​responsibility. A top manager must understand where is the field on which he will make decisions. Also, a top manager must see the relationship between the mistakes that he can make and his personal result.

Everyone understands that a real top manager is an ambitious person. He is able to set goals on his own. And therefore, in the motivational scheme, he should be given such an opportunity.

How to establish a trusting relationship between the owner and the production director? Accounting automation systems will help with this, making reporting on director performance indicators more transparent and understandable. Moreover, the presence unified system automated accounting even more tightly connects the indicators of the production director with the indicators of other participants in the business process.

What are these indicators? Among the main ones, one can single out the planned and actual cost of production, the number of defects in manufactured products, the completeness and uniformity of the load on production capacity, time to manufacture a unit of output, growth in output. It is these indicators that should be included in the motivation calculation scheme for your production director. A director that you can effectively manage. And he, in turn, will stay in your factory longer than the previous ones, and will be able to achieve much greater success in management. production process.

Archival material

Furniture factory "Ronikon" (Moscow), created in2000, initially engaged in the production of wardrobes to order. At present, the factory has significantly expanded its production and today, along with furniture for individual projects, it offers a wide range of serial cabinet furniture - sliding wardrobes, hinged wardrobes, hallways, bedrooms, libraries, shelving, etc. The factory's products are sold through a developed network of company stores and branches located in major cities Russia, - St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Volgograd, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar, Tula, etc. More than 2000 people work at the enterprise.

The need for automation

The growth of production, combined with the development of a network of branches, led to the use of an effective production management system and numerous departments. The information system that existed at the enterprise at that time consisted of about ten separate software products. Over time, it became clear that this system does not allow you to quickly and objectively respond to the processes taking place in the company, and also does not cope with all the changes associated with the expansion of the business.

Data exchange between departments was not organized efficiently enough. The units received information out of time, and this made it difficult to analyze the existing situation. It took so much time to collect the necessary data that a significant part of them lost their relevance already in the process of collection. It was difficult for management to track the stages of fulfillment of certain orders, work centers and staff were loaded unevenly.

To organize full control over the production process and effective cost planning, as well as to solve other problems, the enterprise needed a modern Information system.

To the new automated system The factory management made a number of demands. First of all, its functionality was supposed to allow automating the business processes of an enterprise, taking into account industry specifics. To support the growth and development of the enterprise, the information system had to be scalable. It was also necessary that the system reflect all changes in Russian legislation in a timely manner.

Work on the design and implementation of the information system was entrusted to the company "Aviant" (1C: Franchisee, Moscow), which, according to customer reviews, has necessary experience automation of manufacturing and trading companies.

The new information system of the furniture factory was created on the basis of a typical application solution "1C: manufacturing plant 8" on the 1C:Enterprise 8 platform. This software product, in the opinion of the factory's management, most corresponded to the declared requirements for an automated system.

Project work

On the preparatory stage Aviant specialists carried out a comprehensive diagnostics and analysis of business processes, on the basis of which a scheme for their optimization was then drawn up. In twenty days, a prototype of the system was created and fully implemented, and a test case based on the customer's data was also implemented. All business processes of the furniture factory were regulated and subject to automation within the framework of this project.

Implementation took place in several stages. First of all, the full cycle of production of furniture products was automated, starting with measurements and design appearance and ending with the installation of the finished product at the buyer. To give the production process the necessary transparency, it was divided in the system into a sequence of stages that are easily monitored. Accounting for direct and indirect costs in the manufacture of products was also set up. Thanks to this, it became possible to accurately calculate the final cost of production, which made it possible to form a flexible pricing policy.

At the second stage, the work of the materials warehouse, the procurement service, the administration, the planning and economic department and the design and technology bureau was automated. Decision-making and interaction between departments became more efficient and coordinated. The factory now has the ability to plan production based on sales plans. In addition, the system implemented the possibility of dispatching, which made it possible to ensure uniform loading of all parts of the furniture factory, as well as continuous, rhythmic and economical execution of all processes of the production cycle. This contributed to the prevention of equipment downtime and loss of working time and, accordingly, the fulfillment of orders on time.

At the third stage, a number of specific mechanisms were implemented in the system. This is, for example, the "Service Management" subsystem, designed to record and control the provision of services measuring, product design development, delivery and installation finished product. There is also the possibility of controlling funds and their optimal use with customizable task routing by roles.

In addition, a special tool "Technologist Monitor" is implemented in the system. For each buyer's order, the monitor reflects data on the requirements for materials necessary for its execution, and automatically controls the availability of the required raw materials in the warehouse. As a result of using the "Technologist's Monitor", the accuracy of the calculation has significantly increased and the coordination of costs has been simplified, the optimal loading of work centers and personnel has been ensured, and real-time control over all stages of order fulfillment has been implemented.

Thanks to the creation of special nesting maps, which display the remaining materials and suggest the best options for their use, there has been a reduction in waste in the production of products.

Result of automation

As a result of the project, 200 jobs were automated at the factory. The new information system has covered the main and auxiliary business processes and is effectively used to solve the problems of integrated planning, analysis and control of activities. Automation has led to a reduction in the number of routine operations and an increase in the efficiency of record keeping. Management received a full-featured management tool that allows them to quickly make decisions based on detailed and up-to-date information.

The introduction of the system contributed to a significant reduction in management costs and the expansion of the range of products manufactured by the Ronikon furniture factory. Combined with more flexible pricing policy this led to an increase in demand for products and, accordingly, to an increase in the company's profits.

At present, having passed the stages of industrial launch and warranty support, all divisions of the Ronikon furniture factory are engaged in operating activities in the new information system.