Leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment improves its competitiveness by implementing Serenic Software’s Material Management System
Leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment improves its competitiveness by implementing Serenic Software’s Material Management System
2 PagesThe Challenge A major North American manufacturer of mining and industrial machinery decided to implement a “lean manufacturing” strategy in order to improve its efficiency and profitability . With several plants located in North America, each having multiple product lines, the company was facing a complex challenge related to managing orders, materials and the delivery of thousands of parts to line-side manufacturing cells. The average cost of each finished product the company made was nearly $300,000 per machine and could approach as much as $750,000. Thousands of machines and vehicles are produced annually . After a long and distinguished history in the manufacture of mining and construction equipment, the customer needed to become more competitive. Facing highly capable suppl
