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Encompix_ETO_ERP_Proves_Efficiency_to_B&K_Corporation
| Encompix ETO ERP Proves Efficiency to B&K Corporation
B&K Corporation has two Michigan manufacturing plants, one in
Fenton and one in Saginaw. The company founded in 1952 recently
transformed their technology process by implementing ETO
(Engineer-to-Order) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Leader
Encompix, based in Cincinnati, OH.
Kurt Kuck, CFO for B&K shared some of the operational challenges
the company faced on a daily basis prior to the Encompix
implementation. Kuck noted, “We are a special order business.
Every order we get is different in some regard, but many of our
machines have some commonality to them. Our tendency was that
when we received a new order, we had not simplified method of
identifying what we could use from previous orders. That
approach just added to the cost. What was needed was some
standardization.”
Kuck also on the lack of efficiency in the old Syteline system
from Symix (now Infor Global Systems). “Syteline was fine for
tracking material and labor costs. But what was lacking was the
capability to bring it all together into a job cost system that
we could use for percentage of completion.”
Kuck noted they did not have a real time system. It was a very
paper intensive system. The company would go into monthly job
cost meetings that lasted hours and with three inch books of
paper with all project budget recaps. The Syteline data was
three weeks old.
Encompix benefits after just six months made a dramatic
difference according to Kuck: “By eliminating the manual input
that resulted from maintaining duel systems, B&K dramatically
decreased our clerical time. This has made out month-end process
much more streamlined and efficient. Encompix give us vastly
improved information. We are able to see the exact status of all
our projects. How we go into those meetings and we just pull
everything up onto the screen and enter job notes right into the
system. It is much more of a real-time system.”
Encompix (www.encompix.com) has filled the manufacturing
software requirements of Engineer-to-Order companies since 1992.
The company name reflects our commitment to developing business
application solutions that encompass the complex areas of
project-based and job-based manufacturing.
Encompix provides ETO manufacturers with a competitive advantage
by improving bottom line results.
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