One-Stop ERP Solution to Manage Global Supply Chain

Find out how one cable manufacturer has implemented IQMS’ ERP Software to manage their global supply chain in a single, one-stop system

Global Interconnect (GII) has taken full advantage of the real-time connectivity of IQMS ERP & automation software to double their sales whilst increasing productivity by 25% – and all with no added overhead.

GII provide custom-engineered medical-grade cable assemblies, connectors and components to customers worldwide.

Thanks to the medical nature of their products GII are under immense pressure to produce top quality products every time – their products have zero-failure requirements, as they are used in medical applications like electrosurgical tools and critical patient monitoring devices.

At the same time, GII also has to manage the demands of a complex global supply chain, with overseas manufacturing plants which require extremely tight oversight and controls, to maintain that fail safe quality assurance.

While this kind of outsourcing lowered GII’s manufacturing costs, the challenges of maintaining it with an antiquated MRP system were starting to outweigh the benefits. Challenges like:

• Counterfeit items could easily enter the supply chain when manufacturing overseas. To combat this, GII purchases a significant number of their parts domestically for export to China, which adds an additional layer of complexity and calculation to the supply chain.
• Communications between their HQ in the US and plants in China and Hong Kong necessitate 24/7 sharing of essential data, thanks to time differences.
• Finished goods delivered to the US were then subject to “intensive manual calculations” which led to mistakes of human error, in addition to being incredibly time-consuming.

Download this case-study whitepaper from IQMS, to find out how these challenges and others were overcome when GII implemented IQMS’ ERP and MES systems, and the level of ROI seen by GII when they put an integrated, data-driven system in place to manage their manufacturing operations.

 

 

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