Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) Custom Solutions
Today more than ever, manufacturing companies must be lean. Lean
processes are efficient and eliminate redundant activities.
Historically, the hand off of product documentation from
engineering to manufacturing has required redundant work. This is
most apparent when it comes to the task of setting all the required
part ordering parameters for material requirements planning.
MCTI assists with the integration of existing PLM and ERP applications.
- Process Definition and Optimization
- Accelerated implementations with use of existing data models
- Customized training on newly defined processes
An effective PLM to ERP integration project addresses the following
business activities:
- Product concept
- Base line product budget for cost controls
- Evaluate and approve any requested product or process changes
- Define process and product structure
- Receive and document new requested engineering changes
- Update part description, usage and forecast information
- Communicate production change package internally
- Find alternative sourcing
- Communicate production change package to suppliers
- Suppliers review product change package and respond to
RFQ’s
- Receive supplier feedback and update bill of material
effective dates
- Approve and track tooling requirements
- Issue production change authorizations
- Maintain contracts and schedule agreements
- Maintain order multiples, internal delivery methods and
packaging data
- Maintain transportation methods and routes
- Maintain linefeeds and process instructions
- Order production material
- Coordinate and manage tool build
- Perform quality management
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