Manufacturing

A sales consultant proposed a new computer system for a manufacturer, to be phased in over three years, at a cost of over $300,000.

Useful Solutions was asked to assess the proposal.

Analysis revealed that the vendor’s representative did not fully understand the client’s business, as their proposal did not address some of the fundamental needs of the client.

In addition, the software proposed was both support-intensive and expensive. It was considered inappropriate for this business and accordingly, the sale of the new computer system did not proceed.

A detailed Business Process Analysis was carried out and new hardware and software costing about one-third of the original price was recommended that would also solve a number of issues uncovered during the investigation, such as:

• Replacement of the largely manual despatch system with one that was fully automated, eliminating errors and speeding up the process significantly
• Scanning components at all points from arrival through the manufacturing process, introducing controls and more effective work-flow
• Conducting regular stocktakes using scanning, previously too time consuming and thus not done, eliminating guessed stock figures and poor profit analysis

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