IQMS AT STURGIS MODULED PRODUCTS (SMP)

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P) Sturgis Moduled Products (SMP) Is A „ US ‟ Company In Michigan .

It Is A One Shop Stop For Cost Effective Which Provide Total

Solution Molding.

In Addition :

1. Full Service Tools Production.

2. Innovation Plastic Injection Molding For Medical.

3. Automotive

4. Consumer

5. Industrial And Heavy Truck Industries .

It Also Offers:

1.Tool Design

2.Production

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IQMS:

IQMS goes beyond traditional ERP software systems by providing a

real-time solution

IQMS plays a key role in supply chain management.

. Automate all your business process with a single enterprise

solution.

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SERVICES PROVIDED BY COMPANY

Total Solutions Molding

Full service tool production, innovative plastic injection

molding solutions to the medical, automotive, consumer industrial

and heavy truck industries.

Also superior tool design, production, prototyping, engineering

and scientific molding, as well as full product launch support and a

number of quality processes like metal to plastic conversion, insert

molding, and in mold film processing.

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SOLUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Considered various ERPs before Implementation Like-

EDI, Warehouse management, real time production monitoring

modules

But SMP liked that all this applications was present in IQMS.

Additional functions could be added without third party

Softwares.

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PROBLEM AND SITUATION

A diverse range of customer specifications

So it needed to be meticulous(precise as details) in its

manufacturing performance and nimble in its plant operations

In discussions, Others at SMP agreed that they need a single

source solution which could exceed its customers expectations in

means of quality and delivery

And operational efficiencies would help the SMP bottom-line.

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BENEFITS

All sectors benefitted-

Tooling and production to customer support and product delivery

Improved EDI capabilities,

Earlier- manage manual import/export processes between EDI and

ERP applications

Lumbered under any variances or changes a customer might

request

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BENEFITS

Data reporting to individual specifications

Saved 95% of Freight Costs

Saved overall 75% of monthly data exchange costs.

Full Product Launch Support And Quality

Processes.

1. Metal To Plastic Conversion.

2. Insert Molding

The Problem They Were Facing

SMP Serve The Number Of High Demand Market. And Provide

Quality Moduled Parts With Different Range Components Of

Customer Satisfaction.

With This SMP Is Sharp In Its Manufacturing Performance And

Moving To Its Ability To Plant Optimize Operation.

In 2003 Is Upgraded Its ERP Software.

“ We Were Getting To Point Where Are Pervious System Could Not

Support Company Growth, we Also Want To Move To A True

Window-based Solution And Add Quality System And Preventive

Maintaince Software ”

- Macdonald

Is Manager At SMP

The Problem They Were Facing

SMP Serve The Number Of High Demand Market. And Provide

Quality Moduled Parts With Different Range Components Of

Customer Satisfaction.

With This SMP Is Sharp In Its Manufacturing Performance And

Moving To Its Ability To Plant Optimize Operation.

In 2003 Is Upgraded Its ERP Software.

Recommendation By Macdonald

After Assessing The Cost Of Its Old ERP System And Acknowleding

The Third Party Vendor It Would Take To Fulfill The Companies

Growing Business Need.

Thus, Macdonald And Others Agree The Company Needed A Single

Source Solution That Would Enable To Exceed Its Customer Quality

And.,

Delivery Expectation, While Gaining Operational Efficiency That

Would Directly Benefits SMP .

Solution And Implementation

SMP Has Considered Several ERP Options Before Purchasing

EnterpriseIQ . Along With EDI, warehouse Management And Real

Time Production Monitoring Module .

SMP Liked That EnterpriseIQ , Covered All Of Its ERP Need With

One System And That Additional Functionality Could Be Added As

Needed Without The Use Of Third Party Software.

The Company Went Live With IQMS In 2004, And Has Benefited In

Almost Every Sector Of Its Business, From Tooling And Production

To Customer Support And Product Delivery.

One Critical Area Where SMP To Gain Efficiency Was In Company

Ability To Deliver Improved EDI Capabilities

In Past SMP Has To Managed A Manual Import /Export Process

Between ERP And EDI Application.

The Solution Was Implemented Using EnterpriseIQ TM . ERP

Software System , Including Real Time Production, EDI ( Electronic

Data Interchange), And Management Data Module.

The Database Was Used Is ORACLE And Is Installed On A

Windows-based Server Platform .

The IQMS, EDI Module Enable SMP To Greatly Acceralate EDI

Through Automation, And It Has Given SMP The Flexibility to

Customize The Processes And Data Reporting To Fulfill Individual

Specification.

With EDI , SMP Have More Control Over The Order Process,

Which Has Allowed It To Save As Much As 95% In Freigth Cost

Because The Company Can Manage Customer Change Request.

IQMS Shopdata Feature And Warehouse Management Module,

making It Easy To Simultaneously Manage Multiple Customer .This

Has Made It A Error Free Process.

As A Single-source Solution, EnterpriseIQ Require Data To Be

Entered Into System Only Once. This Has Allowed SMP To Eliminate

Excess Data Entry And Improve Speed And Accuracy Of Internal

Reporting .

With Efficiency Gain In Areas , SMP Has Cuts Its Month-end Close

Time By More Than 75%.Enterpriseiq Has Enabled SMP To Gain

Efficiency Through Better Preventive Maintenance.

Implementing EnterpriseIQ Has Helped SMP To Obtain ASN (

Advanced Shipping Notification) Certification From Nissan Service

North America Division

Nissan Certification Is Just One Of The Benefits SMP Has Realized

Since Implementing EnterpriseIQ .

Improved Internal And Customer Communication .

Sturgis Molded Products Company

Optimizes Efficiency With IQMS Real-time

Enterprise And Manufacturing Software