FLEX OPM provides companies with the following advantages:
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FLEX OpM is a completely scalable solution to manage all operational processes (engineering, production, sales, purchasing)
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It is highly focused on manufacturing and operations processes
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Highly configurable (in terms of DB and framework) and customizable
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It can be easily integrated with the main ERP systems (SAP, JDEdwards, AS400, ecc.)
All production processes on a single application suite
Flex by Tecnest is the only software suite for Supply Chain Management developed in Italy which includes on the same application platform:
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an Advanced Planning & Scheduling system (APS),
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a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
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solutions for Quality Management, Warehouse Management and Product configurations
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a solution for Operations Management
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a Supply Chain Collaboration system
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a Business Intelligence system for data analysis
All Flex software solutions are scalable and can either be installed as integrated solutions or as stand-alone systems to be integrated with the existing ERP or third-part software.
Flex for Industry 4.0 /
Solutions for the ever-changing factory
Industrial R- Evolution
Our software solutions evolved in order to answer to the need of an ever-changing world.
FLEX for Industry 4.0 is the new paradigm of integrated applications for factory 4.0: new smart and web applications with Collaborative Manufacturing features and IoT technology to improve production processes and connect systems, machines and people.
Smart Factory Console
The new Smart Factory Console of FLEX for Industry 4.0 is a role-based web application for data collection and production process monitoring and to manage and analyze all data and information collected by industrial machinery, operators and products within the Factory 4.0.
The Smart Factory Console works as a clearing house for the information collected by machines and operations through Tecnest factory applications.
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Compliant with Industry 4.0 paradigm
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Easy-to-use role-based graphic interface
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Rapid execution performance
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Real-time integration with all Tecnest factory applications
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Analytics features and role-based dashboards
Social & Collaborative Manufacturing
New Social & Collaborative Manufacturing featureshas been implemented in order to create a real-time connection among different company functions.
Internal and external operators involved in the production process, can easily visualize, publish, share and manage information and data about processes and activities thanks to:
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New Collaboration Hub of FLEX for Industry 4.0
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Features for real-time content exchange (chat, screensharing, etc.)
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Features for delayed content exchange (FAQ, forum, document sharing, etc.)
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Features for the coordination of communication (kanban board, scrum, report, etc.)
Industrial Internet of Things
According to Industrial Internet of Things paradigms, all the data related to production time, quantity, orders or issues are communicated in real-time from industrial machinery to the system.
The FLEX for Industry 4.0 new IoT gateway connects and integrates machines, sensors, devices, automation systems and physical items within the smart factory.
These data are gathered in the Smart Factory Console, the main place where interaction and collaboration activities between the operators and the other production items take place.
J-Flex in India with Saira
Ambitious projects, in Italy and abroad, are closing the year 2012 for Tecnest.
Tecnest Customer Saira Europe, a company leader in train interiors' design and manufacturing decided to extend the J-Flex APS solution, already in use in the italian plant, to the Baroda Plant, in India.
A choice which confirms the partnership between Tecnest and the Saira Group and which represents a new international challenge for Tecnest!
J-Flex flyes to France with Tecnomaster Group
A new project abroad, this time in France, for Tecnest.
The Tecnomaster Group, one of the most important Italian companies in the Printed Circuit Board industry with subsidiaries in France, Germany, Hong Kong, commissioned the extension of the J-Flex system (already in use in the Italian headoffice) to the French plant.
The new project will include the implementation of both the APS (Advanced Planning & Scheduling) and MES (Manufacturing Exectuion System) solutions, in order to manage planning, scheduling and execution processes in the Paris plant.
J-Flex in Brazil and China for Fabio Perini
The new year started with great projects and good future perspectives for Tecnest at international level.
After the successful implementation of the J-Flex APS and MES solutions in the Lucca headquarter, Tecnest's Customer Fabio Perini Spa took the decision to extend this solution to all group sites in Italy, Brazil and China.
Fabio Perini is part of the Körber PaperLink group and it is a leading company specialized in machinery for the tissue industry.
The manufacturing plants are in Italy (Lucca and Bologna), in Brazil and in China.
According to the project plan, the J-Flex software solution will be firstly implemented in the Bologna and in the brazilian plants. As a second step, the solution will be extended to the chinese site.
This is an important and challenging opportunity both for Tecnest and for Fabio Perini which strengthens the existing strategic partnership between the two companies.
