The manufacturer of rubber insulated low-voltage and mediumvoltage cables extends the J-Flex APS solution already in use for planning and scheduling processes, to the J-Flex MES solution for manufacturing execution.
A decision which confirms the strategic partnership with Tecnest and Aristoncavi.
Founded in 1958, today Aristoncavi is one of the most important independent manufacturers of rubber insulated low-voltage and mediumvoltage cables.
Since its foundation it has grown up to the present 35.000 sqm, due to a recent expansion and reallocation of the manufacturing sites and warehouses, shared between the two production units dedicated to the manufacture of conductors and electric cables, for different applications.
Production Planning is a complex process which involves different business functions and roles.
According to the Hierarchical Production Planning HPP model (Hax, Meal, 1975), the production planning process works on two different levels, the tactical and the operational levels. At the execution level operates, instead, the scheduling process. A production plan can be divided into 2 main parts:
the Master Planning (which includes the Sales & Operations Planning and the Master Production Schedule)
the Detailed Planning (which includes the MRP and the production scheduling processes).
In the production planning process many business functions and roles are involved. Among them, there are the Production Manager and the Production Planning Manager.
The Production Manager
A production manager is involved with the planning, coordination and control of manufacturing processes. They ensure that goods and services are produced efficiently and that the correct amount is produced at the right cost and level of quality.
Tasks typically involve:
overseeing the production process, drawing up a production schedule;
ensuring that the production is cost effective;
making sure that products are produced on time and are of good quality;
working out the human and material resources needed;
drafting a timescale for the job;
estimating costs and setting the quality standards;
monitoring the production processes and adjusting schedules as needed;
being responsible for the selection and maintenance of equipment;
monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control programmes;
liaising among different departments, e.g. suppliers, managers;
working with managers to implement the company's policies and goals;
ensuring that health and safety guidelines are followed;
supervising and motivating a team of workers;
reviewing worker performance;
identifying training needs. (Source: AGCAS editors 2012)
Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; controlling machinery allocation and status; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.
His main tasks are:
defining productivity, quality, security standards and organize working activities
defining tools, machinery, plants and process plans check and monitoring
production planning
components and raw materials purchase management, inventory stocks, WIP and finished products
resources optimization
promoting WIP or finished products creation (Source: Isfol 2009)
In Production Planning & Scheduling processes, the role played by operational figures working on specific processes and activities is also very important. Among these main roles there are:
Thanks to role-based features, FLEX provides monitoring and analysis features for different business roles.
These features can be activated both on the system entry application, and on specific configurable dashboards, through multi-panel interfaces.
Each business role in a company has, therefore, a real-time access to features, information and KPIs, useful for his job.
An example of the information and functionality available in the FLEX Advanced Planning & Scheduling area, are:
Service level trends and statistics in the last N months
Current Service Level indicator
Alert for overdue orders
Workcenters capacity trend in the last N weeks
Working outsourced hours and activities trends
WIP value in the last N weeks
Shipment delays trends
Missing material status by line
Confrontation of Scheduled orders vs Execution
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Advanced configuration tools: FOR YOU!
Thanks to the configuration features of Flex role-based features, the user does not only have to opportunity to choose the most appropriate business role among the ones available in the default configuration system, but can also configure and personalize his role and his dashboards on his own. By using the "FOR YOU" Advanced Application Tools, in fact, each user can independently manage and modify an existing configured role as well as build his own working panels, by selecting the features he needs from the User Application Panel.
Tecnest presents J-Flex 4.U
07-03-2013
Tecnest presents the official preview of the new software suite J-Flex 4.U (“For You”) for production planning, monitoring and operations management.
New features for planning, scheduling, MES and operations management and new vertical solutions for specific industry needs will be provided, all on the same platform.
J-Flex 4.U is "For You", that means for the customer and for the single user, since both customer needs and user experience are crucial for Tecnest.
The new Supply Chain Management software introduces a real revolution in terms of use thanks to the new Role-based interface.
No longer do users need to shift from an application to another to find the information useful for their business roles. J-Flex 4.U delivers and presents all the information needed directly on the system's homepage.
This make operations management processes easier, more efficient and agile, with benefits in terms of better performances, easier decision making and less training costs.
The new release of J-Flex, which will be available only in Autumn 2013, has been launched through an advertising campaign both on press and on the Web.
The new campaign presents the J-Flex 4.U software with the claim "Agile, Esperto, Unico", (which means "Agile, Expert and Unique"), which are the main strenghths of this software. These three aspects are metaphorically represented by a ballerina jumping on a pending beam.
The image recalls the Tecnest 2012 campaign, where Tecnest consultants were sitted on the same beam, reproducing the famous picture "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" taken during the GE Building construction in New York (1932, Charles C. Ebbets).
A new advertising campaign to highlight the union of Knowledge-Solutions, People-Software, Expertise-Technology which always characterized Tecnest's company identity.
J-Flex flyes to France with Tecnomaster Group
04-03-2013
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.
Akrapovic: world most famous exhaust systems' producer chose J-Flex APS software
10-06-2011
Akrapovic, world leader manufacturer of top-quality exhaust systems for motorcycles, sports cars and carbon parts, chose Tecnest to improve production scheduling through the J-Flex APS software solution.
The company headquarter and main plant is based in Slovenia and produces exhaust systems for important motorcycles and sport cars' brands such as Honda, Ducati, Harley Davidson, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes, BMW.
The manufacturer of rubber insulated low-voltage and mediumvoltage cables extends the J-Flex APS solution already in use for planning and scheduling processes, to the J-Flex MES solution for manufacturing execution.
J-Flex 4.U is "For You", that means for the customer and for the single user, since both customer needs and user experience are crucial for Tecnest.
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. 