Networked manufacturing - New software system helps plastics machinist to achieve dramatic savings in inventory - and more

摘要

Within eight months of integrating Seiki Systems' Network Manufacturing System (NMS) with its Graphical Real Time Scheduler to provide automatic machine monitoring and works order control, Rayburn Plastics had made massive improvements to its business efficiency, For example, inventory had been reduced by ￡50,000, daily throughput had risen by 25% to almost ￡16,000 per day, machine utilisation had improved by 10%, the order backlog had been reduced from around ￡350,000 to ￡80,000, and on-time delivery had been improved.