Company Type
Grote Industries, a manufacturer of vehicle lighting and safety systems; rescue of a failed JDE manufacturing implementation (10 internal resources, one consultant, two projects).
What Drove the Need
Manufacturing functionality and data conversions were on their third failed start, over budget
~1,800 daily active work orders needed automated planning across US, Mexico, and Canada
Business Impact
~1,800 daily active work orders automated; program completed in nine months (Case 23)
Systems/Data Integration
JDE World manufacturing and warehousing
Design
Master data standardization for inventory SKUs and PDM; legacy ETL; capacity-management report for scheduling; integration with the Advanced Warehouse team
Technology Stack
JDE World A8.1 (Forecasting, Multi-Facility DRP, MRP, CRP, Supplier Scheduling, Blanket POs, Receipt Routing, PDM, Product Costing)
RPG on AS/400-DB2
Capacity-Management Scheduling Report and IM/PDM Legacy Conversions
All Inventory Management and PDM legacy conversions plus a sophisticated capacity-management manufacturing report used for shop-floor scheduling; multi-country material and capacity planning; manufacturing, product costing, and manufacturing accounting re-engineered.
