Company Type
Fenner Drives, a thermoplastic and polyurethane power-transmission belt manufacturer; lead manufacturing consultant across two projects.
What Drove the Need
Exponentially growing quality issues and missed delivery dates; shop-floor execution needed lean pull on top of MRP push
Business Impact
Production throughput up over 90%; raw material accuracy above 98%; switchovers and machine set-up times significantly reduced (Case 26)
Systems/Data Integration
JDE World procurement and manufacturing
Design
Customized JDE procurement and time-and-entry; backflushing operations for shop-floor execution
Technology Stack
JDE World A7.3 (PDM, MRP, Work Order Management, Shop Floor Control, CRP, PO Approval Routing)
RPG on AS/400-DB2
Procurement and Time-and-Entry Customizations with Backflushing
Implemented procurement and all manufacturing modules; extensively customized the procurement and time-and-entry applications; backflushing operations.
