UK-based Extec Screens and Crushers, one of the world's leading manufacturers of mobile crushers, screens and shredders, has integrated SYSPRO with the Pulse Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system to benefit from improved data transfer, shared information and faster design-to-market cycle times for its wide range of machines.
The company has three design offices working on variations of its 11 core machines to meet demanding customer requirements in the mineral extraction, quarry and recycling industries.
There are 32 different variations for the company's flagship screener alone. Plus, each core machine and its variants have specifications that are individual to a number of customers, promoting a high level of end-user customisation.
Usual design-to-production difficulties have been overcome due to the seamless integration between Pulse Technology Systems' PLM software, its Inventor 3D modelling application and the SYSPRO solution from K3 McGuffie Brunton.
Using the latest e.NET architecture, the integrated Pulse PLM and SYSPRO solution has solved a key management issue for companies like Extec, by providing a fast and seamless stream of design and manufacturing data throughout the company, which is helping to reduce the crucial design-to-manufacturing cycle.
In the case of Extec Screens and Crushers, the fully-integrated solution will enable the firm's designers to drop accurate Bill of Materials (BOM) information directly into the PLM application, which then outputs the data to SYSPRO to create works orders. By pulling the data directly into SYSPRO, the company can link individual customers' requirements with production costs to produce faster and more accurate quotations.
Matt Cox, Quality Manager and Senior Design Engineer for Extec, says: "The 3D Modelling/ PLM/ERP integration path enables us to look at and work on our Inventor drawings from three different design offices in Swadlincote, Sheffield and Omagh. We can individually transfer our design and build data into SYSPRO for company-wide availability. It gives us greater accuracy of BOM information, using an engineering control sign-off procedure, without having to manually check and re-key-in information, especially Inventor model configuration and revision level data."
In addition, the Pulse system has a built-in change note system that speeds up change procedures and is able to make the changes available for viewing on a company-wide basis.
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