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Case Enterprise Overview
Founded in 1986, Quanyou Furniture Co., Ltd. is the largest furniture manufacturer in China. The company has four industrial parks covering a total area of more than 6,000 mu, more than 30 professional branches, more than 20 overseas sales and service organizations, More than 3,000 specialty stores. Its products have been selling well all over the country for many years, and exported to many countries and regions in Europe, America, and Southeast Asia. Whether it’s shop floor manufacturing, warehousing operations, or information management, the workload is heavy, and maintaining high efficiency is not easy.
Quanyou Furniture successfully launched the SAP system in February 2010, which manages the inventory data of finished products very well. However, the following problems cannot be avoided at the operation level, which are becoming increasingly prominent:
●Many manual recording procedures, relying on paper and pen to record is inefficient, and these will affect the speed of incoming and outgoing.
●The staff can only record it on paper first, and then transcribe or transcribe it to the SAP system after returning to the office. Repeated transcription of a large amount of data will affect the accuracy.
●Working environments such as workshops and warehouses have a lot of materials. Relying only on paper records, it is easy to miss some information or cause duplication of work because the information cannot be exchanged in time.
●Information communication between workshop, warehouse staff and office staff is not timely enough, and the management cannot respond to market decisions in the first time.
●There are many suppliers in the furniture industry, and the company itself has many employees. Once a problem is found, there is no way to trace the root cause and implement the responsibility system.
Intermec Solutions
American Intermec Technology Co., Ltd. has rich experience in promoting the informatization of manufacturing industry. In the Chinese market, Intermec has cooperated with Hewlett-Packard, based on the CK3 EX25 mobile computing platform and PM4i printer provided by Intermec. Furniture Co., Ltd. has built a “one-stop” warehouse storage and distribution information management system, providing a full line of solutions from the manufacturing plant offline reporting scanning, warehousing, logistics and distribution to the office, helping Quanyou Furniture to truly realize the “establishment information” To achieve the goal of becoming a modern and service-oriented furniture manufacturing enterprise, reduce the error rate, improve cost-effectiveness, and improve the quality of warehousing operations; and establish a reliable traceability system to ensure the quality of products and services, thereby enhancing the core competitiveness of the enterprise.
The Intermec CK3 EX25 combines the advantages of a consumer PDA and a high-end industrial mobile computer into a rugged handheld computer packed with powerful features in a compact body. Among them, the excellent scanning function leaves other products in the same category in the dust. Whether it is close-range scanning or long-distance 2D barcode scanning from 1.5 meters to 2 meters, the CK3 EX25 is fully capable. Therefore, warehouse mobile workers can easily scan items high on the shelves without the help of ladders, and with high accuracy, improve work efficiency and reduce error rates.
The PM4i industrial printer is an Intermec product that has been well received by customers since its launch, fully capable of demanding applications and working in harsh conditions. PM4i uses the latest technology, with fast data input and output and printing speed, stable and reliable performance and excellent print quality. PM4i was installed in the finished product workshop of Quanyou Furniture, and it performed well. It can print 3 million labels in 5 days, recording the source of raw materials, quality, nature, responsible person and other information of products.
Implementation Effect
Intermai has deployed products for Quanyou Furniture, from the deployment of products to the offline scanning and reporting of more than 20 factories, the management of line-side warehouses, transshipment, the implementation of more than 20 storage warehouses and 2 shipping platforms, Fully and seamlessly integrated with SAP’s production planning, MM and WM to completely solve the previous paper-based operation. The main problems solved by this solution and the results achieved are:
●Enhanced the accuracy of various data entry, effectively preventing and reducing recording errors
After working with the mobile information system based on Intermec CK3 EX25 handheld computer, one-time data collection and automatic generation of electronic forms are realized, thus avoiding inefficiencies and errors caused by multiple transcriptions.
●Optimize the existing work process and improve the work efficiency of employees
The secondary transcription without a lot of information greatly reduces the workload of employees. The excellent long-distance scanning function of the Intermec CK3 EX25 handheld computer saves employees a lot of time, improves work efficiency, and achieves faster access to warehouses.
●Real-time information sharing and quick market response
Many employees of Quanyoujia work in different positions such as workshops, warehouses, and offices, and they move frequently during work. Real-time information communication between them is limited, and information transmission is not timely enough. Small and portable mobile computers are now deployed, and staff can update product inventory, customer demand, maintenance and manufacturing information in real time without being limited by location and time, so that management can adjust strategies immediately to meet the market.
●Implemented the monitoring and management of the entire supply chain, and strengthened the traceability responsibility system
Through the deployment of Intermec PM4i printers, every finished product of Quanyou Furniture is now affixed with an “ID card”, which includes detailed information such as product performance and quality, production date and address, and responsible person, helping manufacturers and consumers to monitor products Quality, identification of authenticity, traceability of responsible persons, etc.
●Enhanced the core competitiveness of the enterprise and ensured the return on investment
The construction of an information platform is a necessary means and way to realize the rapid development of the furniture industry. By significantly improving the work efficiency and service level, it can effectively reduce the occurrence of input errors, improve consumer satisfaction, and thus enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises. Through this deployment, it is estimated that Quanyou Furniture can reduce human losses by 7 million to 8 million yuan per year, and can recover the cost within one and a half years.
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