Glovia Triggers DEK’s Entire Manufacturing Process
Company Size
200-1,000
Region
- Europe
Country
- United Kingdom
Product
- Glovia ERP
Tech Stack
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries
- Electronics
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Sales & Marketing
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Manufacturing System Automation
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
DEK Printing Machines Ltd, a member of the Dover Technologies group of companies, provides state-of-the-art precision screen printing systems and pre-placement process solutions to the electronic assembly market. The company’s head office and manufacturing center is based in Weymouth, England. Employing more than 500 people in the UK, the company reports a turnover in excess of $100m. Each of DEK’s products are backed with the company’s unique DEK DirEKt philosophy, and because their customers require consistency, uniformity and accuracy from screen printers, an effective quality system is vital. This was instrumental in DEK’s attainment of ISO 9001.
The Challenge
DEK Printing Machines Ltd, a member of the Dover Technologies group of companies, provides state-of-the-art precision screen printing systems and pre-placement process solutions to the electronic assembly market. The company needed an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that would easily fit around its manufacturing operation. DEK also wanted a solution that has a fast implementation timescale and to resolve critical millennium compliance issues the company was facing with its legacy systems. The company found that having installed a complete internal card-driven Kanban just-in-time (JIT) system it needed an ERP solution that would easily fit around its manufacturing operation.
The Solution
DEK looked at a number of solutions before deciding on Glovia. The modular nature of the Glovia’s ERP product, glovia, meant that DEK could pick and choose only the applications it felt it really needed. DEK wanted to be sure that all the financial, purchasing and sales data that the company had was controlled. Sales order, billing, sales analysis and purchasing modules were all installed. There was also a requirement for some manufacturing and operation modules. The company also needed a system to control the bill of materials and therefore purchased, from Glovia, a master production schedule (MPS) to give DEK buying information. It also required a way of turning raw materials into finished goods, at least retrospectively, for traceability reasons, so DEK purchased a work order module from Glovia too.
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