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Accuride Corporation Enhances Operations with Plex Manufacturing Cloud for Improved Efficiency

公司规模

Large Corporate

地区

America
Europe

国家

United States
Canada

产品

Plex Manufacturing Cloud

技术栈

ERP Systems
Cloud Computing

实施规模

Enterprise-wide Deployment

影响指标

Productivity Improvements
Customer Satisfaction
Digital Expertise

技术

功能应用 - 企业资源规划系统 (ERP)
基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算

适用行业

汽车

适用功能

商业运营
质量保证

用例

过程控制与优化
库存管理
供应链可见性(SCV)

服务

系统集成
软件设计与工程服务

关于客户

Accuride Corporation, headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, is a leading supplier of wheels and wheel-end components to the North American and European commercial vehicle markets. The company serves all major segments of the commercial vehicle market, including manufacturers of heavy-duty and medium-duty trucks, commercial trailers, light trucks, buses, as well as specialty and military vehicles. Accuride's products are manufactured in facilities throughout North America and Europe, making it a significant player in the automotive industry. The company has a diversified product portfolio and is known for its commitment to quality and innovation. Accuride's operations are extensive, with a focus on providing reliable and high-quality products to its customers. The company has been recognized for its manufacturing excellence, winning the 2014 Manufacturing Excellence Award from the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) for its Henderson, Kentucky wheel plant. With a strong presence in the automotive industry, Accuride continues to expand its operations and enhance its capabilities to meet the evolving needs of its customers.

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挑战

Accuride Corporation faced significant challenges in its operations due to the use of seven disparate systems, which made it difficult to get a comprehensive picture of how operations were performing. The company spent a lot of time and resources gathering and questioning data instead of using it to make informed decisions. Additionally, Accuride had a diversified product portfolio that required streamlining with better operational support. The lack of enterprise-wide visibility, decision-making, and negotiating power further compounded these challenges. To address these issues, Accuride embarked on a 'Fix & Grow' strategy, investing over $150 million to restore its core operations to reliable, profitable performance. This included consolidating and upgrading its steel wheel capacity, expanding its aluminum wheel capacity, and implementing common LEAN Operating Systems. However, a critical element of this strategy was the implementation of a new, companywide ERP system to provide a single version of the truth and consistent data sets across all operations.

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解决方案

To overcome the challenges it faced, Accuride Corporation implemented the Plex Manufacturing Cloud, a comprehensive ERP solution that provided all the processes required from the shop floor to the top floor. This included supply chain management, production scheduling, quality management, shipping, and inventory management. The Plex Manufacturing Cloud offered a unique approach to licensing, allowing Accuride to pay for the solution as a percentage of revenue rather than on a per-user basis. This was crucial for making the ERP tool available to everyone in the organization. The deployment of the Plex Manufacturing Cloud was broad and deep, with all modules being implemented except for Tooling, which will be rolled out in the future. The solution is live at Accuride's corporate office, its largest steel wheel and aluminum wheel plants, and a secondary aluminum plant. The company plans to deploy the Plex Manufacturing Cloud to its distribution channel, Canadian operations, and those in Rockford to support its growth strategy. Achieving a successful deployment required significant management buy-in, and process mapping and improvement activities were assigned to business process owners to ensure best practice deployment and optimal outcomes for each functional team.

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运营影响

The deployment of the Plex Manufacturing Cloud has significantly improved visibility across Accuride's operations, allowing the company to make immediate decisions and enhance its dependability as a supplier.
The system has enabled more fluid workflows, with activities being tracked and reassigned in moments, eliminating the need for managers to be in the office or connected to a VPN to oversee employees.
Customer satisfaction has increased as Accuride can instantly determine if fulfillment can be achieved from a specific location and get a rapid response to customers.
Process automation has become effortless, with associated processes such as inventory deduction being automated as soon as a production machine clicks into operation.
Quality and traceability have improved, allowing Accuride to predict where other quality issues may arise before they happen, turning quality management into a profit center.

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数量效益

Improved supply chain productivity time by 10%
Reduced hardware requisition time from days to 30 minutes
Ships within 3 hours for production lines that run 15 to 20 different part numbers per day

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