1С-Rarus successfully completed the project on automation at the luxury furniture manufacturing of YACHTLINE company using 1C:ERP Enterprise management 2 in only 3 months.
As a result, manufacturing became faster by at least 70% and delays in delivery to customers got eliminated. In general, the company managed to increase the turnover due to a reduction in time for order execution. The workload on all technological areas has become equally distributed which led to the reduction in the downtime of equipment. All this helped cut costs by 3 times (warehouse, equipment, etc.) and significantly increase the speed of reporting.
YACHTLINE manufacturing grew out of a small carpentry workshop, which has been engaged in the restoration and decoration of yachts, the made-to-order furniture and interior decoration since 2007. In 2016, the project was expanded to produce designer furniture and interior accessories. Today, YACHTLINE is a high‑tech full‑cycle production. The area of 8 thousand square meters contains equipment of world-famous manufacturers for wood and metalworking, art casting and decoration workshop, its own design and construction bureau.
Previously, the work was manual. Urgent orders were randomly inserted into the production queue. Employees manually distributed orders, moved assembly dates, negotiated with customers and colleagues without clear criteria and priorities. The procedure for assembling the finished product was also complicated by the lack of up-to-date information about warehouse stocks: a full set of parts for assembly could be available in the warehouse, but, not knowing this, the manager launched an urgent order for the production of a new series of parts. Unclear distribution and booking of components led to production disruptions. There were deviations in the timing of the release of parts and finished products. The machines often had to be stopped or unscheduled to start, reconfigured for certain parts and types of wood. The downtime of production facilities and expensive equipment increased, as a result of which the company suffered losses.
The management decided to automate the work of the enterprise to eliminate disruptions in the production process, downtime of expensive equipment, resulting from production disruptions, and increase the efficiency of the sales department. The enterprise required an information system that would build effective production management, optimize the workload of machines, and ensure the clear queue of orders. It was necessary to establish operational management of the assortment, finances and procurement of materials. In addition, the management faced the task of delimiting the areas of responsibility of employees, simplifying and speeding up the processing of incoming orders.
The company chose 1C:ERP Enterprise management 2 to solve the set objectives. The enterprise had a strict requirement for the quick implementation. The process of manufacturing couldn’t be interrupted, while, simultaneously, the company growth and expansion of the product range needed the enterprise to undergo automation.
When the project started, the company had more than 500 units of finished products, over 20 000 types of parts and consumables, and the range was actively expanding. In the course of the project, the specialists revised the schemes for supplying products to production, manufacturing parts, interacting with customers and forming a queue for implementation.
The system had been put into operation in only 3 months, automating 40 workplaces.
Results of the project:
- The methodology of data record and collection has been implemented, and the production processes have been standardized. As a result, the processes of manufacturing and sales of the products have been sped up by 70%. Delays in the manufacture of products have been eliminated. The use of production capacity has been optimized, the duration of machine downtime has decreased. This helped reduce equipment maintenance costs by almost 3 times.
- The processes of reservation and tracking of the product at each stage have been set up. A quick receipt of information about the goods in the warehouse is ensured. This helped managers speed up making decisions about the deadline of the order assembly and eliminate overlaps in the booking of the same part for different products. The assembly procedure has been simplified since the business has ready sets of products and components. The system eliminated the need to negotiate and search for the necessary components every time.
- Work order from the purchase of materials to implementation has been established. A single field indicates the start and end of the work time of each employee in a particular process. This helped shorten the production queue and minimize delays.
- 90% of actions with order and product range management are implemented using processings. Thus, it minimized the need to enter documents. It is convenient, simple and increases performance.
- Management reporting has become 5-times faster. Now there is a single platform that combines all the information about the company.
Konstantin Gerasimov, the IT CEO of YACHTLINE company, commented on the results:
«The top management now gets the real picture about the workload of production facilities at any moment and can plan the work for any period. Quick acquisition of data on net cost and production deadlines helped control pricing. The workload of dispatchers, foremen and sales managers has been optimized, which helped keep the staff and payroll while growing the business. In a short time, our business obtained a great convenient tool allowing for easy and quick updates, support, development and scalability».