About the Company |
A leading manufacturer of Automobile horns in India and the 11th largest Horn manufacturing company in the world. It is located in Coimbatore. |
Business Situation |
The manufacturer supplies different types of horns to OEMs, OEM spares and the open market. The manufacturer used a legacy ERP system that considered infinite capacity and hence did not give visibility to the exact material requirement and resource utilization. The manufacturer was not able to scale up production levels according to the demands due to poor utilization of bottleneck resources and planning problems. |
Business Solution |
Lighthouse Production Planning and Scheduling was integrated with the existing legacy system. It read all the data that is necessary from the Legacy system by data transformation. Lighthouse Production Planning and Scheduling solution generated work order plans based on the demand generated and by prioritising customers. The bottleneck resources were highlighted in the Resource Load Reports and were loaded accordingly. |
Business Benefits |
Higher resource utilizationBetter visibility of the bottleneck resources Higher customer service levels Higher throughput rate |
Key Performance Indicators |
Integrated Material and Capacity Planning Customer service level Throughput rate Resource Utilization |
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