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manually issued to the shop floor, but trials
are in place at Bournemouth to assess the
suitability of pushing works orders directly
out to terminals in the relevant cell. Once the
order is finished, it is transferred to finished
stock and subsequently despatched against
the sales order.
Remedial action
In addition to complete traceability, a critical
requirement for Magellan to ensure on-time
delivery is the need to capture accurately the
start time of each operation. Each process
step of every works order is therefore entered
into the system, which allows EFACS to
automatically compare actual production
with projected/anticipated production. When
a start time is later than expected, it is then
immediately obvious that a problem has
arisen and this can then be quickly identified
The journey with EFACS began
that it was authored and supported by a UK and the appropriate steps taken.
almost a decade ago when the
company was also important to Magellan in
ongoing growth and development
of the Magellan group necessitated
terms of providing consistent quality on the Given the time since EFACS was first
the change to an integrated business
ground service and support. The first sites implemented, Shelley understandably
management system that was
went successfully live in 1999 and now all of describes its value to Magellan not in specific
powerful yet flexible enough to
Magellan’s main UK sites are running EFACS before/after comparisons but in wider
deal with Magellan’s manufacturing
with an Indian-based sister company due to business-level terms. “For us, it is simply
requirements.
go live early this year. an essential part of how we do business
now. The company has grown in terms of
Shelley describes how the Bournemouth site sales and profitability, which EFACS must
now operates using EFACS and identifies take some credit for as it is in operation on
<< Ongoing growth
some of the key benefits the company has all of our sites and is consistently delivering
achieved: “Orders are loaded directly into what we require from an ERP solution.” It has
The journey with EFACS began almost a EFACS from our key supplier portals, which also proven invaluable in helping Magellan
decade ago when the ongoing growth and creates a 52-week MPS from which the identify where additional investment in
development of the Magellan group smoothness of the drumbeat is assessed. resources may be beneficial to meet
necessitated the change to an integrated With MRP being run nightly we know that demand and is also helpful for assessing
business management system that was our data is up to date and accurate, which which orders are more profitable and least
powerful yet flexible enough to deal with means we can confidently apply ‘what-if’ disruptive to the smooth running flow of the
Magellan’s manufacturing requirements. scenarios to the MPS to test the impact of business. At a corporate level, the use of
EFACS was selected over two other competitors any decisions or new orders before the EFACS across the company means that
due to its combination of functionality, confirmed works orders are generated and group-wide information can also be easily
scalability and value for money. The fact issued to the shop floor.” These are currently collated and analysed. circlesolid
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