Invistics And Camelot IDPro AG Form Strategic Partnership To Deliver Lean Planning And Scheduling Solutions For High-Mix Manufacturers
Invistics, the recognized leader in Lean Planning and Scheduling software solutions for high-mix industries, recently announced a strategic partnership with Camelot IDPro AG to deliver demand-driven manufacturing solutions in non-traditional lean environments. While performance improvements have been successful in repetitive, high-volume production environments, such as automotive manufacturers,other industries faced with high variability and high product mix such as those found in pharmaceutical, chemical and consumer goods haven't been successful in applying the same techniques.
More and more companies have increasingly turned to Lean Manufacturing techniques, Six Sigma initiatives and traditional software solutions, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) to reduce operational costs, optimize productivity, and streamline throughput. While ERP software solutions are an effective enterprise backbone for processing transactions and meeting basic reporting requirements, they lack essential components to fully support Lean techniques in high-mix manufacturing environments. The Invistics MachSix software solution extends ERP, APS and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) by leveraging these systems data into actionable information for today's demand driven manufacturing companies.
"Companies have wasted millions on lean consulting and technology vendors that have little or no expertise in adopting lean and flow principles to these more complex manufacturing environments," says Jim Lochry, Senior VP Marketing. "Together, Invistics and Camelot IDPro offer best-practices for Lean paired with proven software and methodology to help customers realize significant and sustainable improvements across inventory, cycle time, throughput and customer service levels."
With Invistics and Camelot IDPro, customers can:
- Implement advanced Lean Planning and Scheduling approaches including Constant Work in Progress (CONWIP), Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR), Rhythm Wheels, and Generic or Electronic Kanban
- Leverage advanced optimization, simulation and analytics to capitalize on best-practices
- Introduce, realize and sustain pull driven and flow based Lean operations
- Integrate seamlessly to a multitude of shop floor and enterprise systems as needed
- Improve real time visibility of flow path health, shop floor execution and pull through tiered operations (plants or work centers)
"The combined solution can be implemented in different phases across various sites based on the needs of each customer," added Michael Jarosch, VP of Camelot IDPro. "By partnering with Invistics, we can help customers in the pharmaceutical, chemical and consumer goods optimize savings and efficiencies in the plant and Supply Chain."
About Invistics
Invistics has pioneered the adaptation of Toyota lean planning and scheduling techniques, with supporting software, to high-mix manufacturers such as specialty chemical, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and electronics. Today's global manufacturer is challenged by proliferating product lines, increasing raw material costs and intense pressure for shorter lead times at increasingly competitive prices. Built on Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles, Invistics MachSix(TM) lean planning and scheduling solution bridges the gap between your ERP applications and your plant floor execution systems to enable dramatic, sustainable performance improvements including reduced inventory and cycle times and improved throughput and customer service. For more information, please visit www.invistics.com.
About Camelot IDPro AG
Camelot IDPro AG is the leading management consultancy for strategic and organizational services and is a member of the Camelot International Group.
Our teams specialize in consulting services related to Strategy & Management Consulting, Processes & Value Chain Management as well as Organization & Business Transformation. We support our domestic and international customers with an end-to-end consulting approach that encompasses everything from strategic process and organizational recommendations for business process design to the implementation of appropriate solutions. What makes us unique is not only our conceptual strength, but also our high degree of intuitive understanding for different cultures, including their values and sense of identity. We are proud to count a number of renowned, globally active companies among our customers.
SOURCE: Invistics