Project Background

Shenzhen Qingyi Photomask Limited was founded in 1997, and was restructured from Qingyi Precision Optoelectronics (Shenzhen) Co. It is currently a listed company on the science and technology innovation board. It is mainly engaged in the R&D, design, production and sales business of mask plate, and is one of the earliest and largest mask plate manufacturers in China. The product is widely in the industries adopting photolithographic technique including but not limited to flat panel display, semiconductor, touch panel and printed circuit board. Products from these industries are commonly used in downstream consumer electronics such as mobile phones, tablets, wearables, household appliances, automotive electronics, computers, network communications, the Internet of Things, LED lighting, medical electronics and so on. The company currently services as a support unit for both Shenzhen and Guangdong Photomask Technology R&D Centers, , which represent the leading technology level of China's mask plate industry in the field of domestic mask plate. The company strives for excellence and innovation, and is committed to becoming a leader in China's masking plate industry and an advanced masking plate product and service provider.

The company highly emphasizes the requirements of information management in the development process. In 2011, according to the existing information system management pain points and non-scalability, the research and judgment need to use the business and financial integration of information management ERP system to the whole company business processes, standardized company management. At the same time, as a domestic high-tech industry, they need to meet the requirements of on-site automated production and high system integration, and support highly customized functional expansion applications. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 as an intelligent, modern ERP system released by Microsoft, with its international product background, a collection of product management, sales, supply chain, planning, production, warehousing, finance and other business management best practice solutions, and provides a highly intelligent, integrated solution capabilities. It is the best option for the ERP system of Shenzhen Qingyi Photomask Ltd.

Solutions

Qingyi Photomask adopted Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 ERP system to fully integrate all business processes and information platform of the company. The implementation includes product data management, sales, supply chain, master planning, inventory management, production management, customs management, finance, and management analysis reports. Bringing the insight, connectivity and professional tools that business managers and employees need.

Product data management in the optoelectronics industry:

The mask plate manufacturing industry has complex product bill of materials, numerous material parameters, complicated production processes, and extremely important process parameters, so it is especially important to manage and transfer data correctly. Through Microsoft Dynamics AX platform to integrate all product data, and at the same time and industry professional design software CAM system integration, automatic synchronization of product line management data. No matter how complex the BOM and process routes are, they can be effectively managed by Dynamics AX, and multiple versions of the bill of materials and process routes can be managed separately. At the same time, all product production parameters can be managed through the system, and the BOM, process route and quality management can be closely integrated and delivered to the production site through the system, so that production scheduling and production execution can be seamlessly integrated. Guiding workshop personnel to operate accurately.

Customs bonded materials management:

The main raw materials are bonded imported materials, which are subject to national customs supervision and must be re-exported after the production of finished products in accordance with regulations, while undergoing write-off, and the whole logistics and production process must be managed precisely. Microsoft Dynamics AX provides complete customs management functions.

Advanced Scheduling for Automated Production:

With the powerful production planning capability of Dynamics AX, intelligent scheduling of production processes can be realized. Effectively plan the capacity load of different resources on the production floor and schedule the production floor operations. And the diverse visualization tools provided by Dynamics AX help planners to follow up the planning schedule.

Manufacturing Execution Management:

Through Dynamics AX production management function and production site MES management system integration, we can clearly guide the production site operation arrangement and effectively monitor the production site work time reporting. It also integrates with financial costing and HR attendance management to achieve accurate accounting of production labor cost and manufacturing cost.

Financial and business integration:

Dynamics AX enables seamless financial and business integration. All financial data is automatically generated through business data, which improves the accuracy and timeliness of financial management.

Business Benefits

The successful launch of Microsoft Dynamics AX will closely integrate Qingyi's people, materials, supply, sales and the corresponding logistics, information flow, capital flow, business flow, etc., to achieve resource optimization and sharing, greatly enhance the company's management capabilities and work efficiency, greatly enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises, and lay a solid foundation for the future high-speed development of Qingyi Photomask.

Microsoft Dynamics AX system powerful functions in sales, procurement, inventory and other business aspects to achieve the full integration of financial operations, information technology, full integration. Various management reports provide strong support for management's decision making. It not only solidifies the business operation process for the enterprise, but also provides great support for the development of the enterprise.

▪ Better information management through business automation.

▪ Efficient workflows lead to increased productivity.

▪ Centralized data ensures greater efficiency.

▪ Simplify various accounting processes.

▪ Eliminate information silos and data redundancy

▪ Improve customer satisfaction

▪ Improve back office efficiency and streamline processes

About Microsoft Dynamics AX

Microsoft Dynamics AX provides manufacturing and distribution companies worldwide with a comprehensive commerce management solution that helps them manage their broad business areas more efficiently, including retail data and financial analytics, with a special focus on achieving integrated real-time visibility across the supply chain. This integrated, customizable solution creates business value through the following benefits:

▪ Enhancing business insight to help make sound decisions and providing visibility into all types of data managed by the business.

▪ Extending data and key processes to strengthen critical relationships with customers and partners, regardless of the systems they use and regardless of their level of complexity.

▪ Maximize technology return on investment through smooth integration with existing enterprise ERP systems and Microsoft product families.

▪ Optimize and automate processes to increase productivity and optimize the supply chain, thereby reducing costs and increasing profitability.

▪ Customize to meet current needs, easily capitalize on new business opportunities, and more easily meet individual customer requirements to outperform the competition.

More Information

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