Sodick is one of the world's largest manufacturers of electrical discharge machines, and has world-class linear motor production technology and nano-processing technology. In 2005, the company's annual sales reached 4.9 billion RMB, and its products are exported to most overseas countries and regions.

Sodick Amoy Co., Ltd. was established in April 2006, located in Haicang Xinyang Industrial Zone, with a total investment of USD 90 million and expected annual sales of up to USD 80 million, is currently one of the largest and most professional manufacturers of electrical discharge machining machines in China. It is mainly engaged in R&D and production of high precision CNC EDM, CNC machining center, linear motor, ceramic components, etc. The products are used in the automotive industry, digital camera, cell phone, LCD screen and other precision mold processing fields.

To effectively address production planning management, production lifecycle management, production site management, Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing, and to enhance financial cost management, Sodick uses Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 for sales orders, production orders, and purchase orders to track and manage the entire process of business operations, and to generate enterprise resource plans with these three orders. Sales orders are mainly used to confirm customer demand, trigger production, and track the completion of customer demand. Production orders are production instructions that are generated based on sales orders or forecasts. The material number, quantity, delivery date, BOM and production process of a product are specified in each production order. The system manages production through production orders, specifies production tasks, and groups and analyzes production costs. Different production processes of the same production order can in turn derive different job cards. Through production orders, you can check the production plan and progress of each process of the order, so as to facilitate timely adjustment of production arrangement and ensure on-time delivery. Purchase orders are triggered by production orders, which are mainly used to track the supply of raw materials and understand whether the raw materials arrive on time and whether they will affect the production plan.

According to the quantity of sales orders, the system will split or combine the production of sales orders according to the economic lot, and issue the production orders to each workshop as instructions, and each workshop will only arrange the production according to the quantity and delivery time required by the production orders. In addition, in order to facilitate the separate recording and reporting of different processes of the same production order, the system generates production operation cards for each process according to the process path on the production order, and the workshop manager only needs to issue each operation card to the workers of each operation position to drive the production operation, and the operators fill in the operation cards according to the actual completed output and report the output and working hours according to the production shift. In order to ensure the traceability of products, in the process of transfer, in principle, no combined batch is allowed, and if there is a split batch, the flow card must be split. Thus, a refined production order life cycle management is achieved, as shown in the figure.

IWS, as the gold partner of Microsoft ERP software, with its rich industry experience and perfect service, has been fully recognized by Sodick Amoy Co., Ltd.. IWS will use the powerful integration ability of Microsoft Dynamics AX platform to provide the overview solution of Microsoft software ecosystem of Sodick, and build an intelligent information management platform of Sodick.

This successful cooperation will promote the informatization construction of Sodick, improve its production and warehouse management, and realize the demand of its Dynamic supply chain through Microsoft's smart manufacturing system, so as to help the rapid development of linear motor production technology.

Business Benefits

The successful launch of Microsoft Dynamics AX closely integrates Sodick's labour, finance, material, production, supply and marketing, as well as the corresponding logistics, information flow, capital flow and approval flow, so as to realize resource optimization and sharing, greatly improve the company's management ability and work efficiency, greatly enhance the core competitiveness of the enterprise, and lay a solid foundation for the rapid development of Sodick in the future.

Sodick only focuses on helping customers create value and help customers through professional products and services. The Dynamics AX platform helps Sodick manage the production of specialized products and provide high-quality services.

▪ Eliminate information island and improve customer satisfaction

▪ Optimize and solidify the operation of enterprise business process, standardize business operation, and reduce the dependence on personnel

▪ Improve work efficiency and internal management efficiency

▪ It has successfully opened up the two ends of the supply chain and realized the seamless connection of the business end

▪ Automatic coding and BOM configuration improves the accuracy of BOM

▪ Accurate MRP demand calculation improves the inventory turnover rate and reduces the inventory of dead materials

▪ Accurate, fast and multi-dimensional financial statements

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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