Reduce Production Control Costs:

a. Reduce head-count to support production operations
b. Reduce manual operations tracking
c. Reduce manual forms and manual touches

I.T. Systems:

a. Develop integrated reporting capability
b. Require minimum support from current staff

Real-Time Business Intelligence:

a. Real-time production reports with integrated information
b. Create supply chain visibility with WIP and finished goods
c. Provide interim production, work-in-process and shipping information

Production Control Systems:

a. Increases printing efficiency 12% (7% Monitoring, 5% Scheduling)
b. Replace paper-driven and manual systems
c. Reduce operation supervision requirements (2 Head Count/Shift)

Interdepartmental and External Communication:

a. Increase management efficiency information – corporate wide
b. Business Intelligence application will support decision process
c. Management will have correct information to make decisions
d. Reduction in e-mails, faxes and meetings
e. Data can be accessed via the Internet for traveling executives and staff
f. Eliminate paper processing requirements

Business Profitability:

a. Increase profits due to increased production output for same costs
b. Reduce costs due to head count reduction and related overhead
c. Reduce costs to paper elimination
d. Reduce costs due to reporting efficiencies
e. Reduce costs through better inventory management
f. Increase competitive advantage due to above