原文作者：PLEX
翻译：张亦弛
关键词：ERP，精密化生产，成本管控
核心提示：随着生产效率的不断提高，降低运行误差，缩减监控成本，提高产品质量成为了厂商们竞争的新目标。如何才能用最低的成本实现这多方面需求？本期深度解析带您探究降低云ERP开支的有效方法。
对厂商来说云计算远非一个纯粹的概念，云计算已经到来，而且触手可及。事实上，ERP厂商将云计算视为其核心竞争力。单单是成本管控，在战略意义上就非常吸引人，甚至是那些倾向于“买断”软件的厂商也这么认为。以下是厂商们分享的云ERP帮助他们减少开支的经历：
一、减少废料和现有库存
Ralco Industries是一家汽车厂商及供应商，专注于精确焊接部件、样机。这位云计算的率先使用者通过求助云ERP确认业务的问题所在，同时节省了开支。在此之前，存在着库存清单错误，相互没有联通的多元系统的使用导致生产计划被拖延，产品质量下降，生产费用激增，工作效率低下等问题。
在使用了一个单独的，联通的云ERP软件解决方案之后，Ralco的现有库存减少了15%，产生的废料减少了近60%,额外运费缩减了20%，为经手的每笔交易缩减了近100美元。
二、降低IT成本，将资源转移向增值业务
一家经营全部业务的金属制造商，Jagemann Stamping公司(JSC)，用云ERP替换了他原先的“拼接在一起”的业务系统。由于数据保存在外部数据中心，JSC只需为他的系统用户提供基础的网络连接，和并不昂贵的个人电脑即可。
结果是这家公司节省了将近15%的IT运维费和电费。因为这家公司不再需要再时时监督系统运行状况，从而可以将一半以上的员工重新部署到增值业务中去。这其中包括持续升级工程。经确认，此项工程已经为公司节省了20多万美元。
三、提高质量更降低花费
Wolverine Advanced Materials，一家为汽车制动系统提供定制技术的厂商。他们意识到自己手工录制的程序已经跟不上迅猛的业务增长。公司通过运行云ERP将生产规模化，精密化，使之能够将成本和盈利能力精确到每个部件。云ERP员工能够在车间里看到所有用户的订单并能够按调度需求高效将材料分类。
这使得Wolverine 提高了生产力并降低了花费。事实上，延期现象减少了60%，一次性通过的产品增加了15%-20%。
英文原文：
Cloud computing is proving to be more than a mere trend for manufacturers. In fact, those who have embraced ERP technology view cloud as central to their ability to compete. And for good reason. The cost benefits alone make it a compelling strategy—even to those who still believe they are better off “owning” the software. Below are examples of manufacturers who have experienced how cloud ERP helps them lower costs:
1. Reduce Scrap and Inventory on Hand
Ralco Industries is an automotive manufacturer and supplier specializing in precision-welded assemblies and prototyping. The innovator turned to cloud ERP to address business problems—and along the way, it saved some money. Previously, inventory inaccuracy and the use of multiple disconnected systems led to inefficient planning, quality problems, high expediting costs, and wasted time. Moving to a single, connected cloud ERP software solution enabled Ralco to reduce inventory on hand by 15 percent, drive scrap down by more than 60 percent, reduce premium freight costs by more than 20 percent, and save nearly $100 per purchase order processed.
2. Lower IT Costs and Shifting Resources to Value-Added Activities
Jagemann Stamping Company (JSC), a full-service metal fabricator, replaced its “patched-together” business systems with cloud ERP. Maintained at off-premise data centers, JSC needs to supply only basic Internet connections and inexpensive PCs for its system users. As a result, the company saved nearly 15 percent in IT maintenance and energy consumption costs. Because the company no longer needs to oversee system maintenance internally, it has been able to redeploy over half of its IT staff to value-added activities. These include continuous improvement projects that have identified more than $200,000 of savings for the company.
3. Improve Quality While Cutting Costs
Wolverine Advanced Materials, a manufacturer of customized technologies for automotive braking systems, realized that its manual-based processes were not sustainable—especially when it came to accommodating rapid growth. The company went with cloud ERP to scale and adopt lean manufacturing, enabling it to accurately determine cost and profitability by part. Cloud ERP allows the employees on its plant floor to see all customer orders and efficiently group them by material for scheduling purposes. This has enabled Wolverine to improve productivity and reduce costs. In fact, overtime is down by 60 percent and first-pass quality has improved by 15 to 20 percent.
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