Production agentDECFACustomer story ·

+10% production at DECFA, by seeing its ERP on a 3D view of the plant

+10%production
31machines on a 3D view of the plant, fed by the ERP
100%of supplier-portal plans into the ERP automatically
3 → 1supplier portals centralised into one ERP
Company
DECFA (Decolletatge Farrés S.A.)
Makes
Precision turned parts
ERP
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015

The challenge

The whole plant was in the ERP, but nobody could see it

Plans arrived through three supplier portals and were typed into Navision one by one. The ERP held the orders, plans and machine data in tables, so finding where the plant lost time meant digging screen by screen, never looking at the plant as a whole.

Supplier portalsThree portals

Each plan typed in by hand

Seen apart
ERPNavision tables

Orders and plans, screen by screen

Seen apart
Plant floor31 machines

Followed one by one

Seen apart

Sound familiar?

What we built

Now the team reads the ERP on a 3D view of the plant

XC Gradient first centralised the three supplier portals: their plans now reach Navision on their own every week. Then it copies every Navision table three times a day, at 06:15, 14:15 and 22:15, and puts that data on a 3D view of the plant with its 31 machines. The team goes through the plant together on that view, spots where it loses time, and fixes it.

Plant viewLive
Portals3 supplier portals
ERPNavision
Plant31 machines

XC Gradient → 3D plant view

Every weekSupplier plans into Navision
06:15 · 14:15 · 22:15Every Navision table copied
With the teamInefficiencies found on the 3D view
Every customer had its own portal, and we typed each plan into Navision by hand. Now the plans come in on their own, and I see the whole plant and all 31 machines in one place.
Jordi FarrésCEO, DECFA

The results

What changed for DECFA

ProductionBefore: What the plant made beforeNow: +10%
Seeing the plantBefore: Tables in the ERPNow: The ERP on a 3D view of the plant
InefficienciesBefore: Hard to spot in tablesNow: Found with the team on the 3D view
Supplier portalsBefore: Three portals, plans typed by handNow: Centralised: plans arrive on their own

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