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There are a number of factors that impact production expenses. One in particular is a lack of visibility into on-hand inventory and the predictability in the consumption of materials used in production of finished goods. This generally results in one of two basic scenarios: 1) over-stock of raw materials, some of which may never be consumed, further resulting in waste and; 2) under stock of materials resulting in expediting orders from suppliers and potentially fulfilling orders late to consumers resulting in less than stellar customer satisfaction. In today’s global marketplace the competitive winners are those companies which can reliably and cost effectively supply their lines in a timely and continuous manner. Factory automation enables “Repeatability”, “Quality” and “Cost Management.” Digital Kanban solutions provide supply chains with real-time visibility and management capabilities to assist in enabling “winning and sustaining market presence”. According to Datacraft Solutions’ CEO Stephen Parker, “The new kanban card-level calculation functionality, “Daily Demand Import Interface” (DDII), has three major components: Import Demand, Calculation Reports, and Print Cards.”

• Import Demand: Allows users to modify and upload new card set information into Data craft Solution’s pull-based Kanban solution, Signum.

• Calculation Reports: The “calculation reports” interface provides users with the ability to see all of their uploaded and processed demand data.

• Print Cards: The “print cards” component enables users to print new cards for any card-sets modified during a DDII session.

Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com) delivers a revolutionary digital kanban process of automation solutions to lean manufacturers through a secure Internet gateway, eliminating the need to install and maintain a complex IT infrastructure. The company has experienced significant growth in the past twelve months by eliminating complicated, expensive, time-intensive software implementations as well as extensive training regiments and the need for internal support. The Datacraft Solutions’ demand driven supply chain digital kanban lean system allows customers access and fully utilize powerful lean benefits immediately for a low, predictable monthly fee. Services are scalable so manufacturers can design an appropriate digital kanban solution.

Supplier consolidation lowers costs and improves productivity as long as there is a complete understanding of the customers’ needs and goods are distributed by a demand supply chain. According to Stephen Parker, CEO of North Carolina-based Datacraft

Solutions, “The reduction of waste associated with rarely used items in inventory allows distributors to focus on core competencies and production effort is vital. No time should be wasted sourcing and procuring infrequently used items. There are very few digital Kanban systems, and the old Kanban card system has severe restrictions when there is an external supplier in the supply chain. Digital Kanban re-orders based only on actual consumption are electronically communicated during each phase of replenishment.”

‘Daily Demand Import Interface’ (DDII) provides alternative sources for inputs necessary to derive optimal inventory levels for large numbers of parts or card sets within the existing product base. Using a DDII tool allows distributors to quickly and easily upload ‘Average Daily Demand’ data and reset the calculation.

DDII web applications have three major components: Import Demand, Calculation Reports, and Print Cards. The complete article authored by manufacturing journalist TR Cutler in Supply Chain Management & Logistics 2.0 may be read at http://trcutlerinc.com/Supply%20Chain%20Management%202.0%20-%20Cutler%20Jun’07.pdf.

Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com) delivers a revolutionary digital kanban process of automation solutions to lean manufacturers through a secure Internet gateway, eliminating the need to install and maintain a complex IT infrastructure. The company has experienced significant growth in the past twelve months by eliminating complicated, expensive, time-intensive software implementations as well as extensive training regiments and the need for internal support. The Datacraft Solutions’ demand driven supply chain digital kanban lean system allows customers access and fully utilize powerful lean benefits immediately for a low, predictable monthly fee. Services are scalable so manufacturers and distributors can design an appropriate digital kanban solution.

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Ron Van Nostrand, CPIM, MBA, is the Services Project Manager for Datacraft Solutions.  According to Van Nostrand, “Companies with lean initiatives move from card kanban to e-kanban and the impact on their enterprise is dramatic.” Van Nostrand addresses the specific benefits of moving to an electronic or digital kanban environment.

Signum automates the administration and execution of electronic replenishment to reduce overhead costs for key operations personnel and to improve supply chain collaboration across a client’s supply network
Signum enable suppliers to gain visibility to our client on-hand inventory and consumption of their products which enables them to accurately anticipate the requirements of our clients (key to improving supplier on-time delivery performance and order fill rates)
In some cases, clients have realized reductions in inventory and the occurrence of inventory stock-outs far exceeding their wildest hopes
Clients have used the additional purchasing resource time freed up by Signum to embark on strategic purchasing initiatives including formal supplier development programs

Signum is really a relatively simple, but high tech solution, that the client can set up for live production quickly and after just five days, the client can be in position to achieve almost instant ROI through efficient application of real time supply chain collaboration and consumption-based replenishment.  Clients use the Datacraft Solutions’ SaaS tool for reliable and cost effective communication of the demand to suppliers and can receive the same pull-based usage from their customers.  Signum has an array of features and functions that can be used in an assortment of combinations that lead to very creative application to the particular challenges that face our customers who represent diverse industries.

Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com) delivers a revolutionary digital kanban process of automation solutions to lean manufacturers through a secure Internet gateway, eliminating the need to install and maintain a complex IT infrastructure. The company has experienced significant growth in the past two years by eliminating complicated, expensive, time-intensive software implementations as well as extensive training regimens and the need for internal support. Datacraft Solutions’ replenishment supply chain digital kanban system allows customers to access and utilize powerful lean benefits immediately for a low, predictable monthly fee. Services are scalable so manufacturers can design an appropriate digital kanban solution.

Datacraft Solutions

www.datacraftsolutions.com

Sonja Foust

sfoust@datacraftsolutions.net

800-819-5326

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