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Vishay
Vishay Spectrol is a subsidiary of Vishay, a Fortune 1,000 company employing 20,000
people in 70 countries. The group manufacturers the broadest range of discrete electronic
components in the industry and is a market leader in many sectors.
The UK based operation in Swindon – Vishay Spectrol - specializes in manufacturing
and distribution of trimmers, precision potentiometers and transducers. The company
operates with a variety of administration processes consisting of manual and electronic
systems. These include financial and manufacturing, stock management, sales forecasting
and return systems.
Requirements
Vishay Spectrol’s key requirement for a new solution was to secure a flow of information
across the company about what was really happening to customers and inventory. The
target was to ensure that the selected solution supported all operations cross borders
in ensuring timely deliveries of quality products.
The company needed a flexible, powerful, modern company wide business management
system capable of meeting its very specific requirements. Apart from the normal
financial and manufacturing reporting requirements, the system also had to cater
for a number of applications specifically configured to how the company worked.
Much of the company’s manufacturing is carried out abroad and the Head Office of
Vishay Spectrol in Sunderland, UK carries out all of the financial management tasks
of the operation. The new system therefore had to facilitate the needs of the Swindon
operation, the financial reporting requirements of Headquarters and the management
of the outsourced sub contractor workload.
The Solution
Vishay Spectrol selected the MBS-Navision ERP system as the platform of choice based
on its combination of powerful functionality and integrated development facilities.
As General Manager, Vic Slawinski explained, « We were very impressed
with the standard functionality of MBS-Navision. However, it was the ability to
change it to how we wanted to work that really appealed. We spent a long time being
restricted by the inflexibility of a standard package. We did not want to be in
a similar position in the future as the company expanded.
We were also influenced by the in-depth MBS-Navision knowledge
and consultancy skills provided by Partner Power UK. It was obvious that they quickly
got to grips with what we were trying to do and could advise us on the best way
to achieve our objectives. Partner Power worked well with us to produce a solution
that was right for our business. »
Business Benefits
The new management reporting system has already provided Vishay Spectrol with significant
advantages over the previous method of operation. It has greatly reduced the data
duplication activities throughout the organization, which has improved the accuracy
of information.
It is anticipated that MBS-Navision will be used to control the complete Finance
System in the long term. The Microsoft Navision Sales & Receivables module will
streamline all Credit Control functions including, Sales Journals, overdue payment
reminders and batch transaction processing.
A major benefit of the MBS-Navision solution is the automatic quote generation and
tracking facility. Accepted quotations can now automatically be transferred into
Sales Order Processing. Previously data was manually re-entered onto the system.
Planning & Manufacturing within Vishay Spectrol was previously achieved using
mainly manual procedures, which relied heavily on the accuracy and knowledge of
the personnel involved. This task was complicated further by the subcontracting
of a high level of its production to Slovakia. MBS-Navision has provided significant
benefits in this area, particularly inventory control, Bills of Materials and Materials
Requirement Planning in multiple locations.
During 2005, the Partner Power organization has worked with an implementation for
Vishay US and further projects are expected to start up with Vishay UK in the near
future.
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