Tyneside Safety Glass gets clear view of operations with new ERP

Syspro went live in August 2006 and in just over one year, the system has made huge differences – also including a 25% reduction in stock holding, according to Mike Matson, finance director at Tyneside Safety Glass. “We now hold 25% less stock and we have less work in progress. We have also boosted efficiency levels across the board. The system delivers visibility between sales orders and manufacturing, and allows us to analyse costs comprehensively. This would not be possible without the real time management information that Syspro delivers.” he says. Part of that is because each of the company’s sites is linked using a VPN (virtual private network), enabling real time data communications and accurate information throughout for the management team, he explains. “We have seen the integration of the whole business across our three production sites, gained visibility of real time management information and have achieved significant efficiency and control improvements thanks to SYSPRO,” says Matson. So far the company has implemented Bill of Materials, Inventory, Work in Progress, Purchasing, Sales Order, Financial and Payroll modules. The current phase involves implementing Shopfloor Data Capture, using barcode scanning to allow full traceability of products right back to raw materials. “By using shopfloor data capture we will get a clear view of operations across the three manufacturing sites,” says Jon Heeley, project manager at Tyneside Safety Glass. “For the first time we shall be able to drill right down into our data to give us much greater insight into what goes on in each factory. This will allow us to improve our shopfloor operations significantly. A great benefit of this will be the ability to identify jobs that suffer from the highest reject levels, which will allow us to amend our procedures and reduce faults.”