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activity is continuously monitored and all material and
activity automatically logged. As a result the system is
able to produce a host of valuable productivity reports,
key performance indicators and statistical data.
Mr Norman Gough, Chairman
of Finecal headed up the project and told us, "The
market for self adhesive labels has become very competitive
and margins have gradually been eroded to the point where
no company can afford to be complacent. I know that to stay
competitive in this market we have to be as efficient as
we possibly can. We have been using the Girus Productivity
Toolkit for the past twelve months to help us to identify
weaknesses in our operation, although we initially selected
a few specific machines to monitor when we introduced the
system. Now that we have proven results from those machines
and have seen the benefits to our company we are extending
the project to also analyse our rewinding operation."
Rachel Walch, Production
Manager at the Bristol plant had an additional requirement
for the Girus system. She wanted to improve her post production
cost analysis and reduce the considerable time and effort
spent on a daily basis working out costs and profit margins
for individual jobs. In response Girus created a custom
software module that integrated with the existing system.
The custom module reads financial information such as material
costs and the product selling price from Rachel's order
processing system, and as a result the Girus Productivity
Toolkit is now able to calculate the machine, labour and
material costs associated with a job. A few click of a mouse
and the system produces a customised report indicating the
costs and gross profit margins for every job processed,
leaving Rachel free to spend more time working on operational
improvements.
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