Product design and industrialization departments
Product design and industrialization departments
“Design costing" and "Product costing" enable us to enhance and optimize all company processes, starting from the core.
PLM (Product Life Management) and PDM (Product Data Management) are driving the industrial performance of upstream product flows.
Diagnosis and optimization of design flows in the watchmaking industry
Implement corporate performance right from the product design stage, to focus the company’s actions solely on value-added tasks for the end customer.
The production of product plans, and the definition and implementation of industrial processes, increasingly require the integration of value flows:
- Define the industrial deliverables required to obtain a product expected by the end customer, and the “core” functions needed to produce them
- List and define the business rules for managing “end-to-end” processes, targeting a lean organization.
- Decline and improve industrial operational management processes with all objects in each system (specific PLM data, upstream controls, publication rules, mapping, specific ERP data, operating protocols, etc.).
- Measure operational gains before/after targeted processes.
Standardization of upstream information system processes for a production site (from scoping to implementation)
Processes can be used in a wide variety of ways, and each organization needs to find the solution best suited to the business challenges it faces. Indeed, the management costs, risks and non-quality of upstream processes have a major impact on the whole company. This upstream control, from organization to operational task, is the guarantee of harmonized operating modes:
- Organizational evolution study for finished product flows (to respond to customer trends towards a more complex product mix).
- Coaching of the technical office and industrialization manager to harmonize operating modes and processes.
- Diagnosis of the organization from the design office through to production, to reduce product plan cycle times.
- Organizational audit: process document management and management of product projects and operating ranges.
- Design and implementation of an industrial Core model for the manufacture and maintenance of products in the defense sector.
- Design and implementation of the Core solution (organization and processes) for maintenance in the aeronautics sector, with deployment on 4 sites.
Flow studies and scenario proposals for production facilities such as new production plants with Engineering to Order, Make to Stock and Make to Order production flows.
As part of the expansion of industrial production facilities, upstream choices will enable to create economies of scale. These will be applied to all processes, from product design onwards, to enable high levels of customization and optimized cost management:
- Detailed framing of the project: translation of the global strategy into business projects and IT applications.
- Reorganization of business flows and information system for a company managing air traffic flows
- Drafting of target processes and choice of tools for management functions such as procurement, production, purchasing and inventory management, with close integration with the design and industrialization office.
- Mapping of impacts/benefits for the production site
From the expression of your needs through to project management, our professional project management teams support you in your decision-making process and ensure the success of your project. Our methodologies focus on the business case and process analysis, and perfectly address the technological dimension, guaranteeing long-term solutions.
Modeling and documentation of upstream and downstream industrial processes
The key points for industrial customers are :
- Identify the company’s strategic challenges and the operational expectations of its departments,
- Identify the systems that support the company’s activities, and prepare for evolution and change.
- Optimize operational efficiency
- Manage Risk and Compliance
To achieve this, we model strategic and operational value chains, and map IT systems and the information flows between them.
The value propositions of process modeling are numerous:
- Document each step of the process
- Share and encourage collaboration around processes to keep them up to date and improve them
- Train teams and new employees
- Calculate cycle times and process execution costs
- Identify time-consuming, redundant or non-value-added steps with a view to optimizing or even automating processes (Simulation and RPA)
- Identify and integrate risks and associated controls to ensure regulatory compliance
- Clearly document the roles and responsibilities of each player in the process (RACI, SOD, governance and authorization management)
- Prepare certifications (ISO, Audits) and migration test plans
- Set up a system for monitoring process-related key performance indicators (KPIs) (Process Mining).
- Identify customer/supplier contact points and ensure they are optimized to deliver a smooth and positive experience (Customer Journey).
Our expert consultants can help you model and document your processes using powerful tools.
