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Driving QAD to the Factory Floor. Cascade Engineering September 24, 2012. Cascade Engineering. Founded in 1973 Provider of Engineered Plastic Systems and Components 1000 Employees in 14 Facilities Implemented QAD in 1999 Cascadeng.com. QAD Business Partners.
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Driving QAD to the Factory Floor Cascade Engineering September 24, 2012
Cascade Engineering • Founded in 1973 • Provider of Engineered Plastic Systems and Components • 1000 Employees in 14 Facilities • Implemented QAD in 1999 • Cascadeng.com
QAD Business Partners • Eagle Shop Floor Data Collection • EAM Enterprise Asset Management • Cebos Quality Management • Vertex Sales Taxes • Unicorn HRO Human Resources • PICS Custom Code • RCM Custom Code
Fred Keller’s Vision • Monitor Individual Plants • Monitor Presses within plant • Display on Desktop • Love of technology drove development
Factory Link • First CE Manufacturing Execution System • 1986 • Uptime • Down • Production • Need to set up job standard • Input schedule manually • Dumb terminals at press
Manufacturing Operations Data System (MODS) • 2001 • Start of QAD Integration • Use data from QAD if available • Part description • Routing information • Weights
Advance Repetitive Integration • 2002 • Data from rps_mstr • No longer enter manual schedule • New Plant Schedule Screen • Combines, Splits, Priority, & Sequence
Eagle Integration • 2004 • Performs BKF transaction • Minor setup at beginning of shift • One Click generates a backflush and prints a label • Cart stacker does not require one click • CKF = Custom BKF to capture serial numbers
Bill of Material Integration • 2006 • BOM verification at start of job • Bottom of screen is filled out and saved • BOM shows quantity available and quantity short.
Operation Scrap Integration • 2006 • Captured real time • Sent to QAD at end of shift • End of Shift Editor (EOS) provided • Scrap reason code down tree provided • Pick cavity • Capture problem description
Webpage Interface • 2009 • Eliminated PC install • Available anywhere with VPN connection
Unplanned Issues Integration • 2011 • Secondary Operations Done at Press • Sub Component Scrap • Bill of Material display for selection • Sent to QAD from EOS editor
MSW/PSW Integration • 2011 • Early Adopter • One Site at Time • Changes to Advance Repetitive • rps_mstr vs wo_mstr • Sequencing of work done in PSW • SC and OC comments
EAM Integration • MLS and DUOM • Implemented EAM • Equipment failure creates EAM work order • Easy access to equipment work orders