Case: Bucher Municipal – boosting efficiency and data reliability
Background
When it comes to technology and equipment that can clean in a sustainable and efficient manner, Bucher Municipal leads the way. Bucher Municipal is the world’s leading supplier of municipal vehicles for cleaning and clearing operations on roads and traffic areas.
It is their ambition to be among the most innovative manufacturers of municipal equipment and that demands high quality technology and IT systems to support the development- and production processes.
For Bucher Municipal, it is crucial that drawings and data flow freely between the technical departments, where designs are planned, and the production areas, where plans are implemented.
The company in Denmark faced challenges when all drawings from the CAD systems were created separately in the warehouse and finance system. It was both time consuming and there was a risk of errors resulting not only in production errors, but also increased waiting times and time-consuming manual processes in handling product data from one system to another.
Bucher Municipal A/S turned to Bluestar PLM for a solution. Bluestar PLM creates this link between the CAD system (where the design exists) and the ERP system (the company’s administration system). The software is integrated into Microsoft Dynamics AX and collects product data such as drawings, BOMs and 3D files from CAD systems, as well as manufacturing data from Dynamics AX.
Bucher Municipal A/S is one of many Danish industrial companies in the midst of digital transformation. With the implementation of Bluestar PLM, the company’s IT systems for CRM, ERP, PLM and CAD now are connected in one system.
Results
- Seamless data flow between the technical department to production
- One system to assure accuracy and efficiency
- Version management: Immediate access to accurate data from global departments
- Error reduction
”Bluestar PLM is an important part of our growth and error reduction. It is crucial that we effectively manage our documentation so that we can grow and deliver quality on time, which is a major strategy in all markets”.
Jesper Hejselbaek, Technical Director, at Bucher Municipal
Our customers gain competitive advantages
We have implemented Bluestar PLM for more than hundreds of enterprises and world-wide 10,000 users. Following implementations, we have evaluated on our customers’ user experiences and benefits achieved from having our system onboard. These evaluations have given us great examples of the results gained from Bluestar PLM inside Dynamics 365/AX.