Customer Success Story
Norican Group – increasing global collaboration and efficiency
Norican Group was formed in September 2008 when moulding technology company Disa merged with Wheelabrator, a worldwide surface preparation technology provider. Today, the company has more than 2,500 employees in five continents.
Background
Over the last years, Norican Group has acquired various companies, each operating on their own enterprise resource planning (ERP) and computer aided design (CAD) systems. This has made it difficult for employees to collaborate on projects and share drawings and other resources with each other.
To ensure its employees could access a single set of version-controlled product data, Norican Group implemented Bluestar PLM, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&SCM-based PLM solution. Bluestar PLM was initially rolled out to Disa employees and after the merger with Wheelabrator, it was deployed across Norican Group’s global R&D teams.
“Bluestar PLM integrates the design, engineering and manufacturing systems, providing Norican Group with a complete PLM and ERP system as a global data master for collaboration” explains Anette Olsen, Vice President, Global Business Systems and continues: “Providing a single set of reliable data is important in any global manufacturing company as it enables them to perform predictably and efficiently.”
By implementing Bluestar PLM, it is now possible to design in one location and release it to another location responsible for manufacturing and sales: “Bluestar is fantastic because it is not tied to legal entities and thus F&SCM. It operates on brands alongside engineering functions. And one can release it to the company where one can build a machine or sell a spare part.” says Anette Olsen.
Norican prioritizes implementing Bluestar before their ERP system to ensure all data and Bills of Materials (BOMs) are correctly aligned. Norican Group emphasizes the significance of this sequence: “I wouldn’t be able to explain how we could even begin with ERP if nothing was in the PLM system first.” says Anette Olsen.
Results
- Syncronized data around the world in real time
- Seamless data flow between the technical department to production
- Workflow automation
- Full integration with existing ERP system, Dynamics 365 F&SCM/AX
- One system to assure accuracy and efficiency
- Version management: Immediate access to accurate data from global departments
- Error reduction
“Now that our teams can access the same PLM system and share reliable data regardless of their location, they can collaborate on various projects, which helps to reduce engineering cycle times. Bluestar PLM has greatly improved our company’s operational efficiency and we benefit from having implemented the system across all of our global offices.”
– Anette Olsen, Vice President of Global Business Systems, Norican Group
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