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    Discrete & Industrial Manufacturing

    Discrete manufacturing relies on a well-functioning and efficient supply chain to source raw materials, components, and parts. The COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit has exposed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, disrupting the availability and flow of essential materials. Issues such as production delays, inventory management, and logistics challenges have had to be overcome. Just-in-time manufacturing and customised production has led to supply chain disruptions having a significant impact on operations.

    Industry sources indicate that discrete manufacturers continue to be vulnerable to ongoing supply chain challenges. 

    PREVENT SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS

    IMPROVED SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY

    Identify bottlenecks, track inventory, and monitor supplier performance in real-time. Be responsive to changes in supply and demand. 

    ENHANCED PLANNING & FORECASTING

    Use AI and machine learning to analyse historical data, identify trends and make accurate demand forecasts, optimising your inventory.

    AUTOMATE PROCESSES

    Improve your productivity, reduce costs and minimise errors by automating manual tasks optimising your business workflows.

    OPTIMISE RESOURCE PLANNING

    Address skills shortages by allocating equipment, materials and people to the most efficient tasks at the most beneficial time.

    MANAGE REGULATIONS & COMPLIANCE

    Get support in meeting your compliance obligations with tools for documentation, audits and reporting.

    HARNESS YOUR BUSINESS DATA

    Get increased insight into your operations, enabling you to identify areas for improvement and make data-driven decisions.

    Case Study:

    SOLUTION MANUFACTURER

    A global material and solution manufacturer, this company’s headquarters are based in the UK with manufacturing, sales, technical and customer support facilities in multiple markets, serving more than 40 countries. They serve a diverse range of industries including aerospace, automotive, electronics, energy, industrial and medical.

    CHALLENGE

    — Over time, their business application software had been customised to fit the businesses way of working and this resulted in several challenges:

    — Customisation costs were high.

    — They had difficulty in accessing, joining, and analysing data.

    — Departments were working with ‘offline’ spreadsheets and using other system workarounds.

    — System functionality was not being used as originally designed.

    — A negative perception of the solution had developed, encouraging poor working practices across the business.

    SOLUTION

    Nexer and Microsoft were selected as partners to support this global change and technology adoption. Microsoft Dynamics 365 business applications were configured to meet the business needs and also included was a mechanism to standardise business processes.

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Commerce and HR were in the solution scope.  These were all connected with insightful, integrated and near real-time business intelligence. 

    RESULTS

    — Reduced costs and complexity based on a reduction of bespoke processes.​

    — A single source of truth for transactional and master data.​

    — Improved efficiencies through standardising and streamlining business processes.

    — Optimised global supply chain through better planning capability.​

    — Consistency across business units.​

    — Foundation for business growth built.

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    WHY WORK WITH NEXER?

    Nexer can offer over 30 years of heritage and knowledge. With over 2,500 experts globally, and having delivered projects to over 39 countries to 100s of organisations, we have the expertise to complete successful digital transformations.
    We are specialists across the Microsoft technology stack – including Microsoft Dynamics 365, PowerPlatform, Large Data, BI, Cloud, IoT, AI, Mixed Reality, Machine Learning, Digital UX & Cyber Security. Our family-owned, friendly and customer-first culture, ensures we build long-term relationships with our customers.