FLOWARE SOLUTIONS

What is it?

A company that is going through a lean transformation process often realizes that its ERP system does not have the flexibility and adaptability required. For this reason someone has gone as far as to define ERP systems as “monuments” and to suggest their elimination. We at G&P do not agree with this radical but short sighted view that does not take into account the complexity of our companies and fails to understand the enormous benefits that a wise use of information technology can provide.

In order to help our clients to use ICT to effectively support their lean transformation we propose FloWare Solutions (FloWare = Flow+Software: “Softwares that support Flow”). Our experts can help our clients in two ways:

- Defining the changes to existing ERP systems that are needed to support process changes

- Integrating ERP systems with innovative software designed to support lean processes (e.g. lean e-kanban modules). Many ERP systems claim to have “lean modules”, but in our experience these modules are all but lean.

Our "Solutions"

Our solutions have the same characteristics as the lean approach: flexiblity, adaptability, continuous improvement. Some of them have been developed by our very experts, others we have found in the market after an accurate selection process. What is really important is that we are continuously adapting our tools so as to be able to provide the best possible solutions for the ever changing needs of our clients. At present we can offer:

- An Electronic Kanban software, a signaling system that uses information technology to trigger the movement of materials within a manufacturing or production facility. This software is unique in the market for its completeness, flexibility and user friendliness.

- A software for performance measurement, an essential tool to guide and control continuous improvement.

In addition we are evaluating a new very interesting software that can automatically update the Eijunka Box. All our solutions are easy to use, can be integrated with any ERP and their implementation is easy and quick.

The benefits

Less non value added activities. A good information system eliminates many non value adding activities and increases the time users can devote to value adding activities.

Flexible and fast data analysis. Our solutions are based on Qlikview and are particularly user friendly: with but a few clicks it is possible to pass from details to aggregates and viceversa. Our e- kanban software includes a module which assures the correct dimension of the stock and provides any type of analysis on cunsumptions and stocks.

More reactive and lean supply chain. The use of an e-kanban system allows the company to extend the lean approach to the whole supply chain overcoming the problems of distance.

Our services