Datacraft Solutions’ Outlines Savings from Digital Kanban

PRLog (Press Release) - May 30, 2007 -
Datacraft Solutions’ Automotive Manufacturing Industry Client is referencing:
o   A 50% decrease in Inventory levels over six months ($16M to $8M)
o   Order of magnitude Increase in inventory turns from 10 to 105
o   60%-70% of on hand inventory is 4-5 working days of demand.
o   Significant operational benefits
o   5000 Scans a day with zero expedites over 6 months
o   Doubled revenue while realizing above benefits

Digital Kanban solutions provide supply chains with real-time visibility and management capabilities to assist in enabling “winning and sustaining market presence”.   According to Datacraft Solutions’ CEO Stephen Parker, “Digital Kanban solutions within the demand-driven supply chain impact profit margins in several ways: by decreasing expense side tangible cost associated with legacy forecast management solutions, increase profit margins through efficiency gains. Increased customer satisfaction may result in additional sales to new as well as existing customers. Automated Kanban can dramatically reduce inventory, increase turns, and eliminate stock outs while enhancing supplier relations and customer satisfaction.”

In today’s global marketplace the competitive winners are those companies which can reliably and cost effectively supply their lines in a timely and continuous manner. Factory automation enables “Repeatability”, “Quality” and “Cost Management.”

•   Import Demand: Allows users to modify and upload new card set information into Data craft Solution’s pull-based Kanban solution, Signum.
•   Calculation Reports: The “calculation reports” interface provides users with the ability to see all of their uploaded and processed demand data.
•   Print Cards: The “print cards” component enables users to print new cards for any card-sets modified during a DDII session.

Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com) delivers a revolutionary digital kanban process of automation solutions to lean manufacturers through a secure Internet gateway, eliminating the need to install and maintain a complex IT infrastructure. The company has experienced significant growth in the past twelve months by eliminating complicated, expensive, time-intensive software implementations as well as extensive training regiments and the need for internal support. The Datacraft Solutions' demand driven supply chain digital kanban lean system allows customers access and fully utilize powerful lean benefits immediately for a low, predictable monthly fee. Services are scalable so manufacturers can design an appropriate digital kanban solution.

Datacraft Solutions
www.datacraftsolutions.com
Jerry Bryant
Marketing Manager
jbryant@datacraftsolutions.net
800-819-5326