NetSuite Industries: Discrete Manufacturing
Automation Tips for NetSuite Manufacturing Customers
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Using Automated Systems for Discrete Manufacturing
Moving to an automated system, discrete manufacturers can gain:
Cost Savings
Faster Production Times
Improved Customer Service
Real-Time Data
Why Going Mobile is Critical for Discrete Manufacturers
Simplifying the supply chain using barcodes and scanning to automate processes allows you to operate your business more efficiently with more visibility and control over your inventory even with the increased flow of raw materials, parts and components.
Let's look at issuing components for a work order. By simply scanning the work order, RF‑SMART guides the worker on the most efficient pick path to gather all necessary components needed to assemble their order.
Support for WMS capabilities means you can also take control of your advanced manufacturing operations by tracking assembled and manufactured goods. When a part or material is compromised, manufacturers need to be able to trace when it was used, what products are affected, and be able to inform the customers who received it.
You should be automating:
Inbound PutawaysAssembly BuildsStock CountingLicense PlatingWork Orders, Purchase Orders, Sales Orders – all orders
Discrete Manufacturing: Thinking Beyond Barcoding
To effectively manage your inventory, you will also want to leverage tools to further automate your operations:
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Material Handling Automation Connector
If you are planning on investing in PLC-based manufacturing and MES systems, you need a way to get that data into NetSuite. RF-SMART's Automation module is a Built-for-NetSuite integration that communicate and directly update NetSuite with material movement and inventory changes.
Automated Shipping
Once the production process is complete, manufacturers need a solution that gets products out the door quickly. RF-SMART's small parcel and Less than Truckload (LTL) shipping solutions for NetSuite leverages the smartest automation on the market, ensuring your orders get out the door quickly and with the best rates.
Work Order Reporting
Manufacturers must continue to improve labor productivity, profitability, and customer service. RF-SMART's Mobile Work Order Reporting allows you to track completions and labor at each step of the manufacturing process while guiding workers through tasks directly from a mobile device.
How RF-SMART Helped Discrete Manufacturing Customer Industrial Controls Solutions Achieve Inventory Accuracy
"If you’re looking to grow and scale your business, you’re going to need the accuracy and control RF-SMART provides. RF-SMART achieves it all without the added supervision and physical processes it normally takes to achieve accuracy and control.”
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Challenges
Industrial Controls Solutions, a manufacturer of smart control systems for industrial equipment and machinery, faced significant operational challenges with their legacy system. Their previous solutions struggled to properly read barcodes, resulting in frequent inventory inaccuracies, manual data entry, and transactional bottlenecks.
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Solution
To address these challenges, Industrial Controls Solution partnered with RF-SMART for immediate operational improvements. RF-SMART introduced effective barcode scanning capabilities across their entire operation, including receiving, picking, and stock counts. This eliminated errors, provided real-time visibility, and enabled multiple employees to work simultaneously.
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Results
By implementing RF-SMART for NetSuite, Industrial Controls Solutions:
- Gained 99.8% inventory accuracy
- Streamlined production efficiency by 1.5x
- Reduced annual inventory counting from 3 weeks to 2 days
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