-         System must support more than 400 users simultaneously

-         Daily data transmission over the network is about 9 -12 GB

-         Any authorized workstation inside the factory should use IE browser to access the system

-         System should response within 5-10 second for web page refreshing

-         System should be accessed through the internet with high security protection

-         No need to install third-party programs for using new system

-         All software should be legal and have copyrights

-         With Non-production data, the system database will increase at 10,000 – 20,000 transactions per day

-         With Production and Payroll data, the system database will increase 50,000 – 100,000 transactions per day

-         Data growth estimates about 2 -4 GB per year

-         The System capacity should support 3 years history online enquiry and 7 years offline records

-         Support remote site real-time data backup

-         Financial Data and other data must be separated at different locations

-         The System must have Requirement of Production Material control features

-         The System should manage the production and non-production cash flows

-         The System should manage the WIP or Semi-product and Finish Goods inventory

-         The System should be stable and have real-time monitor service for any failure case (e.g. SMS Notification)

-         System should be able to handle 50,000 – 100,000 part number ( include material, WIP or semi-product, mold or tooling, finished product and services)

-          There will be 1,500 BOM per year ( Each BOM may had 2 -10 versions)

-          Large volume of non database documents (such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Pictures, AutoCAD Files) will need to upload into the system as reference

-         There should be Department level Operation Manual and Training materials available

-         The System should provide security management for different user group to access the sensitive information such as quotation or BOM

-         All outgoing documents (such Invoice, PO, DO etc) must be gone through THREE level audit checking steps. The System should support workflow control for document issuing, printing and approval.

-         An notification email should be automatically sent to related users when a document issued

-         System must be provide tracking records for any workflow enabled document

-         System should allow users to be customized in post-implementation

-         System should allow users to add new Report freely

-         System should provide access control management such as report printing right, add new record, amend data or delete rights

-         System should be provided user operation trace and track audit log, it can trace any user all operation within ERP system included the Administrator

-         System workflow must follow the factory daily operation, the forms or reports named in new System should also be same as existing name which being used in factory

MAKEIT Solution:

Network Expansion     Software Platform　　 Software Development　　 Project Implementation  Conclusion

Network Expansion Solution
MAKEIT according to client existing network to propose strengthen network management and load balance for network solution

Software Platform
Suggested using our product MK Web Application Service Platform (MKWAS)
　

Reasons:

-         User requirement may be changed drastically between the development stage and the production stage

-         User wants the post-deployment enhancement. They want to do the adjustment by themselves

-         By using browse-based technology, it is easy to deploy and centrally manage

-         By using MKWAS Development Platform, it lowers the running cost and software integration development cost

-         Platform database is Microsoft SQL 2000 which can support up to TB (1000GB) grade data size. And it has a lower maintenance cost

-         The Developer for using MKWAS Platform has lower requirement, as they just have the basic skill-set such as JavaScript, XML, DHTML and Database know-how and three days MKDeveloper training, they can work perfectly with MKWAS

-         To support more users, the system allow to increase more application severs to load balance the stress and improve the performance and response time to end-users

-         The system provides server license and it fixes the license cost

Software Development

Flexibility Study:

-         Client site already had strong IT hardware and network infrastructure (Optical Network installed with new PCs) in their factory. However, the overall computer skill level was variable. For example, the engineers. The senior staffs and the old engineers are weak in their general computer skills.

-         The inventory data was not accurate because of unqualified warehouse management staffs

-         The supervisory on purchase process from the management was not enough, as a result it was easier to overlook the problem PO which caused the company losing money

-         The heavy workload of PMC department also creates a lot problems that eventually affected the performance of production

-         Sub-Contracting Purchase Order without higher level of management involvement, it lost the control over the product quality from those suppliers and delaying the delivery of final products

-         Decreasing in quality of Customer Service as no one follow-up the customer request. The high turnover rate of staffing in the Sales & Marketing Department is a big problem

-         The Production Schedule also changes during the peak season, it interrupts the pre-defined production plan and cause troubles in material supply and labor force arrangement

-         Their IT department is strong in computer hardware and network maintenance, however they could not take any active role to solve the mention problem

MAKEIT and the factory top management held several meetings to discuss and analyze workflow process to address the above problem with the following solution suggestion.

-         Restructuring of all departments’ workflow processes. Define the timeline and separate the implementation in three phases

-         Prepare the training plan and hardware upgrade schedules

-         Project Manager and System Analyst will analyze and design the system

-         Organizing the software development team to prepare the program coding.  

Project Implementation

MAKEIT has many years of experience and professional knowledge to implement the large scale software project.

-         Large scale project implementation must be broken down into several Phases (normally 3-4 Months as a phase)

-         The project team should interactively exchange the ideas with customer at all the time during the implementation

-         At the beginning stage user may not have any idea how to use the system. After the system deployed and user will come out a lot of requests to solve their problems

-         System prototype should be completed within 2-3 months in order to provide the live system to end-user for user acceptation test and feedback

-         The implementation time should be selected carefully to avoid the peak season of production

-         During project early stage there will be a large number of junior programmers who were response for customization work for new system. The experienced professionals will participate during the deployment phase that will be response for user training, problem solving and high-level user meeting.  

-         Sub-Contracting operation model help us to increase the productivity and control the budget cost at the same time.

-         Preparing department level user training material and workflow document

Conclusion
　

MAKEIT believes THREE important factors that achieve a successful solution of ERP implementation.

l          Mutual trust between customer and us solution provider

l          Professional skill and experience

l          Low Cost approach

Our solution is an effective and low-risk approach in order to increase our client productivity in a short time with a high customer satisfaction.