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Mini Gears

Exel Computer Systems, the UK based author and developer of the innovative EFACS ERP system, announces that long term EFACS customer Mini Gears has successfully upgraded to the latest version of EFACS to increase competitive advantage.

The Client & Requirements

An EFACS customer for almost a decade, Mini Gears are keen to capitalise on the Document Management and Workflow capabilities of the latest version, EFACS E/8.

Established over 40 years ago, Mini Gears is one of the UK’s largest and most respected manufacturers and suppliers of transmission and machined components. Drawing on its vast engineering experience and a comprehensive global supplier base, the £8m turnover company can either manufacturer high quality precision parts at its UK manufacturing site, or for high volume customers requiring substantial cost reduction, source these from a wide variety of trusted overseas suppliers.

For 9 years now EFACS has been a key element in managing the company’s machine shop of over 40 resources including the latest 5 axis CNC one hit turning/milling machines. The Document Management and Workflow technologies in EFACS E/8 provided the primary upgrade motivation from 8.2, with the company also keen to make use of and benefit from EFACS’ Time & Attendance functionality.

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Solution & Results

Phil Darwent is Managing Director of Mini Gears and he explains this in more detail. “We manufacture approximately 500 different parts per month with an average of 8 operations for each part which means we need to track and manage the workflow of 4000 operations per month. The Workflow capabilities in EFACS E/8 mean that we will be able to automate not only our production processes but also many of our repetitive and time consuming administration procedures.”

He continues, “We work with a lot of paper technical drawings which present challenges in terms of ensuring that the right document is at the right place at the right time as well as the obvious physical storage and management issues. EFACS’ Document Management will mean that we can be absolutely sure that the correct version of every relevant drawing is immediately to hand whenever it may be needed which in addition to saving considerable time and costs, ensures that we have 100% control of our standards and specifications.

Jonathan Orme, Exel Marketing Manager, comments on the successful upgrade. “A high percentage of our hundreds of implementations around the world have been trusting their business with EFACS for many years and Mini Gears is a great example of this. Customers recognise the value that EFACS brings to their business and when they find themselves needing more from their ERP software, it’s a logical choice for them to upgrade to the latest version of a system they already know and trust. We wish Mini Gears another decade and more of successful business with EFACS E/8.”

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