Tecnoform is an Italian company that has been producing furniture components and solutions for the RV, Nautical and Luxury Furniture sectors since 1965.
The request
The great customization of the product and the pressing need of the market, in the demand for the fulfillment of its orders in a short and certain time, prompted Tecnoform to invest in a project for production scheduling that would take advantage of advanced software, proposed precisely by Eurosystem, which since 2017 has had a business division that produces APS (Advanced Planning & Scheduling) and MES (Manufacturing Execution System) systems.
“Prior to the introduction of this solution, Tecnoform, a family-run company, used its people’s experience in carrying out supply chain activities and leveraged basic information systems. But the evolution of products, increased volumes and variability of demands no longer guaranteed secure responses to commitments made with customers and suppliers, and we had to continuously correct our programming,” explains Fabio Pellizzari, Plant Coordinator at Tecnoform.
In fact, “due to production delays and plant saturation, the company saw a lack of punctuality in deliveries and the loss of some sales, to which were added high costs and excessive overhead caused by an inability to manage changes from production standards. That’s why we helped Tecnoform, which already had a management system, in improving what was a deficient aspect, namely production planning, by equipping it with a PlanetTogether APS scheduler,” explains Stefano D’Incà, Eurosystem account manager.