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The electronics and high-tech development industries include manufacturers of electrical
distribution equipment, household appliances, communication equipment, electrical
industrial apparatus, radio and television receiving equipment, electronic components
and accessories, electrical wiring and lighting equipment, and other electrical equipment
and supplies. In addition, many electronics products or components are embedded in
other industries’ products. Examples include cars, toys and appliances.
Semiconductors
The process used to create the integrated circuits
that are present in everyday electrical and
electronic devices takes six to eight weeks from
start to packaged chips ready for shipment and is VEMCO, a division of Amirix Systems Inc.,
performed in highly specialized facilities referred designs and manufactures underwater acoustic
to as fabs. The ability to manage global supply telemetry equipment for tracking the behavior of
chains while keeping production costs down is marine life.
critical to the success of this industry.
“VEMCO is most impressed by SYSPRO’s
flexibility. The ability to handle our company’s
specific requirements and the strong
manufacturing functionality have made this a
great investment.”
Fred Voegeli,
President, VEMCO
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Electronics Industry Key Criteria
Control Product Design Changes
Improve control over product life cycles through drawings to version and release levels provides
efficient management of design revisions access to visual details of revisions.
With constant product improvement and innovation n orecasts, customer history and the ability
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and the large number of components in electronic to copy previous sales orders details into
products, the efficient management of design new customer orders enable users to quickly
revisions is central to maintaining control over product determine the correct revision and release levels
life cycles. SYSPRO’s extensive features enhance the for demand generation and sales purposes. The
centralized management and control of the product Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system
design process, while its comprehensive security, provides an integrated picture of supply and
customization and multi-lingual capabilities enable demand, enabling control of whether MRP should
organizations to provide tailored access to external raise suggested supplies for demand of non-
collaborative partners around the globe. current revision.
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Manage Traceability and the Recall Process
Continuous improvement programs enabling zero-defect initiatives,
compliance and minimal product recalls
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Primex Manufacturing specializes in the design,
engineering and fabrication of proprietary
plastic injection products. Established in 1971,
Primex works closely with telecom customers
to design cabinet-style enclosures that house
cable, networking wires and hardware to provide
protection from external factors such as rodents
and weather.
“Thanks to SYSPRO, we have all of the
company’s information at our fingertips on
a continuous basis, and we can use the
software of our choice to access, feed and
mine our data.”
Mark Campbell,
Senior Manager Inventory,
Primex Manufacturing
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Improve Forecast Accuracy
Minimize forecast errors by fine-tuning the
balance between supply and demand
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n The Inventory Optimization suite provides
comprehensive tracking and analysis of forecasts,
as well as slow-moving, excess, active and
static stocks. Powerful features enable accurate
obsolescence provisioning, product rationalization
programs and targeted promotions on slow
moving and end-of-life stocks.
SYSPRO enables companies to streamline and automate the processes and actions involved in authorizing
and tracking customer returns, warranty claims and complaints. This in turn facilitates targeted improvement
programs to help reduce the time and costs associated with such events and improve product quality.
n he SYSPRO Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) module rapidly processes customer returns
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and the resulting corrective actions such as receipting, exchanges, cross-shipments, repairs, scrap and
credits, as well as charges for returns and restocking activities. Action codes, notes and user-configured
returns classifications facilitate comprehensive analysis and reporting.
n he power of SYSPRO’s returns automation is further enhanced by its seamless integration with the
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system’s serial tracking, lot traceability, quality and engineering change control capabilities.
n YSPRO Workflow Services will facilitate the returns and complaints processing in a consistent coherent
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flow for all users, further reducing the time and effort associated with these activities.
n RM for SYSPRO assists with managing service calls in an efficient and professional way. Service
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engineers can log support calls and link these through to RMAs in SYSPRO to provide accurate tracking
of issues and clear visibility of an issue’s status and owner.
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Supply Chain Management
Improve management and relationships with
contract manufacturers
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SYSPRO for Electronics Value Chain
SYSPRO for Electronics
Warehouse Put-Away
Administration
General Ledger, Cash Book, EFT, Assets, System Administration, SYSPRO Reporting Services
Sales Orders Purchase Order ECC Warehouse Management Sales Orders Service Levels
Forecasting Contract Management Work in Progress Inventory Optimization Blanket Orders & Releases Contract Pricing & TPM
Families & Groupings Blanket Purchase Orders Factory Scheduling Stock Take EDI Contact Management
Sales Analysis Serial Tracking Quality Management Barcoding Contract Pricing RMA
Product Configurator Lot Traceability Serial Tracking Multi Warehouse/Location
Bill of Materials Landed Cost Tracking Lot Traceability Stock Obsolescence
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1000Bulbs.com, known formally as Service
Lighting and Electrical Supplies, stocks and sells
more than 12,000 electrical bulbs and products to
consumers, universities, major organizations and
companies such as NASA and Boeing.
“We have so many transactions that without
SYSPRO we could never complete and ship
that many orders out the door. SYSPRO
allows us to manage the back order process
and everything else that goes into an order.”
Kim Pedersen,
CEO, 1000Bulbs.com
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A Special Report from Vital Analysis -
The Electronics Industry:
Sector Overview and SYSPRO Case Study.
TechVentive, Inc. 2015.
https://www.syspro.com/resources/analyst_reviews/
techventive_vital_analysis_report_electronics_web.pdf
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About SYSPRO
SYSPRO is an internationally-recognized, leading provider of enterprise business solutions. Formed in
1978, SYSPRO was one of the first software vendors to develop an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
solution. Today, SYSPRO is a global company, represented on six continents and by more than 1600
channel and support partners. Fifteen thousand licensed companies across a broad spectrum of industries
in over 60 countries trust SYSPRO as the platform on which to manage their business processes.
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