Alcomet AD
Alcomet AD relies on Microsoft Dynamics NAV for the overall management of its operations. Through the system, the company achieves automation of all order management and shipping processes, production reporting and quality control, internal material management, supply and hedge management, receivables and payables, finance, accounting and many more.
Alcomet AD
Alcomet AD relies on Microsoft Dynamics NAV for the overall management of its operations. Through the system, the company achieves automation of all order management and shipping processes, production reporting and quality control, internal material management, supply and hedge management, receivables and payables, finance, accounting and many more.
Established in 1981, today Alcomet AD is a leading Bulgarian manufacturer of rolled and extruded aluminum products with over 1000 employees and invariably in the Top 100 businesses in Bulgaria.
Over the last 40 years, the company has been successfully developing as one of the largest producers of aluminum rolled metal in the Balkans and is known as a reliable partner in the international and domestic markets.
The modern technological equipment of the three main workshops – foundry, roller and press, together with the application of modern methods of processing aluminum and aluminum alloys, allow the production of a wide range of rolled and extruded products in accordance with the highest European standards.
Challenges to the project for the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics NAV in Alcomet AD
The non-stop technological process (24/7 production cycle) and the special requirements for product traceability were among the main challenges to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV implementation project. The negative experience of Alcomet AD with a previous implementation by another company placed additional responsibility on the shoulders of our team.
Some of the reasons that provoked the need for an adequate ERP solution were:
- Issues with production planning and ineffective use of the production capacity
- Delay of some customer orders and surpluses in others
- Inability to trace and analyze sales
- Insufficient control over expenses and inability to analyze production cost
- Insufficient control over orders of materials and supplies
- Lack of traceability of the material flows
In just 8 months Team VISION Bulgaria managed to successfully implement an integrated business management solution, which covers all processes of sales, purchases, warehouse, logistics, management of finances and production. The ERP system automates all processes connected with management of customer orders, expedition (including integration with mobile devices), production reporting and TCD, management of internal material requests, supply and hedging, management of receivables and payables, finances and accounting.
As a direct result from the successful implementation and use of the solution, the client achieved the following benefits:
- Traceability of the main material flows
- Traceability of preparations and packages of finished products
- Improved and easier quality control and traceability of claims
- Reduced chances of errors in the process of expedition of orders achieved through use of mobile devices, barcode marking and scanning
- Integration with SCADA for automation of the production process reporting
- Automatic calculation of the full production costs and options for analyses by types of expenses
- Automation of the process of materials and supplies ordering
- Options for faster and flexible reporting as well as creating real-time analyses by different criteria