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Business Engineering Corporation (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Masakazu Haneda, hereinafter "B-EN-G") is Kyoraku Sangyo. Nikko Denki Co., Ltd. (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Representative Director and President: Masayuki Isaka), a group company that manufactures electronic components for pachinko machines, has announced that B-EN-G's PLM (product life cycle management) system We are pleased to announce that we have introduced "mcframe PLM".
Canon IT Solutions Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: Akira Kanazawa) provided implementation support.
In addition, we have published an introduction example article on the following site.

■URL
https://www.mcframe.com/case/nikkou

Nikko Electric has decided to introduce mcframe PLM in order to build a ``Group Integrated Bill of Materials'' that will enable information sharing on parts and components across the group and the provision of data that will help management make decisions.

■Issues before implementation

• Within group companies, the method of sharing information between the planning, design and development side and the manufacturing side became individualized, making smooth collaboration difficult.
• Because the planning, design and development side could not obtain performance information from the manufacturing side, they were unable to fully optimize parts and materials selection and examine the validity of costs.

■Introduction effects

• Visualize parts and materials inventory and reuse effects across the group
• We can provide information that is useful for calculating costs when ordering parts and suppressing excessive orders.
• Provides information useful for product planning decisions and establishes a foundation for moving away from decisions that rely solely on intuition and experience.

■Points for introducing mcframe PLM
We focused on the ability to construct a bill of materials that allows for integrated information management across the group while taking advantage of the parts and materials management system used by each group company. In addition, by repeatedly confirming operation in a PoC (proof of concept) environment using actual data from pachinko machines, we were able to grasp the expected effects and image after implementation.

■Comments from customer project members
The members who have been working on the project are actively using mcframe PLM, and for example, the person in charge of the production engineering department who makes jigs now always pulls the latest drawings from PLM. Similarly, recognition of mcframe PLM is steadily expanding in various departments.
In order to quickly roll out the PLM system across the group, we plan to first establish a solid track record within the company. Furthermore, as a next step, we would like to implement a bill of materials equivalent to M-BOM (Manufacturing-BOM) into mcframe PLM, which will lead to labor savings and automation of manufacturing and maintenance operations at group companies. I am.

■About mcframe
mcframe is an in-house developed package software that promotes the digitalization of manufacturing, focusing on production, sales, and cost management, and also includes ERP, IoT, and PLM products for overseas markets. Since its release in 1996, it has been a part of Japanese manufacturing for a quarter of a century and has been introduced by over 1,500 companies and their group companies.
Featuring a wide range of standard functions and high flexibility, we help solve problems in many manufacturing industries, from assembly and processing to processes, from large companies to small and medium-sized enterprises, and from domestic to overseas.
Details of mcframe https://www.mcframe.com/about Please refer to the.

■About Business Engineering Corporation
Business Engineering uses IT to support the digital transformation of customers, mainly in the manufacturing industry. We have a rich track record in consulting and support services ranging from IT planning to system construction, implementation, and operation, as well as sales and implementation of our in-house developed packaged software "mcframe." In addition, we utilize data accumulated from core business systems (ERP), supply chains (SCM), IoT, etc. to help improve system sophistication and Kaizen activities. We have overseas subsidiaries in five locations: China (Shanghai), Thailand (Bangkok), Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), and the United States (Chicago), and we provide products and services to companies expanding overseas by cooperating with Japan and locally. We solve our customers' management issues.
For details on Business Engineering Corporation https://www.b-en-g.co.jp/ Please refer to the.

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