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Business Engineering Corporation (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Masakazu Haneda, hereinafter referred to as "B-EN-G") is Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a music-related business centered on the manufacture of pianos and electronic pianos in Japan and overseas. Today, a manufacturing company (Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Chairman and President: Hirotaka Kawai) has released a case study in which they introduced B-EN-G's PLM (product life cycle management) system "mcframe PLM."

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

Due to the aging of the old system, Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. introduced mcframe PLM to efficiently manage information essential for smoothing operations between design and manufacturing, such as BOM (bill of materials), design drawings, and specifications. Did.

■Issues before implementation

• The old system for managing design data was difficult to use, and operations relied on paper drawings and parts lists.
• Designers' work efficiency was decreasing when responding to inquiries from production sites.
• The designer issued a new part number even though a part number with the same specifications existed, causing a problem of duplication of part numbers.

■Points for selecting mcframe PLM
It is noteworthy that the system has high searchability for technical information and is easy to use not only by design departments but also by production site personnel. We also judged that this would meet our aim of breaking away from verbal business succession and individualized customs and standardizing business operations centered on digital technology.

■Introduction effects

• The easy-to-understand screen and operability have improved the ease of searching for drawings and parts for both design and production.
• Design drawings can now be directly referenced from the production site, significantly reducing the number of inquiries to the design department and increasing productivity in the design department.
• The standardization and commonization of parts has progressed, and a foundation has been established to enable future cost reductions.

■Comments from customer project members
The new system is highly searchable, and the time it takes to search for a desired drawing has been reduced to about one-tenth, and the number of inquiries from production sites to the design department has also decreased. In addition, any person in charge of design can now perform BOM registration work, which was only possible for some people in the old system.
By creating a database using mcframe PLM, it is now possible to instantly find parts that have the same specifications (specifications and design parameters) but have different part numbers. Furthermore, by changing the application/approval workflow when updating design information etc. from paper documents to a system, a secondary effect was created in that circulars that used to take a month can now be completed in a few days. I did.

■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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