QAD EAM Implementation Helps Wielton Pull Its Global Weight
August 31 2010 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADI), a leading provider of enterprise
software and services for global manufacturers, announced today
that Wielton, the largest manufacturer of semi-trailers and
trailers in Poland and a leading European supplier, has implemented
QAD’s Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution to streamline and
optimize its plant and equipment maintenance and repair management
process.
Wielton is as a world-class manufacturer with a strong
reputation for advanced production technologies and is well known
for producing quality products. To maintain its competitive edge,
the company focused on ensuring its plant and equipment was
effectively maintained to support operations.
Wielton chose to implement QAD’s Enterprise Asset Management
solution to synchronize repair and maintenance with production, and
integrate procurement of its spare parts with its existing QAD
Enterprise Applications financial suite.
“The implementation project went smoothly and QAD EAM is a
seamless part of QAD Enterprise Applications,” stated Maciej
Glowacz, head of IT at Wielton. “Thanks to the power and simplicity
of the user interface, we were able to improve our processes and
complete maintenance tasks quickly and efficiently.”
QAD EAM allows users to manage maintenance, control the stock
levels of spare parts and tools, as well as plan projects. This
enables Wielton’s machinery resources to be available as required.
Wielton now can maximize the uptime of its plant and equipment,
while accurately controlling costs and moving rapidly to respond to
breakdowns, as needed.
“With QAD EAM, failure notifications are submitted directly by
the production department, minimizing the time required to
eliminate failures and making more efficient use of our devices
such as assigning costs to a given machine or device. As a result,
we have better visibility to know if we should continue investing
in repairs or simply replace a device,” added Glowacz.
“With QAD EAM as part of QAD Enterprise Applications, QAD can
deliver on its promise to improve the clarity of Wielton’s planning
and maintenance repair,” explained Jozef Nikoderm, project
implementation consultant for QAD.
About Wielton
Wielton S.A. manufactures and sells semi-trailers and trailers
in Europe. Its products include loading platform box semi-trailers,
curtain semi-trailers, tippers, chassis, semi-trailer for
containers, wagons, trailers, bodies, and refrigerated
semi-trailers. The company also provides canvas covered
semi-trailer, curtain semi-trailer with drop sides, loading box
semi-trailer, semi-trailer with coil, body box semi-trailers,
semi-trailers to transport machines, center axle trailers, sets,
tipper bodies, swap bodies, agricultural trailers, agricultural
platform trailers for bales, and dolly trolleys. Its customers
comprise transportation, construction, production, agriculture, and
distribution companies, as well as foreign dealers of goods
vehicles and semi-trailers. Wielton S.A. markets its products
through a sales network and service points network in Europe. The
company was formerly known as Wielton Trading sp. z.o.o. and
changed its name to Wielton S.A. in January 2004. Wielton S.A. was
founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Wielun, Poland.
About QAD
QAD is a leading provider of enterprise applications for global
manufacturing companies specializing in automotive, consumer
products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial and life
science products. QAD applications provide critical functionality
for managing manufacturing resources and operations within and
beyond the enterprise, enabling global manufacturers to collaborate
with their customers, suppliers and partners to make and deliver
the right product, at the right cost and at the right time. For
more information about QAD, telephone +1 805-566-6000, or visit the
QAD web site at www.qad.com.
"QAD" is a registered trademark of QAD Inc. All other products
or company names herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
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