Hardware Industry
Industry Characteristics

  • The main features of production are basing on discrete manufacturing, affiliating with process, and focusing on assembly;
  • The primary issue of production mode is make-to-order, the secondary issues are design-to-order, configure-to-order, assembly-to-order and stock production;
  • Raw materials management is simple, but the semi-products, in-process products, and finished products have a mass of specifications and complex product codes, so the stages management is difficult;
  • General production process is cutting or shaping raw materials to roughs, fine cutting, semi-products assembling, and assembling to finished products;
  • Frequently perform outsource processing, such as electroplating and heat treatment process;
  • Purchase prices and sales prices management are complicated because raw materials purchase prices fluctuation is in wide scale;
  • The recyclable scrap management is difficult, a lot of scraps are generated during the production process, some of the scraps can be recycled;
  • In-process products management is complex because the part's routing process is long;
  • The diverse routings cause the required equipments and tools frequently switch during production process;
  • The routing process bases on equipment, the equipment capacity determine the production line capacity;
  • Because of a great variety of finished product specifications, part material categories, and complex routings, the real time information from shop floor directly impact the accuracy of scheduling;
  • Exists a lot of uncertain elements, so that the information feedback become slow;
  • Requires multi-UOM management;
  • The multi-category and small batch requirements harden production lines management and shop floor operating;
  • Requires serial number management for tracking product warranty and maintenance records.

Chang Hang Solutions

1. Sales Management

  • Reasonable reconciliation process
  • Order Tracking
  • Report scheduling system

2. Engineering
  • Powerful coding system
  • Product architecture and design management
  • Materials substitution

3. Procurement Management
  • Safety stock management
  • Intelligent replenishment
  • Purchasing reconciliation management

4. Warehouse Management
  • Batch management
  • Inventory management
  • Material storage locations management

5. Production Management
  • Graphical production scheduling
  • Dynamic inventory analysis
  • Flexible way of material issuing
  • Material over-issuing management
  • Outsource processing management
  • Inspection management
  • Shop floor management
  • Real-time production information inquiry

6. Financial Management
  • Automatic accounting
  • Production cost management