Case Study: Nippon Shikizai, Inc. streamlines MRP and production scheduling with Asprova

Nippon Shikizai, Inc cuts rescheduling time to 6 minutes with Asprova Corporation

Nippon Shikizai, Inc., a contract manufacturer of cosmetics, faced challenges with its old ERP system's production planning and material requirements planning (MRP) functionalities, which were too slow for practical use. This forced staff to perform scheduling manually with Excel and run MRP through a separate, self-developed system. Their goal was to synchronize scheduling and MRP to enable Just-In-Time planning, reduce manual workload, and lower inventories, leading them to seek a new solution from Asprova Corporation.

The vendor, Asprova, implemented its production scheduling system to function simultaneously as a detailed scheduler and an MRP engine. By meticulously setting up masters and utilizing features like expressions for calculations, Nippon Shikizai achieved a visualized workflow and dramatically faster planning. Asprova enabled a full reschedule of three months of orders in just six minutes, significantly reducing planning time and manual effort while improving the precision of both scheduling and material requirements planning.

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