Bemap Aranda Flies High With WorkNC And WorkPLAN | ||||
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About The Company: Name: Business: Industrial Mechanics Specialists Website: www.bemap-aranda.fr Benefits Achieved: Programming is very quick and easy Able to revise quotations to ensure they are competitive, whilst maintaining profitability Can adapt manufacturing processes, improving workshop cost efficiency and increase profitability Comments: “Programming is very quick and easy, and the toolpaths are then transmitted to the required machine by WiFi. Once machining is complete the tooling component is practically finished, as WorkNC’s rapid and reliable finishing toolpaths give a remarkably high surface quality. The parts require very little manual reworking” Michel Gauthier - Director
Processing between 30 and 60 new tooling projects every day, industrial mechanics specialists Bemap Aranda say WorkNC CAM software is the core element of their manufacturing operation. “It allows the workshop to function around the clock without supervision,” says Director Michel Gauthier. And accurate production control is achieved by using the WorkPLAN Management System to plan and monitor all their projects. Based in the Hautes-Pyrénées region of France, the company undertakes a variety of machining work and tooling equipment repairs, mainl CAD y in the aerospace and aeronautics industries, but also for the automotive and railway sectors, too. “Programming is very quick and easy, and the toolpaths are then transmitted to the required machine by WiFi. Once machining is complete the tooling component is practically finished, as WorkNC’s rapid and reliable finishing toolpaths give a remarkably high surface quality. The parts require very little manual reworking.” Bemap (Bureau d’Etude Mécanique Adour Pyrénées) was founded in 2001 and acquired Aranda three years later. “Without WorkNC we wouldn’t be able to produce all the tools that we do today. Each of our tools is unique, and requires individual project management, working on a just-in-time basis.”
Extending the factory to a total of 1,500 square metres, and purchasing two new 5-axis machining centres, meant they could diversify production into manufacturing volume parts, and increasing the number of employees from six in 2008, to 22. But with the excellence in engineering that WorkNC provides, comes the need for additional sophistication in production control. Bemap Aranda uses WorkPLAN, Vero Software’s fully-scalable family of manufacturing solutions, to automate and manage processes for around 160 different projects a month, such as job costing, quotations, sales order processing, planning, quality, time, purchasing and stock management. Five members of staff use WorkPLAN, which Company Secretary and Accountant, Marie Capdeville describes as a valuable resource for controlling their volume part operation. “The aeronautics industry, in particular, is extremely demanding regarding delivery lead times, quality and prices. Aranda have obtained ISO EN9100 accreditation thanks to WorkPLAN, which has allowed us to ensure full organisational compliance.” By using specific filters to edit spreadsheets, the Quotation module shows the per-centage of unconfirmed quotations and those converted into orders. “This enables us to revise quotations to ensure they are competitive, while maintaining profitability. We’ve won new market share and new customers by establishing offers using past quotes or projects as models, which means they’re as accurate as possible.” “With the Time Management module we regularly compare operation times spent on any given machine, or by any of the operators, which allows us to make the best use of their skills and machine capabilities. It means we can adapt our manufacturing processes, improve workshop cost efficiency and increase profitability. Full and precise analysis is provided through a large number of spread sheets and summaries using filters. Reports include the ratio between tool manufacturing and volume part production in relation to the overall turnover; the delivery of parts and tooling equipment, respecting lead times and outstanding invoices; and machine performance such as time spent, turnover generated, and cost. Marie Capdeville says before installing WorkPLAN, they used several different software applications for individual tasks such as quotes and invoicing, which made it impossible to keep track of projects in progress, finished jobs, or future ones. “We evaluated three systems, and chose WorkPLAN for its ease of use, clear environment, and the fact that all functionality was readily available on the monitors. We can now manage the full chain from quotes through to invoicing in one single environment.” The system’s flexibility means they have been able to adapt WorkPLAN to obtain the exact information they need.
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