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Why to choose GN…

GN is a company specialized in

Consulting and Information

Technology. GN operates on the

whole chain that generates value

for an enterprise: strategy,

processes, technology, and

people.

GN is a high quality partner

thanks to its connections to the

academic world and research

centers, which allows GN to

constantly keep up with the

International and National

market evolution.

GN Enterprise Business Solutions

has been awarded several prizes

during the last years. Recently,

GN won the European level

Oracle Innovation Award 2007

thanks to the innovation shown

with the products GN Platform

One and GN Mobile One.

GN is an Oracle partner, and in

2008 it won the Oracle

Accelerate Top Performing

Partner Award.

Case histories:

Customers and Industries

Cefla Group: Imola, BO

Industry: Furnishing, Dental, Finishing,

Plants Engineering

Annual revenue: 300 mln €

Employees: 1500

Challenges:

Support logistics and production processes of Dental and Finishing

units.

In details, Dental and Finishing units require more flexible and simple

tools to support information flows and processes such as goods receipt

and warehouse management:

Dental: warehouse handling and inventory (Standard and

Kanban based)

Finishing: warehouse handling, receipt of goods from purchase

orders, loading of job orders and inventory.

Solution:

GN Informatica has implemented GN Mobile One, an application

platform that directly interacts with Oracle JD Edwards Enterprise One.

This solution allows the use of mobile devices in order to carry out

common transactions that occur within a business. Real-time

information provides better knolwedge and control of the workforce

operations along the production line and the warehouse. Electric Kan-

ban has been introduced in the purchase and receipt processes, as

well as in the production. Thereby warehouse has been automated

and integrated with the ERP, allowing to save time and reduce

mistakes. In the first four months this solution managed to get tangible

results in terms of efficiency, time-saving and employees autonomy,

up to 87%.

www.ceflagroup.com

N&W Global Vending S.p.a.: Valbrembo, BG

Industry: Industrial production

Annual revenue: 350 mln €

Employees: 1500

Challenges:

Implementation of a siystem able to support the management of the whole product life-cycle and able to

efficiently track products.

Achievement of a data processing technology that supports the information flow at the right time.

Furthermore, this technology is expected to be able to collect and make available all the data required du-

ring the activities.

Management of information from a viewpoint of expansion and enterprise internationalization.

Solution: Reliable mobile solution integrated with ERP logistics and manufacturing processes

1. Branch transactions

2. Purchase Order Receipt

3. Ship Order Confirm

4. Items Availability

Results:

Improved communication towards customers about product availability and order status

Introduction of an information management system to assess and comply with shipments deadline

Optimized supply chain thanks to the possibility to monitor the operations of suppliers and subcontractors

Reduced costs thanks to 23% increase in warehouse rotation and stocks dicrease

Improved service level by 5% and decreased lead time according to market expectations

www.nwglobalvending.it

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Radici Partecipazioni S.p.a.: Gandino, BG

Industry: Textiles, Chemicals, Plastics, Synthetic Fibres

Annual revenue: more than 1 bilion €

Employees: 4100

Radici Chimica S.p.a.: Novara, NO

Industry: Production and distribution of chemical products

The company:

RadiciGroup is one of the most active Italian chemicals companies at an international level. RadiciGroup's

diversified businesses operate worldwide and are focused on Chemicals, Plastics, Synthetic Fibres and Textiles.

Solution:

The new Mobile & Wireless application designed by GN Enterprise Business Solutions has been implemented in

the production plant in Novara in order to improve the materials handlings, the storage and the shipment of

products:

All the warehouse keepers have been equipped with a handheld terminals endowed wiht barcode scanners

Transactions within the warehouse have been automated

The process entails that the employee affixes the bar code label to the outgoing batch

The scanning of the label allows the recording of parameters associated with the quality of the lot,

f or example the weight

At the time of shipment, the employee scans the pick-list associated to the license plate of the motor vehicle

in charge of transporting goods. Then the employee performs the same operation on the labels of the

material under load in order to assess the compliance with the orders of customers

Moreover this application supports the reclassification of stock. In case of variation in the quality of the

stocks, the batches can be assigned with a new quality class through the scanning of the labels.

Results:

The automation of the processes has brought remarkable benefits both in terms of traceability of the products

and performance of the process. Within the central database are recorded all the data concerning the production

lot: its location within the warehouse, the quality parameters associated with the lot itself, the classification and,

if the lot has already been shipped, the motor vehicle used.

In addition, the Mobile solution provided by GN has increased the speed at which the location and the

parameters of the producst are tracked. Quality Control as well has become easier and faster thanks to the

real-time availability of data concerning the single production lot.

Finally, further future developments of the project are expected to be deployed. In particular the adoption of a

Service Oriented Architecture to manage similar issues within the several warehouses of RadiciGroup. In this way

all the warehouses of the group will be gradually connected, providing the integration between logistics

processes and the ERP.

www.radicigroup.com

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www.gninformatica.com

GN Enterprise Business Solutions Via G. Marconi 1670 24033 Calusco d’Adda (BG) Tel 035 798959 Fax 035 798959 Mail: info@gninformatica.com

Gruppo Mabel: Ronco Corto, FI

Industry: Automatic distribution of beverages and snacks

Challenges:

Gruppo Mabel, specialized in automatic distribution of beverage and snacks, and Supermatic, a reseller of vending

machines, parts and food in the automatic distribution industry, have chosen Oracle JD Edwards integrated with

industrial handhelds supplied with GN Mobile One.

Solution:

Oracle solution has been integrated with handheld devices provided with GN Mobile One in order to assure

real-time access to the ERP for employees involved in cycle count operations and inventory, ship confirmation,

Cash&Carry sale order management, purchased goods receipt and purchase order insertion.

www.mabelweb.it

IMA Industria Manifatturiera Arosio S.p.a.: Arosio, CO

Industry: Industrial production

Annual revenue: 22 mln €

Employees: 120 + 140 in the Rumenian seat

Challenges:

Products traceability in order to comply with the requests of the automotive industry

Managers and workers provided with an easy access to accurate and updated data

Decrease of internal and external logistics costs

Flexible support of requests concerning the collection of goods associated with specific orders

Improvement product data management

Solution:

Remarkable time saving in carrying out operations such as good collection

Data quality improvement

Management of total cash flow and financial control

www.ima-arosio.it