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2017 Awards of Excellence
outstanding innovation in developing and manufacturing a product that best uses metal in place of a nonmetal com- petitive material, or that develops a product using flat-rolled material that was previously manufactured using more costly manufacturing processes.
Innovation and Technology Award
Hatch Stamping Company
Hatch Stamping Company, Chelsea, MI, earned the 2017 Plex Systems Innovation and Technology Award for imple- menting cloud technology and an enterprise-resource-plan- ning (ERP) system that drives continuous real-time data collection to effectively manage core business functions across its multi-facility organization. The system also helps the company, a provider of highly engineered metal stamp- ings and assemblies for the automotive industry, significantly reduce waste and variation.
Utilizing the system’s enhanced program-management tool allows Hatch Stamping to quickly review its 275-plus projects at a glance, hold teams accountable and ensure that customer requirements are met. The ability for customers and suppliers to access and view project information has allowed Hatch Stamping to manage the increased project workload without needing to increase internal administrative staff, who in the past spent countless hours building out
An enterprise-resource-plan- ning (ERP) system drives con- tinuous real-time data collection to effectively manage business functions across Hatch Stamp- ing’s multiple facilities.
Information routes to all employees via an app, and they can access it from any- where, including on a hi-lo, as shown in this photo.
manual spreadsheets, redundant forms and task lists in attempts to manage supplier deliverables and customer requirements. The company also holds its suppliers to its Gantt timelines and creates user accounts for them to manage their deliverables.
Customers now have confidence that Hatch Stamping will meet their timing deadlines, as engineering software tools integrate with the ERP system to ensure efficient track- ing of a project from launch to production, maintaining 100-percent within-budget and on-time performance.
Implementing the ERP system has delivered numerous benefits for Hatch Stamping, including the ability to see the current real-time status of customer program timing, to hyperlink to complete details of every program with a few clicks of the mouse, and to navigate to multilinked facilities.
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