The manufacturer of rubber insulated low-voltage and mediumvoltage cables extends the J-Flex APS solution already in use for planning and scheduling processes, to the J-Flex MES solution for manufacturing execution.
A decision which confirms the strategic partnership with Tecnest and Aristoncavi.
Founded in 1958, today Aristoncavi is one of the most important independent manufacturers of rubber insulated low-voltage and mediumvoltage cables.
Since its foundation it has grown up to the present 35.000 sqm, due to a recent expansion and reallocation of the manufacturing sites and warehouses, shared between the two production units dedicated to the manufacture of conductors and electric cables, for different applications.
FLEX PSC is the Product and Sales Configurator solution for product technical configuration and sales quotation
Complete
Flex PSC is both a technical configurator solution for the development od items, BOMs and cycles and a sales quotation solution for product's options definition and price quotation.
Thanks to this dual functionality, it is possible to create BOMs and production cycles, also considering the constraints among product attributes, and estimate the product costs, with the same tool. moreover, in case of made-to-order products, thanks to the integration with FLEX OPM sales module, it is possibile to generate an automatic quotation for the final customer.
Multilevel
FLEX PSC presents features for the configuration of single product and of products with multilevel BOMs, by answering to questions related to specific rules. Thanks to these advanced features, J-Flex PSC is an important tool both for MTS companies with standard products characterized by different attributes or composable, and for MTO companies, to easily define BOMs and production cycles and estimate costs and the sales quaotion for the final customer.
Flexible
Thanks to FLEX modular architecture, the FLEX PSC solution can be either used in compliance with other FLEX applications or can be easily integrated with the existing company ERP.
FLEX provides a role-based user interface, new features and new development tools to manage FLEX applications in an independent and flexible way
These new features answer to IT managers and IT operators' needs in terms of:
better data access and visibility
system's real-time updating and interactivity
system's configurability, customization, personalization, flexibility and proactivity.
Here below the main role-based features and tools available in FLEX suite:
Role-based Configuration Tools:
Multicomponent applications with multiple windows and tabs
The graphic layout can be customized by user/group of users through a drag & drop feature. It provides a multi-window and multi-tab pannel to display different applications on the same window and easily switch from one to another. This, increasing the level of usability for the final user. It is therefore possible to manage Role-based applications, by displaying, on the same workarea, all the applications and information useful for a specific company role.
Start menu to be configured according to business roles:
New start application including multi-component dashboards that can be easily customized for each company role.
Configurable Dashboards:
Special multi-component applications that the user can easily compose applicazioni multi-componente che l'utente può comporre liberamente attingendo da una tavolozza di componenti predefiniti e da una tavolozza di sincronizzatori predefiniti, la composizione della dashboard può essere specializzata per utente o per gruppi di utenti (ruoli)
Data Analysis & Display Tools:
Palette of Default components:
FLEX provides a set of default components to personalize your own operational dashboard by assemblying the information, applications and data needed for each single role. Among the available default components, there are:
application menu (pannel view, tree view)
web browser component to display information and data directly from a specific website
text area
free queries, tree-table queries
pivot tables
charts (histograms, pies, lines ...) with drill-down features
single-value KPIs (dial, gauge, pila fogli, ...) with drill-down features
list of favourite applications
Palette of Default synchonization components:
it is possible to configure a synchronization rule (such as data refresh time, sinchronization of realted detailed data, display of attached files, etc) and to apply it to a single component.
Application Development Tools:
possibility to extend the standard applications using the same dashboard template
possibility to configure software application and components' display and behaviour features
Main features:
The FLEX Advanced Dashboards provide performance analysis features to easily and interactively analyze data stored in the FLEX database and therefore evaluate the performance of your company's operational processes (planning, production, sales, purchase, logistics, costs).
Role-based Dashboards:
it's a virtual desktop with a set of configurable dashboards and components where the user can find all the data and information he needs for his role, such as:
contextual data display in a table or graphically
alerts for emergency issues
a set of KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) or each specific business role (ex. the Overall Equipment Effectiveness - OEE)
Simulative KPIs for Planning:
the FLEX APS solution provides simulative KPIs for scenario analysis that help decision making process. The user can check the impact of each scenario on specific KPIs related to production or economical dimensions.
Roles management and Customization features:
Configuration features to manage and modify user roles.
Features to create new customized KPIs or dashboards, according to the needs.
All production processes on a single application suite
Flex by Tecnest is the only software suite for Supply Chain Management developed in Italy which includes on the same application platform:
an Advanced Planning & Scheduling system (APS),
a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
solutions for Quality Management, Warehouse Management and Product configurations
a solution for Operations Management
a Supply Chain Collaboration system
a Business Intelligence system for data analysis
All Flex software solutions are scalable and can either be installed as integrated solutions or as stand-alone systems to be integrated with the existing ERP or third-part software.
Flex for Industry 4.0 /
Solutions for the ever-changing factory
Industrial R- Evolution
Our software solutions evolved in order to answer to the need of an ever-changing world. FLEX for Industry 4.0 is the new paradigm of integrated applications for factory 4.0: new smart and web applications with Collaborative Manufacturing features and IoT technology to improve production processes and connect systems, machines and people.
Smart Factory Console
The new Smart Factory Console of FLEX for Industry 4.0 is a role-based web application for data collection and production process monitoring and to manage and analyze all data and information collected by industrial machinery, operators and products within the Factory 4.0.
The Smart Factory Console works as a clearing house for the information collected by machines and operations through Tecnest factory applications.
Compliant with Industry 4.0 paradigm
Easy-to-use role-based graphic interface
Rapid execution performance
Real-time integration with all Tecnest factory applications
Analytics features and role-based dashboards
Social & Collaborative Manufacturing
New Social & Collaborative Manufacturing featureshas been implemented in order to create a real-time connection among different company functions.
Internal and external operators involved in the production process, can easily visualize, publish, share and manage information and data about processes and activities thanks to:
New Collaboration Hub of FLEX for Industry 4.0
Features for real-time content exchange (chat, screensharing, etc.)
Features for delayed content exchange (FAQ, forum, document sharing, etc.)
Features for the coordination of communication (kanban board, scrum, report, etc.)
Industrial Internet of Things
According to Industrial Internet of Things paradigms, all the data related to production time, quantity, orders or issues are communicated in real-time from industrial machinery to the system.
The FLEX for Industry 4.0 new IoT gateway connects and integrates machines, sensors, devices, automation systems and physical items within the smart factory.
These data are gathered in the Smart Factory Console, the main place where interaction and collaboration activities between the operators and the other production items take place.
Ambitious projects, in Italy and abroad, are closing the year 2012 for Tecnest.
Tecnest Customer Saira Europe, a company leader in train interiors' design and manufacturing decided to extend the J-Flex APS solution, already in use in the italian plant, to the Baroda Plant, in India.
A choice which confirms the partnership between Tecnest and the Saira Group and which represents a new international challenge for Tecnest!
J-Flex flyes to France with Tecnomaster Group
04-03-2013
A new project abroad, this time in France, for Tecnest.
The Tecnomaster Group, one of the most important Italian companies in the Printed Circuit Board industry with subsidiaries in France, Germany, Hong Kong, commissioned the extension of the J-Flex system (already in use in the Italian headoffice) to the French plant.
The new project will include the implementation of both the APS (Advanced Planning & Scheduling) and MES (Manufacturing Exectuion System) solutions, in order to manage planning, scheduling and execution processes in the Paris plant.
J-Flex in Brazil and China for Fabio Perini
08-02-2012
The new year started with great projects and good future perspectives for Tecnest at international level.
After the successful implementation of the J-Flex APS and MES solutions in the Lucca headquarter, Tecnest's Customer Fabio Perini Spa took the decision to extend this solution to all group sites in Italy, Brazil and China.
Fabio Perini is part of the Körber PaperLink group and it is a leading company specialized in machinery for the tissue industry.
The manufacturing plants are in Italy (Lucca and Bologna), in Brazil and in China.
According to the project plan, the J-Flex software solution will be firstly implemented in the Bologna and in the brazilian plants. As a second step, the solution will be extended to the chinese site.
This is an important and challenging opportunity both for Tecnest and for Fabio Perini which strengthens the existing strategic partnership between the two companies.
Akrapovic: world most famous exhaust systems' producer chose J-Flex APS software
10-06-2011
Akrapovic, world leader manufacturer of top-quality exhaust systems for motorcycles, sports cars and carbon parts, chose Tecnest to improve production scheduling through the J-Flex APS software solution.
The company headquarter and main plant is based in Slovenia and produces exhaust systems for important motorcycles and sport cars' brands such as Honda, Ducati, Harley Davidson, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes, BMW.
Bellotti talks about J-Flex
07-10-2011
On the October issue of Woode, Bellotti, Tecnest customer working in the Wood industry, explains the main objectives, steps and benefits of the new J-Flex information system, implemented by Tecnest.
The article describes the different project's stages which included the implementation of the J-Flex Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for data collection and monitoring and, later, the set up of the Warehouse Management System (WMS), both synchronized in real-time one with each other.
In the future Bellotti will also introduce the APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) Module of the J-Flex suite.
The article highlights how, thanks to the J-Flex solution, Bellotti had the opportunity to improve its production process efficiency, by assuring an overview on the business processes and coordination among the different product divisions.
The manufacturer of rubber insulated low-voltage and mediumvoltage cables extends the J-Flex APS solution already in use for planning and scheduling processes, to the J-Flex MES solution for manufacturing execution.
Tecnest Customer Saira Europe, a company leader in train interiors' design and manufacturing decided to extend the J-Flex APS solution, already in use in the italian plant, to the Baroda Plant, in India.
The new project will include the implementation of both the APS (Advanced Planning & Scheduling) and MES (Manufacturing Exectuion System) solutions, in order to manage planning, scheduling and execution processes in the Paris plant. 
