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SOUTHWIRE, one of North America’s
largest wire and cable producers, is
integrating CableBuilder, the cable
manufacturing software system by
Cimteq, to all its plants in North America,
transforming the efficiency, cohesiveness
and productivity of its business.
The new fully integrated system will
drive Southwire to realise its goal of a
fully streamlined system linking all plants
together through common data and
specifications.
Following on from the successful
implementation of CableBuilder to over
a quarter of its plants, Southwire has
scheduled CableBuilder to be rolled out to
its remaining plants by the end of 2018.
With Southwire’s key strategic goals to
build organisational capability, drive
operational excellence and accelerate
growth, the company requires internal
systems in place that will allow it to
perform at its maximum potential.
Dwayne Johnson, director, specifications
and standards, Southwire, said
“CableBuilder software is a strategic
investment for us at Southwire. Its use
as a product data management system
is essential for our ERP’s operation.
CableBuilder software also offers us the
flexibility to continuously improve our
designs and our business processes.”
Ali Shehab, CEO Cimteq, added: ”When
faced with selecting a system to satisfy
Southwire’s requirements, CableBuilder
was the natural choice. The benefits that
the software would bring to Southwire
were clearly evident from the first
demonstration.
“Following an intensive period of
implementation at its headquarters
with support from our experienced
implementation consultants, Southwire
is now rolling out CableBuilder across
the board which demonstrates their
confidence in the software.”
With over 20 plants across North America,
consistency is imperative in order for
the company’s SAP system to function
effectively. CableBuilder is intuitive and
flexible and can be adapted to any ERP
system. CableBuilder integrates into SAP,
delivering concise information, enabling
the system to match production to exact
order requirements, reducing scrap and
rework.
Furthermore, CableBuilder has allowed
Southwire to take the automation process
one step further by transforming activities
that would traditionally be managed
by a design engineer into automated
processes within the system, for example,
selection of materials and specification
validation.
CableBuilder’s unique function enables
Southwire to utilise the principle of
designing a product once and then rolling
it out to multiple plants to the exact
same specification of that original design.
CableBuilder allows Southwire to optimise
production and reduce costs, especially with
regards to transportation. Any updates to
a product are automatically implemented
across all plants, saving time on design
engineering.
Southwire Company LLC – USA
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Cimteq Ltd – UK
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CableBuilder giving Southwire the edge