MESA Africa Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association Africa Journey To Improve Scheduling Halilou Soulemanou Mohaman Group Planning Analyst MESA 8th Annual Conference, 17-18 November 2016

Boxmore Introduction 9 factories across south Africa, Mauritius and Zambia, history

Manufacturing Divisions Scale of Operations Manufacturing Divisions Installed Capacity Introducing three product specialized manufacturing divisions : Plastics : Focused on the production of PET pre-forms and blown bottles for beverage market Plastic Closures : Focused on the production of PP and HDPE closures. Beverage; Pharma Speciality : Focused on the production of plastic bottles, jars, caps, lids. Household, personal care ,pharma

Scale of Operations Specialty Products Installed Capacity

Our customer base

BSP setup 34 machines in LCIM 13 machines in ISBM 7 machines in Labelling 10 machines in Printing Total of 64 machines, 243 moulds ( 145 in LCIM and 89 in ISBM ), over 1000 item code

Problems No production plan Endless planning meetings Angry customers No effecting costing No effective raw material purchasing Overall congestion Poor staffing decisions Poor staffing – low morale

Temporary solution 2 people to take care of this spreadsheet, manual updates,

Urgent need of help Previous experience of Preactor Understanding of manufacturing Understanding of ERP system Speak both English and French

Lessons learned From make to forecast to make to order book Component calculation Integration with ERP system Improvement of scheduling rules Resistance from the staff

Implementation Improve scheduling rules,

Implementation

Advantages Free up the scheduler time Better response to sale’s queries Happy customers and suppliers Better management of our warehouse Better decision making Better MRP 25% increase in productivity Better quality, efficiency, plan maintenance, flexibility,

Changing in the way of thinking Implication of our actions on other departments Proactive thinking New business opportunity Planning is driving the factory Improved communication

What is next Implementing the solution in all factories Implement a stock tracking solution Improve collaboration with customer by providing them tools to load their own orders on our system Improve customer relationship through effective supply chain management. Position ahead of competitors,

Conclusion The world as we know it is changing. How do we as a company make use of the technology available today, to be ahead of customer’s demands and needs? Position ahead of competitors,

MESA Africa Thank You Q & A Halilou Soulemanou Halilou.Mohaman@Boxmore.co.za