| Building the Effective Enterprise Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM) Richard Day – Senior Product Manager, QAD Chuck Macke – Director of IT, Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products Doug Geyer – Business Process Consultant, Mueller Industries
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| Building the Effective Enterprise 3 ■BPM overview ■Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products ■Mueller Industries ■Summary ■Questions Presentation Agenda Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise BPM Overview Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 5 Maps to Navigation Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 6 Select Menus to Explicit Processes Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise QAD Business Process Management May, 2013 Chuck Macke
| Building the Effective Enterprise 8 ■A Leader in Private Label Frozen Bakery Products ■Channels Food Service Retail In-Store Bakery ■Products Cookies (#1) Pancake / Waffle (#1) Refrigerated Dough (#1) Bread / Biscuits Who is Ralcorp Frozen? Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 9 ■Trouble with master data ■How to “herd the cats?” ■Enter Data Source One (DS1) Previous Workflow Experience Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 10 Previous Workflow Experience Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 11 ■Replace DS1 Avoid DS1 upgrade & ongoing maintenance Still need to know who’s got the ball With BPM we gain concurrency QAD is single source of the truth Apply to other processes without (much) programming ■Lean Culture Process is everything! Need metrics to support problem-solving Why QAD BPM? Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 12 Why QAD BPM? Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 13 Ralcorp BPM Timeline Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM) End DateActivity 9/15/12Early Adopter Agreement 10/1Upgrade Progress,.Net, Java 10/31Install Q-Xtend 10/31Complete Configured Screens 11/21Complete BPM Workshop Dec/Jan(Mostly) Hiatus FebPractice Installs, Documentation, Training 3/11Go-Live – ISB Finished Goods TBDGo-Lives – All Finished Goods, Raw, WIP
| Building the Effective Enterprise 14 Item Maintenance Under BPM Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 15 Item Maintenance Under BPM Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise Item Maintenance Under BPM 16
| Building the Effective Enterprise 17 ■Now Process owners know “who’s got the ball” Data mining to support problem-solving Process participant work list Retire the DS1 system! In summary, faster to market! ■Future “Heat Maps” User-friendly metrics Anticipated Benefits Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 18 ■Q-Xtend expertise needed ■Java programming ■Training ■Metrics ■Standard work, prototype, and continually improve Lessons Learned Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc. Doug Geyer – Internal Business Process Consultant Approach and Lessons Learned
| Building the Effective Enterprise 20 ■Introduction to Mueller Industries, Inc. ■Why BPM at Mueller? ■Our BPM approach ■Lessons learned/benefits ■Next steps Agenda BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc.
| Building the Effective Enterprise 21 ■ Founded in 1914 ■ Headquarters in Memphis, TN USA, Mexico, UK, China ■ Net Sales of $2.19 B in 2012 BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc.
| Building the Effective Enterprise 22 Mueller Locations BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc.
| Building the Effective Enterprise 23 ■ Plumbing Products (Wholesale & Retail) Standard Products Division BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc. ■ Wholesale – “Commodity” - Manufacture, Distribute ■ Retail – Breadth of Offering - Mfg, Buy/Sell, Distribute
| Building the Effective Enterprise 24 ■ Engineered Components Engineered Products Division BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc. ■ OEM Heating & Cooling, OEM Gas Appliances, and Engineered Tube
| Building the Effective Enterprise 25 ■ Brass Rod and Forgings Industrial Products Division BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc. ■ Various Industrial and Automotive Applications
| Building the Effective Enterprise 26 ■Multiple Businesses / Customer Types ■Many Process Variations ■Different Rules ■Multiple Process Owners ■Mueller has been looking for ways to embed process differences into our QAD toolset and try to minimize customization Why BPM at Mueller? BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc.
| Building the Effective Enterprise 27 ■Determined Applicability at Mueller ■Identified Candidate Processes ■Performed In-Depth Process Reviews ■Implemented.Net UI and Q-Xtend for Development ■Started with Standard New Part Template ■Modified Processes ■Tested ■Trained /Rolled Out Our BPM Approach BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc.
| Building the Effective Enterprise 28 ■Will your company accept the tool for all processes? ■Clean up your processes first! ■Identify need ■Identify how you really perform the process ■One size may not fit all Lessons Learned BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc.
| Building the Effective Enterprise 29 ■BPM helps engage all levels of users into work flow ■BPM provides work flow visibility ■QAD brought standard process templates, which were a good/adaptable starting point ■BPM provides the ability to develop and implement JIT concepts to the back office ■Process Modeler is an easy tool which enhances documentation & training ■QAD installation and support was/continues to be outstanding BPM Benefits BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc.
| Building the Effective Enterprise 30 ■New Supplier Process ■Accounting Processes Manual Journal Entries Month End Reconciliation ■Sales Order Administration ■Expansion of the New Part Processes Next Steps BPM Implementation at Mueller Industries, Inc.
| Building the Effective Enterprise 31 Summary Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 32 ■Wave of global customer visits in June ■Review & give feedback on completeness Capabilities Processes Your requirements ■Drive future BPM development ■Interested, contact Richard Day: Robert Cramer: QAD BPM Customer Visits Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 33 ■Two great customer successes ■QAD BPM – Ready to use now Summary Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM) Navigate your journey to “The Effective Enterprise” with QAD BPM
| Building the Effective Enterprise 34 ■Attend these related sessions (or watch the replay): The Power of Business Process Management QAD BPM Training - Thursday & Friday ■Stop by the Solutions Expo ■Interested in BPM contact: Richard Day – Robert Cramer – Next Steps While at Explore Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
| Building the Effective Enterprise 35 ■Chuck Macke: ■Doug Geyer: ■Richard Day: ■Robert Cramer: Questions & Answers Customer Stories about Business Process Management (BPM)
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