MAXIMIZE YOUR EXPERTISE

YOU’RE AN EXPERT IN YOUR FIELD AND RUN A SOLID OPERATION; IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH EVEN GREATER VISIBILITY.

Foundries are often built upon generations of honed skill and first-hand experience. While that innate expertise and deep knowledge of craft is invaluable, you still can’t solve what you can’t see. Too many have learned the hard way that expertise alone is simply not enough to remain competitive. 

Despite investing heavy time and human capital into maintaining an existing/legacy system, foundries are limited by siloed data, lack of flexibility to navigate changing requirements, and the ability to proactively identify and address inefficiencies that have a ripple effect of negative consequences.  

A powerful companion solution exists that can make that indispensable expertise work even harder for organizations, equipping them with the visibility to grow beyond their current scope to gain market share.

AVOID PITFALLS OF MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO

Clear insight into all aspects of the business provides a solid baseline to make strategic decisions. We partner with organizations to help them avoid the dangers of maintaining the status quo, or settling for an incomplete solution, including:

COMMON PITFALLS:

  • Loss of market share, improper financial management, increased stress/higher turnover, inefficiencies remain uncorrected/unidentified.
  • Inadequate visibility into labor costs, turnover, etc. which insufficiently equips leaders to make sound business decisions/stay competitive. 
  • Malfunction/failure/obsoletion of existing systems without responsive support to fix them, with catastrophic impact. 
  • Complicated, prolonged implementation of a generic/boxed solution that wasn’t built exclusively for foundries and machine shops, ultimately wasting time, resources and opportunity.
  • The need to completely start over with a different solution after a failed implementation.

SOLUTIONS FOR THE
OWNER/OPERATOR

THE TRADITIONAL WAYS OF RUNNING A FOUNDRY ARE EVOLVING; CHANGE IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD.

You run a company in an industry besieged by global competition, a shrinking labor pool, rising expenses, unpredictable energy costs and cyclical revenue. The foundry business is tough and getting tougher. The only way to survive is to get smarter. Know what your foundry is doing and what it’s capable of.

It’s all about data. Data is the difference between struggling to maintain the status quo and thriving. Data tells you exactly what your margins are. Reveals your most profitable part. Identifies where you should invest and cut back. Shows your true capacity. Exposes who, or what, is holding you back. Data can take what’s in the minds of your best employees and put it in your hands.

With a firm grasp of critical information, you can:

  • Increase ownership and empower employees to become more productive;
  • Increase quality and lower costs;
  • Confidently enter new markets;
  • Improve transparency for customers;
  • Increase throughput;
  • Meet ISO, NADCAP and AS9100 standards;
  • Win more business;
  • Make the decisions that will define your company’s future.

YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR FOUNDRY BETTER THAN ANYONE. NO SOFTWARE PROVIDER UNDERSTANDS FOUNDRIES BETTER THAN GUARDIAN.

Let us demonstrate what makes us uniquely suited to help you uncover the unknown and make it actionable.

Guardian ERP Solution With MES Helps Owners And Operators:

  • Establish a level of predictability through the ebbs and flows of business.
  • Discover where your operational bottlenecks and constraints are.
  • Track & trace every part and process.
  • Meet your customer’s certification requirements.
  • Significantly reduce scrap.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING

Precision Metal Casting Can Be a Complex Undertaking… See how Donsco Was Able to Address These Complexities.

With the Guardian System we were able to actually find a way to simplify what we had created and strengthen our ability to manage our lead times.

-DON MANN, DONSCO

SOLUTIONS FOR THE
PRODUCTION MANAGER

UNCOVER THE UNKNOWN AND MAKE IT ACTIONABLE; TAKE CONTROL OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS.

All eyes are on production after a customer places an order. Your company wants to know everything from how fast you can fulfill the order to what it will cost.

You have your own questions: What are the design specifications? Do we have enough material in inventory? Enough room in the schedule? Enough available labor? Can we meet our margin requirements? Having quick, accurate answers to all production questions can prevent your foundry from making costly mistakes.

Put data at your fingertips. Digital data delivers instant proof of what can and can’t be accomplished within the time, budget and quality parameters handed to you. You’re able to manage work orders more productively. Track production and labor efficiencies with complete accuracy. Enable paper-lean workflow. Quantify the ramifications of a change order – scheduling, costs for materials and man hours, feasibility, and profitability.

The Guardian ERP Solution empowers you to make it happen. This robust, systematic tool enables you to run a lean manufacturing environment. As a result, you have power to increase employee productivity. You can reduce indirect man hours, lead times, and inefficiencies. Workflow improves because you gain visibility into work-order routing at a granular level, and you’re able to lead people instead of reacting to their demands.

Most software systems are built without the constraints of production in mind. Guardian understands production. We put you in control, allowing you to set realistic expectations. We help you manage all of your requirements – from scheduling through production – with confidence.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING

Producing a quality metal casting is costly. There are many factors contributing to the cost of production. Not knowing can be like managing production blindfolded. Learn how Wisconsin Precision Casting gained visibility into their production process.

Guardian is going to be able to take us to that next level of performance.

– SHANNON PATRICK,
WISCONSIN PRECISION CASTING – LAKE GENEVA