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Machitech

St-Marc-des-Carrières, QC

Features: CAD2BOM Engineering - Inventory Management - Purchasing

Facing rapid growth and increasing complexity, Machitech turned to Genius ERP to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and support their continued expansion.

Working with Genius is working with an ERP that's built for manufacturing.

Simon Croteau

Marketing Director

About the Company

The company

About

For over 15 years, Machitech has been at the forefront of developing and manufacturing high-quality, customizable CNC plasma cutting machines. With 125,000 square feet of production space spread across seven facilities, Machitech has installed more than 1,500 machines throughout North America and Europe.

Industry

Machitech serves a diverse range of industries, from small fabricators to large steel service centers, shipbuilders, the defense sector, and more. Their products include CNC plasma cutting tables, fiber lasers, and robotic cutting equipment, all tailored to meet specific customer needs.

Machitech invests heavily in R&D to create new products and push forward advances in plasma-cutting technology. This keeps Machitech ahead of the competition, allowing them to deliver higher speed, greater precision, and enhanced productivity.

Genius ERP Highlight

“Using Genius, we can have efficient information flow from the CAD to the production software.”

Jean-François Giguère Engineering Director

The Challenge

The challenge

Machitech has experienced rapid growth. Originally a small operation with 40 employees producing 30 machines per year, Machitech now has 250 employees and manufactures over 300 machines annually. As their production scaled, so too did the complexity of managing their inventory, tracking bills of materials (BOMs), and optimizing production schedules. The manual processes they relied on, including using Excel for purchase orders and tracking part numbers, were prone to errors and inefficiencies.

Without an ERP system, Machitech faced significant challenges in ensuring data accuracy and maintaining a smooth workflow across their seven facilities. The lack of coordination, coupled with an overreliance on manual processes, led to mistakes that impacted their ability to meet increasing customer demands efficiently.

Top requirements

Track Bills of Materials

Machitech required a system that could seamlessly transfer designs and BOMs from their CAD system to production without any discrepancies.

Streamline Purchasing

The manual process of creating purchase orders and transferring part numbers needed to be automated to save time and reduce the potential for errors.

Improve Inventory Accuracy

Machitech needed a solution to track inventory precisely, reducing errors and ensuring that all parts were accounted for accurately.

The solution

Over the past 12 years, Machitech has expanded from 12,000 square feet of manufacturing space to over 125,000 square feet. Their production capacity has increased significantly, rising from one machine a month to five machines a week.

Genius ERP’s comprehensive solution has played a vital role in supporting Machitech’s growth. By streamlining processes and enhancing efficiency, Genius ERP has helped Machitech maintain their competitive edge.

With Genius ERP, information now flows efficiently from CAD designs to the production floor, ensuring every part is correctly accounted for. Machitech can synchronize item numbers, BOMs, and account information across all seven facilities.

The enhanced ability to monitor and coordinate information allows Machitech to track costs and implement effective pricing strategies. Inventory management has significantly improved with the introduction of QR codes, allowing accurate and up-to-date inventory tracking.

Key Features

Key features

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Key features

CAD2BOM Integration

Seamless transfer from CAD to production software ensures accuracy and efficiency, with item numbers, BOMs, and account information automatically synchronized across all facilities.

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Purchasing

Purchasing processes are now fully automated with Genius ERP. Information is seamlessly transferred, allowing for easy creation of purchase orders and to launch production.

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Inventory Tracking

QR codes on all items streamline inventory tracking, making it easy to scan items in and out, and maintain accurate records.

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Machitech

St-Marc-des-Carrières, QC

Features: CAD2BOM Engineering - Inventory Management - Purchasing

Facing rapid growth and increasing complexity, Machitech turned to Genius ERP to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and support their continued expansion.

Learn more

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