SKF / Chicago Rawhide
Industry
- Automotive / Aerospace Manufacturing
The Brief
Chicago Rawhide Services (CRS) is known as an innovator at using information technology in the manufacturing industry. In 1999 Solvtech was contracted to produce a web based Vendor Managed Inventory system to allow vendors that were not participating in EDI transactions to participate in VMI. Chicago Rawhide is a division of SKF, an international manufacturing conglomerate. The goal was to produce a system that acts as an Application Service Provider (ASP) to the divisions of SKF.
Currently Solvtech is in the process of a joint venture to provide the fourth version of the system as a commercial product.
Starting with requirements gathering, prototyping and moving through three versions Solvtech has provided a high level of productivity. The high level of productivity was possible by using Solvtech's proprietary web application framework and a Rapid Application Development methodology. The approach produced results at a fraction of the time and cost of what other options were capable of delivering.
The internal CRS/VMI system was featured in the 2001 International Quality & Productivity Center conference on Vendor Managed Inventory.
Features
- Context sensitive help screens
- Fast HTML Graphs, 100% cross platform no extra plugin required
- Web based administration including tiered security roles
- Dynamic views based on users' privileges
- Usage accounting to allow inter-division billing for usage of the system
- Database driven configurable color, graphics and text messages to allow customization of the interfaces including internationalization for each division
- Automated import and export with the mainframe MRP system through a secure transition server to insulate the mainframe from potential access over the Internet
Tour
 Login |
 Action Items |
 Inventory Status |
 Purchase Release Change |
 Part Select |
 Part Info |
 All Items |
 Statistics Inventory Levels |
 Statistics Part Performance |
 Statistics Vendor Performance |