About RUD Australia
RUD Group has a proud 140-year history as a premier manufacturer and supplier of high-quality round steel link chain solutions and lifting technologies. The manufacturer has established itself as a global leader in chain technology across diverse industries. RUD Australia is a subsidiary of the RUD Group, and with over 90 employees, RUD Australia prioritises high-quality solutions and technologies, together with its dedicated technical support and training.
Challenges
Challenges Faced by RUD Australia
Despite the company’s success, they faced several challenges that impacted their visibility and productivity:
Absence of automation: The absence of automation across the business resulted in resource-intensive processes.
Manual efforts and inefficiencies: The company struggled with manual reconciliation efforts and inefficiencies throughout the production process, which further compounded the challenges.
Operational Challenges with Excel-Based Management: The company struggled with managing complex bills of materials and individual worker orders using Excel, which introduced layers of complexity that hindered productivity, traceability, and removed visibility.
Boyum Solutions and results
To address these challenges, RUD Australia adopted Boyum Solutions, which offered several key benefits:
Automation enhancing overall productivity: By implementing automation the staff had more time to work on more value-added tasks which made the company’s productivity increased significantly.
Less user errors: The reduction of manual processes minimized user errors, resulting in improved efficiencies. Furthermore, the KPIs reflected significant improvements, with 5000 hours saved on human labor previously spent on manual processes.
Paperless production processes: By implementing Beas manufacturing, the company could eliminate reliance on complicated spreadsheets having a “paperless” production process.
Capacity planning and visual scheduling: The company met the functional requirements for capacity planning and visual scheduling with Beas Manufacturing and B1 Usability Package (B1UP).
Syed Ahmed, System & Process Specialist at RUD Australia, praised the solutions, stating, “Beas Manufacturing is an amazing solution as it makes manufacturing to order easy”
For more information about Metrasens and their innovative products, visit RUD Australia’s website.
