技术
- 功能应用 - 企业资源规划系统 (ERP)
- 功能应用 - 制造执行系统 (MES)
适用行业
- 包装
- 可再生能源
适用功能
- 采购
- 产品研发
用例
- 添加剂制造
- 库存管理
服务
- 系统集成
- 测试与认证
关于客户
First Solar 是一家总部位于美国的公司,生产高性能薄膜光伏 (PV) 模块,并在其位于加利福尼亚州和俄亥俄州的研发中心进行设计和开发。该公司的制造足迹遍及美国、马来西亚和越南,是全球最大太阳能制造商中唯一一家总部位于美国的公司。效率是 First Solar 的重点关注点,不仅体现在其产品方面,也体现在其内部运营方面。该公司致力于在整个组织内创新解决方案,以提高员工效率并简化其技术环境。
挑战
First Solar 是高性能薄膜光伏 (PV) 模块的领先生产商,在整个业务的自动化和现代化工作方面面临着挑战。该公司当时处于启动模式,很大一部分工作是通过电子邮件或 Excel 电子表格进行的。随着公司的发展,它意识到需要实现流程自动化,以消除手动工作并提高运营效率。该公司最初考虑使用 SharePoint 的内置工作流工具,但这并没有提供单一平台来管理所有不同的工作流。另一个挑战是公司变更管理流程的复杂性,该流程由 21 个选项卡的 Excel 电子表格进行管理。这个手动且耗时的过程需要升级。此外,公司需要集中和简化文档管理,但为每个部门购买企业文档管理系统可能成本极高。
解决方案
First Solar 实施了 Nintex 的 K2 Five 流程自动化平台,以集中支持并根据其需求构建工作流程。该公司已经部署了大约 30 个应用程序,从复杂的变更管理系统到公司的文档控制中心。 K2 Five 平台被整个组织视为提供业务解决方案的工具。 K2 Five 变更管理系统取代了复杂的 Excel 电子表格,编排了一个门控流程来评估任何给定变更的风险和复杂性。它经历一个基于规则的初始工作流程,根据表单的填写方式对表单进行评分。一旦管理层签署了表格,就会触发一个阶段来确定需要多少个不同的工作流程批准。 First Solar 还开发了企业文档管理系统,利用 SharePoint 进行文档存储,并利用 K2 Five 来管理审批。该系统可以智能地找出文档属于哪个图书馆以及谁需要签署和批准该文档。
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