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Tekelec Streamlines Inventory Management Process, Improves Accuracy and Visibility
Hi-tech manufacturer deploys ClearOrbit solution to automate data collection in the warehouse using handheld radio frequency scanners
Austin, TX — June 13, 2007 — Hi-tech company Tekelec has adopted a supply chain execution solution from ClearOrbit to automate data collection and streamline the company's inventory management process, the solution provider has announced.
A network applications company headquartered in Morrisville, N.C., Tekelec has reported significant improvements in accuracy, timeliness, visibility and control of data throughout the company's warehouse and fulfillment center since implementing ClearOrbit's Gemini Mobile Software, according to the solution provider.
Prior to Gemini, Tekelec used manual inventory management and data collection processes that limited the company's efficiencies and presented numerous obstacles to inventory accuracy and control. ClearOrbit said that Gemini's automated data collection capabilities optimize accuracy and efficiency by enabling users to record transactions such as receiving, inventory movement and transfers, adjustments and returns with handheld radio frequency (RF) scanners.
To add to their level of inventory control, Tekelec is also making use of Gemini's Compliance Label Manager (CLM) to generate bar codes for every piece of inventory in its facility, including raw materials and manufactured goods.
"Manual processes greatly limited visibility throughout our inventory management process," said Mark Rossi, director of manufacturing operations with Tekelec. "Although we're in Phase One of the Gemini implementation, we've already seen a drastic reduction in inventory errors, and the CLM module has greatly contributed to this. We look forward to even greater ROI as we continue to expand our current Gemini-driven transactions."
Rossi added that Tekelec's IT department recommended Gemini because it directly integrated with the company's existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) data model, unlike other offerings that required adding a proprietary third-party database. This integration, Rossi explains, has helped Tekelec leverage its existing setups, tolerances and profiles in its Oracle discreet manufacturing system.
Other companies using ClearOrbit's real-time supply chain execution and returns management solutions include Alcoa, Canon, Cisco, GE and Motorola.
A network applications company headquartered in Morrisville, N.C., Tekelec has reported significant improvements in accuracy, timeliness, visibility and control of data throughout the company's warehouse and fulfillment center since implementing ClearOrbit's Gemini Mobile Software, according to the solution provider.
Prior to Gemini, Tekelec used manual inventory management and data collection processes that limited the company's efficiencies and presented numerous obstacles to inventory accuracy and control. ClearOrbit said that Gemini's automated data collection capabilities optimize accuracy and efficiency by enabling users to record transactions such as receiving, inventory movement and transfers, adjustments and returns with handheld radio frequency (RF) scanners.
To add to their level of inventory control, Tekelec is also making use of Gemini's Compliance Label Manager (CLM) to generate bar codes for every piece of inventory in its facility, including raw materials and manufactured goods.
"Manual processes greatly limited visibility throughout our inventory management process," said Mark Rossi, director of manufacturing operations with Tekelec. "Although we're in Phase One of the Gemini implementation, we've already seen a drastic reduction in inventory errors, and the CLM module has greatly contributed to this. We look forward to even greater ROI as we continue to expand our current Gemini-driven transactions."
Rossi added that Tekelec's IT department recommended Gemini because it directly integrated with the company's existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) data model, unlike other offerings that required adding a proprietary third-party database. This integration, Rossi explains, has helped Tekelec leverage its existing setups, tolerances and profiles in its Oracle discreet manufacturing system.
Other companies using ClearOrbit's real-time supply chain execution and returns management solutions include Alcoa, Canon, Cisco, GE and Motorola.
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