Feralpi Siderurgica

 

The Feralpi Group, to which Feralpi Siderurgica belongs, leads the way in Europe in steel production for the building industry. The development of planned activities over the years has led to the takeover of important companies in Italy and other European countries. The group today comprises the parent company Feralpi Holding S.p.A. and subsidiaries in Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania involved in the core business of steel production. The group has a 1300-strong workforce and turns out over five million tonnes of steel and finished products each year.

 

Feralpi Siderurgica entrusted to STAIN the difficult yet stimulating task of developing technology and organisational methods for identifying and eliminating hidden costs in its production and logistics processes in view of increasing its overall efficiency and customer service at the plant in Lonato, Brescia, the group’s headquarters.

 
 

STAIN’s new information system in support of production and logistics processes was designed to computerize the following strategic processes:

 
  • Transfer of finished/unfinished products from the various production bays (rolling mills, recoilers, drawing machines, mesh machines).

  • Finished/unfinished product warehouse management.

  • Despatch management.

 

The project achieved the following objectives:

 
  • Real-time updating of stocks for each bundle/coil produced, eliminating the need for manual recording.

  • Immediate stock visibility for the sales, planning and logistics departments, eliminating daily stock-taking.

  • Computerization of the despatch management process (lorry or train) and automatic compiling of delivery notes by scanning the barcode on the tag, thereby eliminating operator compilation errors (heat, product characteristics, etc.).

  • Real-time verification via handheld terminals of loaded material conformity compared to the quantity stated on the delivery note, eliminating despatch errors and customer claims.

  • Integration with the AS400 management system to guarantee prompt updating of warehouse stocks.

 
Stain - Soluzioni software per: controllo avanzamento produzione - raccolta dati - gestione commesse - ottimizzazione produzione - sistemi mescalcolo oee - gestione inventario - gestione logistica e spedizioni - gestione scorte magazzino - gestione manutenzione - controllo qualità - gestione laboratorio - automazione industriale plc - raccolta dati produzione - pianificazione e schedulazione produzione