Printed Electronics Now staff12.02.20
American Nuts, LLC, one of the largest nut processors in North America, relies on a newly released RFID-enabled ERC (Enterprise Resource Control) System from Senitron and Avery Dennison.
Founded in 1988, American Nuts began in a small facility of just 10,000 square feet. Today, American Nuts runs operations in five facilities in California and Ohio.
American Nuts wanted to better control its business in the areas of inventory/warehousing, operations/production and quality management.
Besides inventory accuracy, American Nuts was looking to computerize all aspects of operations including shop floor controls, warehouse management, production scheduling, quality control management, centralized communication system, real-time alerts and data analytics.
Senitron’s ERC solution stands out by combining RFID with proprietary software resulting in an entire manufacturing facility using ERC’s unified platform to transact every action.
From the personnel on the warehouse floor receiving purchase orders in ERC and applying Avery Dennison AD-665u8 products (performing exceptionally well in a wide array of applications and across a broad range of dielectrics) to the production managers scheduling productions in the ERC scheduler, the sales team checking RFID real-time inventory, order fulfillment crew using ERC to locate, pick and ship inventory, all the way to upper management being able to observe, analyze and make informed business decisions using ERC’s management dashboard.
“ERC is not a substitute but rather an add-on supplement to any existing ERP/MRP system. Capable of integrating with any ERP/MRP system, our solution gives organizations control of and visibility of their health, data, operations, and profitability," said Joe Saghezi, Senitron CTO.
"ERC’s easy to use interface along with instructional videos in each module and around-the-clock support made this implementation unexpectedly seamless. My favorite feature is how the scheduling system generates electronic work orders allowing me to monitor production in real-time and take immediate action if necessary," said Santiago Diaz, American Nuts production manager.
The company expects to reduce inventory levels within the next six to 12 months by at least 25%, according to CFO Nate Willits,
