Government Contractor ERP Manufacturing Software - Automic Weapons Establishment
AWE Aldermarston is the headquarters of the Atomic Weapons Establishment's operations. As a Government Contractor AWE has been central to the defense of the United Kingdom for more than 50 years, providing and maintaining the warheads for the country's nuclear defence.
Covering approximately 750 acres near the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, AWE is responsible for the safe manufacturing of highly sophisticated defense weaponry, including Trident Warheads. Such specialist defence products require unique manufacturing skills and complex production systems.
A highly reliable IT infrastructure is also critical. When the company set about the task of sourcing a state-of-the-art Enterprise Resource Planning ERP Manufacturing Software solution as the backbone for its comprehensive departmental structures and working practices, it selected Jobscope Enterprise edition because of its focus on Government Contractors, Project Manufacturing, and Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Industries.
By selecting JOBSCOPE manufacturing software, AWE's objectives were to bring commonality to departmental processes and the many standalone IT systems that were in operation, as well as improving cost efficiencies within its many dedicated engineering and production departments. To achieve this, AWE required an extremely high level of understanding and support from both Jobscope and In2grate Business Solutions, the Strategic Partner for JOBSCOPE in the UK and Europe.
From the outset the Jobscope, In2grate Business Solutions and AWE teams worked together openly and intensively. Alan Lyford, Manufacturing Software Business Solutions Manager, commented:
"The Product Information Management System (PIMS) team at AWE was very clear as to their specific requirements from the new ERP manufacturing software system and new, more integrated IT infrastructure. The team was allowed a true voice in the configuration and enhancement of the system, resulting in additional functionality within JOBSCOPE that maximised the system's effectiveness for PIMS to go about its complex daily tasks as smoothly and effectively as possible. It is testimony to the level of flexibility within JOBSCOPE that each suggestion from the PIMS team was quickly and efficiently adopted."
With JOBSCOPE, AWE has in place an effective engineer-to-order, project oriented manufacturing software system for government contractors that has made it possible to harmonise manufacturing processes and departmental integration, resulting in increased efficiency and cost savings. It has also facilitated affordable rationalisation and maintenance of its business technology; established standardised reporting; and improved visibility of business costs and performance.
Future system development is also possible as JOBSCOPE is a long-life product that can be developed economically to meet new manufacturing requirements as they occur. Business reviews and health checks with the ongoing support from In2grate Business Solutions means AWE's working structures are truly affordable and provide continued value for money.
