Nexans is the only cable manufacturer with a century-old history, founded in 1897 with its headquarters in Paris, France. It has factories in 29 countries and its business spans 65 countries. The headquarters is located in Paris, France. It produces more than 80 kinds of cables and related systems in five fields. As a leader in the cable industry, Nexans has sales offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. In 2004, Nexans’ high-voltage cable accessory assembly plant in Shanghai Waigaoqiao was established and put into operation, providing international trade and warehousing services.
Solution
Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Business Challenges
In order to provide products that are more suitable for the Chinese market, better serve Chinese customers, and shorten the delivery cycle, Nexans urgently needs a suitable, open, scalable, integrated, and functionally advanced ERP product to support the company’s production, management, sales, logistics and other business segments, so as to improve the company’s competitive advantages in terms of cost, quality, time and flexibility, and help the company to develop to a higher level.
Implementation Result
- Improved the company’s overall management level and shortened the delivery cycle;
- Improved work efficiency and reduced production costs;
- Enhanced the company’s market competitiveness and improved the company’s overall economic efficiency.
With the help of MICROSOFT DYNAMICS NAV’s information wings
NEXANS will lay cables to every corner of the world
Nexans is the only professional wire and cable manufacturer with a century-old history in the cable industry. As a leader in the global cable industry, Nexans is committed to producing a series of power cables, communication cables and electrical wires, as well as all accessories and complete turnkey systems, specifically for the three major markets of infrastructure, industry and construction. Many of its products, such as winding wires, submarine cables, data cables, power cables, etc., are at the forefront of the world.
After a deep analysis of several domestic and foreign software, the flexibility and ease of development of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV system attracted us, and finally we became partners with Tectura and Microsoft.——General Manager of IS for Greater China, Gu Bing
ERP injects new vitality into the century-old factory
In China, the wire and cable industry is one of the fastest commercial fields in terms of market development. Today, when traditional manufacturing industries are generally choosing informatization to transform their production and operation methods and industrial structure, the cable industry is also inseparable from the track of new industrialization. The introduction of modern informatization management has become an inevitable path.
As a leader in the cable industry, Nexans has sales offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. In 2004, Nexans’ high-voltage cable accessory assembly plant in Shanghai Waigaoqiao was established and put into operation, providing international trade and warehousing services. With the rapid expansion of the company’s scale and the intensification of market competition, the requirements for the company’s response capabilities and overall dynamic control and coordination capabilities are becoming increasingly higher.
In order to provide products that are more suitable for the Chinese market, better serve Chinese customers, and shorten the delivery cycle, Nexans urgently needs a suitable, open, scalable, integrated, and functionally advanced ERP product to support the company’s production, management, sales, logistics and other business segments, so as to improve the company’s competitive advantages in terms of cost, quality, time and flexibility, and help the company to develop to a higher level. And it can be seamlessly integrated with the SAP system used by the company’s headquarters.
Successful selection, twice the result with half the effort
In July 2004, Nexans started the careful selection of ERP products, and conducted a comprehensive review of a wide range of domestic and foreign products on the market. Finally, the selection range was narrowed down to two systems, one foreign ERP system and the Microsoft Dynamics NAV system. The technical evaluation by the technical personnel found that Microsoft’s Microsoft Dynamics NAV not only performs well in terms of performance, including customer management, product configuration management, sales demand management, production planning and production control, procurement management and inventory management, etc., but also can meet industry-specific business needs; Microsoft Dynamics NAV is based on the .net development platform, which gives it powerful customization capabilities and can meet the company’s customized needs in multiple aspects.
In addition, Tectura, a Chinese partner of Microsoft MBS, has rich implementation experience, has implemented more than 300 IT projects, and has provided IT consulting and ERP implementation services to more than 100 multinational companies. It can guarantee high-quality professional and localized services. In the end, the Microsoft Dynamics NAV system stood out from the selection work with its flexibility, ease of development and the strong strength of its partners. Nexans chose to become a partner with Tectura and Microsoft.
