Supply Chain Management : Burcas

"Thanks to the Xactio Supply Chain Portal we now have a central communication platform not only to our suppliers but to our customers as well enabling us to monitor quality, cost, delivery and responsiveness of all suppliers."

Company Background

Burcas are a Precision Engineering Company, manufacturing and sub-contract machining parts for the Aerospace industry. The Company has the Aerospace Quality Approval AS EN 9100, and in January 2006 teamed up with TEC-Concepts on a Supply Chain Programme. TEC-Concepts specialise in supply chain development for the aerospace, automotive and defence industries. Their unique approach fuses the best practices of Six Sigma, Kaizen Blitz and Lean Enterprise with sector specific standards related to quality, the environment and health & safety. The result is high performing and integrated management systems deployed throughout the supply chain.

History

January 2006 – CANDA were approached by TEC Concepts who were looking for a solution to monitor a Supply Chain Group at Burcas Limited. CANDA’s solution was an online Portal that measured the performance of the Group and allowed Burcas to monitor the subsequent improvement of their key suppliers. Burcas now use their Portal as a central communication platform not only to their suppliers but customers as well. Using the inventory management module a key customer – BAE Systems, can access all the information on costs, usage and stocking levels of tooling being managed, the data online is directly linked into Burcas’ production control software - Progress Plus

Installed Modules

Quality Module, Inventory Module, Link Module