A solution based on automotive practices
GALIA certification ERP
GALION Automotive certified A 98%
The software package GALION Automotive was assessed according to the criteria of the label GALIA «CERTIFIED SOLUTION Automotive ERP». This label is based on a unique baseline of rating criteria
The solution GALION is completely compliant with the requirements of the automotive industry
Packages
Logistics
EDI and Portal
Sales
Production
Purchases
MES
Maintenance
Quality
Costs
Analysis
EDM
COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS
The data format « GALION Automotive » is compliant with the ODETTE frame of reference.
All logistics processes are dealt with: direct flows and indirect flows
MANAGEMENT OF REUSABLE OR LOST PACKAGES
A critical issue of the Supply Chain: The widespread use of returnable containers is a substantial investment
Packages
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GALION manages effectively returnable and lost containers
Management of packing and handling data
Inventory management and availability management (packages, pallets, accessories)
Control of packaging according to the recipient's requests
Accuracy of the packaged and palletized quantities
Control of formats and labelling data
Management of substitute packages
Management of packaging allocations
Detailed data about despatched packages
EDI transmission towards recipients and packaging controllers
LOGISTICS BASED ON REAL-TIME UNIQUE DATA TO AVOID RISKS
New contracts, customers or unloading docks, suppliers or supplier shipping sites. Your logistics is never still
Logistics
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GALION puts under control your complex Supply Chain to avoid mistakes
Structures of buyers and sellers, shippers and recipients, routes and transits
Management according to sites/warehouses/zones/places
Direct and indirect flows are managed.
Stocks are managed with labels indicating packing units and handling units and with inventories.
FIFO (First In First Out) and FEFO (First Expired First Out) management, casting numbers, numbers of supplier lot …
Management of remote warehouses and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory), of consignment and of outsourcing
Management of communication agreements and of EDI identifiers
Management of despatch flows and of the processes specific to each contractor (CINDI, Alternative Logistics, L3P…)
RESPONSIVENESS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXCHANGES AND THEIR EVOLUTIONS
Interpret, integrate and provide messages in all formats
EDI and Portal
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GALION adjusts to several standards and procedures
Translation and monitoring of inbound and outbound transactions, control and warnings on integration errors
GALION works with several standards: Edifact – Odette – VDA – Ansi X12, XML, etc.
A library of more than 450 mappings is available to execute transactions with the main contractors.
A portal is dedicated to suppliers without EDI: requirements visibility, despatch management, availability of bar code labels, transmission of information (plans, procedures…), and negotiations
REACTIVENESS TO THE CUSTOMERS' REQUESTS AND THEIR EVOLUTIONS
The typology of the manufacturers' requests requires a structured and diverse application
Sales
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GALION offers a baseline to process customer data from tender to serial life
Management of the seller tree structure and of the baseline Customers – Recipients – Recipient locations
Management of delivery routes, of Incoterms, of transportation times and of schedules
Management of selling partners and of inter-company transactions
Management of tenders, firm orders and open orders
Management of data from commercial and logistic agreements
Management of the order, despatch and invoice portfolio
Control and restitution of contractual documents, certificates – label format – delivery notes (ASN: Advanced Shipping Notice) – invoices, VDA 4939, and other standards (ANSI X12 …)
Quantitative and qualitative indicators of management and of monitoring, customer service rate
Generation of EDI exchanges
REACTIVENESS TO VARIABLE REQUESTS, AUTOMATIZATION OF THE SUPPLY FLOW
The analysis of the evolutions in the customer programs is crucial to check the generation adequacy
Purchases
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GALION has all the necessary functions to manage customer programs
Management of the internal buyer structure, of the supplier baseline and of the tree structure: Shippers – Shipper locations
Management of removals, of transportation times and of schedules
Management of supplier quotas
Management of tenders, firm orders and open orders
Management of data from commercial and logistic agreements
Management of the order portfolio and of the reception portfolio and invoice control
Quantitative and qualitative indicators of management and of monitoring, supplier service rate
Management of purchase applications and of accreditations
Management of the supply plan
REACTIVENESS TO REQUIREMENTS AND HAZARDS
Production organization can be directly set according to the order book in order to optimize the processes of despatch preparation
Production
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GALION enables to deal with the production processes : Developing – Planning – Scheduling – Implementing – Monitoring
Theoretical data, technical data and their evolutions through time
Main or alternative production process in application
Management of tools, management of settings
Valuation data
Multi-site planning, requirements calculation (MRP), generation adequacy, LEAN manufacturing
Management of programs and of production orders and adequacy between capacities and availabilities
Scheduling and placing of manufactures on the production means
Management of the labelling of products according to the order book
Activity and consumption monitoring, restitution of performance indicators
Traceability of material lots and of components
Control routings and quality monitoring
Tracking of samples, measures and conformities
History of transactions and movements
Resupply of the production lines
REACTIVENESS FOR PRODUCTION MONITORING AND PRODUCTION PERFORMANCES
The company 4.0 implies real-time monitoring of all the production
MES
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GALION offers functions enabling to be directly connected to the nerve centres of the means and workshops - Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Access control of the operator at the workstation
Planning and monitoring of workstation productions
Display of setting or assembling directions, of plans (in relation with EDM)
Data collection is done either automatically or manually (with automatons).
Packing and labelling of packing and handling units
Declaration of the quantities produced by reading bar codes
Triggering of forklift operators’ tasks in order to store manufactures and to resupply production lines (in relation with WMS)
Marking of the scrap quantities by reason codes
Breakdowns and interruptions are declared by reason codes (in relation with EAM)
Publication of indicators and warnings in real time
REACTIVENESS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF EQUIPMENTS
The manufacturing performance cannot be effective without making sure that the production means are running smoothly
EAM
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GALION offers a module of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
Management of machines and of their structure
Link between machines and resources
Preventive and remedial routings
Management of the applications to intervene
Management of speaking orders
Monitoring of the technical staff’s work and valuation
Calculation of preventive operations
Management of the general warehouse, consumables
Data analysis, MTBF and MTTR indicators (Mean Time Between Failures, Mean Time To Repair)
REACTIVENESS TO WARNINGS
The real-time transmission of indicators is the starting point to improve the efficiency of the organization, of the production means and of the workforce
Quality
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GALION enables to comply with standards, to improve performances and to be aware of warnings and wayward trends
Integration of the certification data and creation of control routings
Storage – distribution – review of information about procedures, plans, pictures… in the EDM
Compliance with FIFO-FEFO policies, serial numbers, lots, castings, indexes...
Movements and transactions are put under control (Blocking-Unblocking).
Management of orders for direct payment – Control operations – Statistics and warnings
Monitoring of the technical staff’s work
Non-conformity processing application
Restitution – Data monitoring and traceability monitoring
Restitution of indicators and calculation of performances
COST CONTROL
The value of technical data is absolutely necessary and the analysis of actual costs is a trump card to have better control over costs
Costs
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GALION is a useful tool to calculate costs and to value, to calculate cost prices and to do an accounting integration
Decomposition of cost per type
Valuation according to several rules: standard – weighted average price, etc.
Calculation and simulation of budgets
Valuation of manufactures and real-time cost calculation
Control of the price of receptions and calculation of reserves
Calculation of actual cost prices
Cost accounting
Control of accounting data before their integration
Integration of postings into the general ledger and the sub-ledger
Data analysis
WARNINGS AND ANALYSES
The extraction of data has to be easy
Analysis
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GALION helps you to extract data, create reports, and also for Business Intelligence, distribution and publication
Generation of SQL scripts and on-line export or export towards Excel
Edition of customized reports available at the request
Preventive and remedial routings
Delivery of configurable models
Encryption of execution scripts in programs
GALION Business Intelligence Web Pack
Functions for strategic management in order to control the performance of the processes and analyze carefully the areas of improvement
ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
Storing documents, mailing and indexing are fundamental tasks
EDM
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GALION makes it easier to name, archive, review and distribute documents
Definition of rules for each type of document
Centralization of email transmission and historical records
Monitoring reviews and approvals
Availability of documents on the WEB portal
Search of documents
Naming documents according to their nature: documents, data, plans, pictures, videos
Securing information on the server
Linking technical data, MES, quality, EAM, SCM (Supply Chain Management) and finance