NEC Nexsolutions Introduces Cloud-based PLM 'Obbligato for SaaS' to Ohm Electric ~Rapidly processing over 1,000 chemical substance investigation requests annually to streamline environmental compliance~
NEC Nexsolutions has implemented its cloud PLM service, 'Obbligato for SaaS', at Ohm Electric. The system enhances the traceability of chemical substances and drastically reduces operational time, such as cutting BOM registration from half a day to 10 minutes, enabling rapid responses to surging customer inquiries.
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NEC Nexsolutions, Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Takahiko Kinoshita; hereinafter "NEC Nexsolutions") has implemented "Obbligato for SaaS," a cloud-based PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) service equipped with chemical substance management functions, at Ohm Electric Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka; President and Representative Director: Kinshiro Totsuka; hereinafter "Ohm Electric"). This enables Ohm Electric to respond quickly and accurately to the growing number of requests from customers for chemical substance investigations year by year.
Due to the strengthening of environmental regulations and the sophistication of customer demands, the burden of managing chemical substances in the manufacturing industry is increasing every year. On the other hand, for mid-sized and small manufacturing companies with limited dedicated personnel and IT operational resources, the continued operation of conventional systems has become a major issue.
Under these circumstances, Ohm Electric, which has strengths in the development and sales of environmentally friendly products such as wiring parts and thermal management equipment, and continues to provide high-quality products, has seen a significant increase in requests for investigations regarding chemical substances from customers, jumping from about 170 per year to about 1,200 over the past dozen years. In this situation, the company considered introducing a solution capable of efficient and flexible operation. Therefore, valuing the functions aligned with the practical operations of chemical substance management and the merits unique to the cloud, they decided to transition to "Obbligato for SaaS."
Implementation Effects and Results
1. Enhanced Traceability through History Management
Centralized management of the history of chemical substance information for each product and component became possible. This allows for prompt verification of regulatory compliance at the time of shipment in response to inquiries from business partners regarding past products. This improved traceability and expedited customer response.
2. Streamlined Investigation Tasks through Improved Search Functions
Advanced component searches based on regulatory compliance status and chemical substance names, as well as cross-sectional searches tracing back to the products used and configuration information, have become possible. This allows for the rapid identification of components and products affected during regulatory revisions. In addition, the screen display, which makes it easy to grasp regulatory compliance status, has improved the efficiency of investigation tasks.
3. Operational Efficiency from Registration to Response
The newly established environmental BOM (Bill of Materials) has reduced the registration work for components using the same materials from half a day to about 10 minutes. Furthermore, since voluntary reporting substances can be managed in addition to regulated substances, the time required for correction and editing during the investigation response process has been reduced, and the upload time for response information has also been shortened from about 30 minutes to...
Due to the strengthening of environmental regulations and the sophistication of customer demands, the burden of managing chemical substances in the manufacturing industry is increasing every year. On the other hand, for mid-sized and small manufacturing companies with limited dedicated personnel and IT operational resources, the continued operation of conventional systems has become a major issue.
Under these circumstances, Ohm Electric, which has strengths in the development and sales of environmentally friendly products such as wiring parts and thermal management equipment, and continues to provide high-quality products, has seen a significant increase in requests for investigations regarding chemical substances from customers, jumping from about 170 per year to about 1,200 over the past dozen years. In this situation, the company considered introducing a solution capable of efficient and flexible operation. Therefore, valuing the functions aligned with the practical operations of chemical substance management and the merits unique to the cloud, they decided to transition to "Obbligato for SaaS."
Implementation Effects and Results
1. Enhanced Traceability through History Management
Centralized management of the history of chemical substance information for each product and component became possible. This allows for prompt verification of regulatory compliance at the time of shipment in response to inquiries from business partners regarding past products. This improved traceability and expedited customer response.
2. Streamlined Investigation Tasks through Improved Search Functions
Advanced component searches based on regulatory compliance status and chemical substance names, as well as cross-sectional searches tracing back to the products used and configuration information, have become possible. This allows for the rapid identification of components and products affected during regulatory revisions. In addition, the screen display, which makes it easy to grasp regulatory compliance status, has improved the efficiency of investigation tasks.
3. Operational Efficiency from Registration to Response
The newly established environmental BOM (Bill of Materials) has reduced the registration work for components using the same materials from half a day to about 10 minutes. Furthermore, since voluntary reporting substances can be managed in addition to regulated substances, the time required for correction and editing during the investigation response process has been reduced, and the upload time for response information has also been shortened from about 30 minutes to...