1. MESA Africa Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association Africa
Journey To Improve Scheduling
Halilou Soulemanou Mohaman
Group Planning Analyst
MESA 8th Annual Conference,
17-18 November 2016

2. Boxmore Introduction
9 factories across south Africa, Mauritius and Zambia, history

3. Manufacturing Divisions
Scale of Operations
Manufacturing Divisions
Installed Capacity
Introducing three product specialized manufacturing divisions :
Plastics : Focused on the production of PET pre-forms and blown bottles for beverage market
Plastic Closures : Focused on the production of PP and HDPE closures. Beverage; Pharma
Speciality : Focused on the production of plastic bottles, jars, caps, lids. Household, personal care ,pharma

4. Scale of Operations Specialty Products
Installed Capacity

5. Our customer base

6. BSP setup 34 machines in LCIM 13 machines in ISBM
7 machines in Labelling
10 machines in Printing
Total of 64 machines, 243 moulds ( 145 in LCIM and 89 in ISBM ), over 1000 item code

7. Problems No production plan Endless planning meetings Angry customers
No effecting costing
No effective raw material purchasing
Overall congestion
Poor staffing decisions
Poor staffing – low morale

8. Temporary solution
2 people to take care of this spreadsheet, manual updates,

9. Urgent need of help Previous experience of Preactor
Understanding of manufacturing
Understanding of ERP system
Speak both English and French

10. Lessons learned From make to forecast to make to order book
Component calculation
Integration with ERP system
Improvement of scheduling rules
Resistance from the staff

11. Implementation
Improve scheduling rules,

12. Implementation

13. Advantages Free up the scheduler time
Better response to sale’s queries
Happy customers and suppliers
Better management of our warehouse
Better decision making
Better MRP
25% increase in productivity
Better quality, efficiency, plan maintenance, flexibility,

14. Changing in the way of thinking
Implication of our actions on other departments
Proactive thinking
New business opportunity
Planning is driving the factory
Improved communication

15. What is next Implementing the solution in all factories
Implement a stock tracking solution
Improve collaboration with customer by providing them tools to load their own orders on our system
Improve customer relationship through effective supply chain management.
Position ahead of competitors,

16. Conclusion
The world as we know it is changing. How do we as a company make use of the technology available today, to be ahead of customer’s demands and needs?
Position ahead of competitors,

17. MESA Africa Thank You Q & A Halilou Soulemanou