Flexible Manufacturing vs Rigid Costs, How U9 Cloud Helps Intelligent Manufacturing Companies Redesign Their Cost Genes?
Imagine a scenario where companies are embracing flexible manufacturing, personalized customization, and small-batch production in the face of smart manufacturing's tidal wave. However, traditional cost management is like an old ship that has shown its shortfalls in the midst of change.
Traditional standard costs fail: frequent product changes and process adjustments lead to significant deviations from static standard cost calculations;
Messy accounting: unable to accurately track multidimensional, small-batch orders' actual resource consumption, unable to analyze which process is problematic;
Inaccurate fee allocation: the emergence of many indirect costs (equipment depreciation, patent fees, etc.) in intelligent manufacturing modes makes it difficult to allocate expenses precisely;
Data lagging and disconnected: cost analysis lags behind production execution, making it difficult to support real-time decision-making;
Lack of process control: cost management focuses on after-the-fact accounting, lacking the ability to predict and intervene during the process.
Intelligent manufacturing calls for a new generation of cost management system - precise, agile, intelligent, and integrated. The U9 cloud cost management solution is designed specifically for intelligent manufacturing companies!
U9 cloud cost management: breaking through the cost conundrum for intelligent manufacturing companies!
Precise calculation:
Multidimensional, full-fledged cost transparency
Fine-grained process cost: using ABC principles to accurately assign resource consumption to each job center, achieving process+batch+product fine-grained accounting and identifying real profit points.
Dynamic BOM and routing: intelligent association of design changes with production execution, allowing costs to update automatically, saying goodbye to standard cost deviations.
Multi-dimensional cost objects: supporting product, order, customer, project-based calculations, meeting fine-grained review and management needs.
Real-time agile:
Cost data-driven business collaboration
Integration with PLM, MES: real-time access to key data such as orders, materials, work hours, equipment utilization, etc., making cost calculations no longer "monthly comprehensive assessment"。
Cost simulation and rapid pricing: based on the latest data, simulating order costs quickly, supporting sales agile pricing and profit forecasting.
DYNAMIC COST DIFFERENCE ANALYSIS: real-time monitoring of actual costs versus target deviations, quickly identifying problem areas and supporting management decision-making.
Intelligent insight:
Ai-powered cost prediction and optimization
Intelligent cost prediction: using historical data and production plans to predict future cost trends, providing a basis for budgeting and operational decision-making.
Cause-and-effect analysis of costs: automatically identifying key factors influencing costs, revealing the fundamental reasons behind cost increases or decreases.
Automated cost handling: intelligent allocation, automatic settlement, greatly improving efficiency, freeing up financial personnel to focus on value-adding analysis.
Fusion control:
Integrate finances, track costs throughout the lifecycle
Pre-budgeting control: setting cost targets at the design and procurement stages, controlling costs from the source.
Middle-level process monitoring: real-time monitoring of cost consumption during production execution, automatically warning of anomalies, and timely intervention to correct errors.
Post-analysis optimization: in-depth cost analysis reports drive improvements in process, procurement strategies, product design, and cost reduction, forming a closed-loop management system.
Case studies:
Multidimensional process cost management model:
Fushun Six Heavy Machinery
Fushun Six is China's largest aluminum wheel manufacturer, with products exported globally. In 2021, the company fully deployed industrial internet construction and built a smart factory through the use of U9 cloud systems.
The system achieved fine-grained management of process costs for each job center, with over 40 cost elements per piece of castings. This level of granularity provided financial data support for workshop evaluation and helped reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Three-tier cost management evaluation model:
Guangda East Motor New Material
Guangda East is a subsidiary of listed company Guangda Special Materials, primarily engaged in high-end forged steel products. The company's original management platform was unable to support its development, and in 2021, it partnered with U9 cloud to build a three-tier cost management model.
The model features macro-level tonnage cost analysis, middle-level category cost analysis, and micro-level process cost analysis. This tiered management mode helps companies achieve cost control from the macro to the micro level and promotes the implementation of cost reduction strategies.
In-real-time process cost + monthly actual cost management model:
Datong Machinery
Datong is a leading injection molding machine manufacturer in China. Facing customer demand for diversification and shorter delivery periods, the company introduced U9 cloud + PLM and self-developed MES systems to build an intelligent control platform.
The system achieved real-time single-machine cost accounting and monthly difference settlement, allowing Datong to quickly grasp the changes in the overall machine's cost situation, rapidly feedback on cost anomalies, and optimize pricing costs.
U9 cloud: building the foundation of cost competitiveness for intelligent manufacturing companies!
Intelligent manufacturing's core is not just equipment upgrades, but a comprehensive revolution in management concepts and tools. Cost management as an enterprise operation's core axis needs to transform from traditional accounting to value creation.
The U9 cloud cost management solution integrates intelligent manufacturing requirements with precise calculation, real-time agile, intelligent insight, and fusion control four core abilities, empowering companies:
Revealing true costs: penetrating the fog of costs, grasping every penny's direction and value;
Faster decision-making responses: letting cost data drive production, pricing, procurement, and other key decisions in real-time;
Driving continuous cost reduction: accurately identifying improvement points and achieving full-process cost optimization;
Sustaining strategic transformation: providing a solid foundation for intelligent manufacturing, personalized customization, and service extension.
In the era of intelligent manufacturing, cost management is no longer a behind-the-scenes accountant but a wise engine driving enterprise value growth. Choose U9 cloud to build a future-oriented cost competitiveness!