Starting point

Stüker Möbelteile GmbH manufactures dining, living, sofa, and office tables on commission for major furniture retail chains. Series runs of 100 to 1,000 units per commission are standard; growing demand for individual dimensions, materials, and colour finishes adds variation to every production run. The legacy system supported only a fixed product catalog with fixed bills of materials. Any deviation from standard dimensions required substantial manual effort and carried a high risk of data entry errors throughout the process from order to delivery.

Solution

Nuclos manages the complete production process from order entry through material and inventory planning to production, picking, and delivery. Bills of materials are generic with formulas and dependencies that adapt automatically to each order. When an order arrives, items, bills of materials, and production instructions are generated from the order data. If a table dimension changes, Nuclos automatically adjusts all downstream work steps. Order consolidation and the calculation of lengths, areas, and material waste allow precise material demand forecasting. When a customer requirement calls for a new stock item, Nuclos creates it and issues the corresponding procurement order automatically.

Result

The investment in Nuclos pays back within one year through better production planning and reduced correction costs. Manual data capture errors and their downstream corrections are substantially reduced. The team responds to customer inquiries about production status for specific commissions from anywhere, using the Nuclos iPhone client.