Seiki Systems will be demonstrating at MACH 2006 at the NEC in Birmingham between the 15th and 19th May. Make sure you come along to see us at stand number 5566 in Hall 5 where our staff will be happy to answer any of your questions.

Seiki Systems will be demonstrating at the Takisawa Open House Exhibition on the 15th to 17th November at their UK Technical Centre. Takisawa UK Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Takisawa machine tool company of Japan, with more than 27 years of experience supplying Takisawa machines in the UK. You will be able to view their full range of machine tools at the exhibition and we are delighted to be able to show our range of manufacturing software solutions as well as provide an opportunity to discuss your requirements with one of our representatives.

If you would like further information or to confirm your attendance please contact us here at Seiki Systems or email takisawa@btconnect.com. The exhibition will take place at the following address:-

Takisawa UK Ltd
Meir Road
Park Farm North
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 7SY

Telephone: 01527 510728
Fax: 01527 510728

Seiki Systems will be holding daily seminars at the Productivity Partnerships. This 25 minute seminar will demonstrate how our software solutions can help you to manage your manufacturing. highlighting:-

The benefits of Real Time Effective Management of the Work Schedule
See the current status of all jobs on all machines
Plan the utilisation of all machines and identify spare capacity
Quote fast and reliable delivery dates for new orders
See our products page for more details

The capabilities of the Shop Floor Operator Interface
DNC for NC programs
Work queues for Master Work Plan
Electronic display pf associated manufacturing data

How to create Management Reports and monitor Performance Analysis
Monitor machine tool performance (OEE)
Recognise trends
Identify reasons for lost productivity

Times:
Tuesday 8 November 10.30am and 2pm
Wednesday 9 November 10.30am and 2pm
Thursday 10 November 2pm

Hertfordshire based Gibbs Gears Precision Engineers Ltd, has a complete gear shop capable of manufacturing all types of gears, splines and rollers . The company uses CNC machines for both turning and gear cutting and also specialize in reverse engineering. Operating under a complete quality control system, with a focus on lean and JIT methods Gibbs Gears were looking to invest in a system to replace their existing manual Gantt chart, a labour intensive process that restricted their planning to approximately only two months in advance.

The company receives over 200 works orders a month, the majority of which are new, so one-offs or batch production is common. With 74 work centres this level of flow and batch production requires close management. The real-time Scheduler from Seiki Systems interfaced to the existing ERP manages all the processes involved, enabling Gibbs Gears to improve performance, reduce lead times and maximise capacity at every stage of production. Reece Garrod Managing Director of Gibbs Gears explains, "after searching for six months to find a system powerful enough to be capable of managing the large amount of multi tasking we require, Seiki Systems were the only ones who came up with a system that could handle the variable work load and one which could be tailored to our needs." Customer service is a main priority at Gibbs Gears, and being able to work using real time resource capacity, and immediately showing the consequence a change in the schedule has on every other order, will enable them to accurately predict completion dates of jobs. Gibbs Gears can then confidently predict adherence to delivery dates, all of which generates a high level of customer satisfaction.

Seiki Systems will be attending the Productivity Partnerships between the 8-10 November 2005. The event will again be held at the 600 Centre in Loughborough where we are pleased to be demonstrating alongside 22 other leading UK companies.

One of the main benefits of this event to visitors is the ability to see fully integrated live demonstrations of the latest manufacturing technology, including some products which will be seen for the first time in the UK. The demonstrations have been designed to appeal to a wide spectrum of industry sectors and will include design and programming software through to a vast range of machine tool technologies. Further to this Seiki Systems will also be holding daily seminars where you will be able to hear how our products can reap benefits for your company.

This page will be kept up to date with all the latest news on Seiki Systems at the Productivity Partnerships.

Manufacturing software specialist Seiki Systems of Brighton is reaping the benefits of its strong application-led portfolio of software packages covering scheduling, DNC and machine monitoring products (products page) drawing a massive 80 per cent increase in sales between October and March 2005.

Says recently appointed Chief Executive David Moody: "In addition to winning new customers, much of the increase in sales has been generated through existing customers reaping benefits from Seiki Systems' installations which have been used to help justify and fund further expansion."

The expansions to existing systems have increased the number of machines or production units being monitored giving wider management control and appreciation of what is happening in real time situations on the shopfloor. Meanwhile, due to the success of existing Seiki Systems' installations, customers have been taking advantage of installing other software systems form the modular packages available which include DNC, CNC program control, NMS machine monitoring, iMES production scheduling software and Overalll Equipment Effectiveness Software (OEE).

As David Moody predicts: "Such is the competitive edge required by the manufacturing sector in the UK that knowing exactly what is happening in 'real time' to expensive machine tools has never been more critical. Here, customers using Seiki Systems' software are dramatically increasing productivity and in particular machine utilisation that in turn, becomes a self-funding improvement strategy."

We are delighted to welcome David Moody to Seiki Systems as our new Chief Executive. He will take over the day-to-day running of the company from David Trowell who was due to retire but has agreed to continue with us on a three day week basis in order to look after special projects in Europe and the United States. David Moody brings with him a wealth of experience in the IT industry. He was heavily involved in the supercomputer revolution of the late 80s and early 90s, having worked for both Intel and USDATA Corporation. David has been involved in information systems including the independent distribution of software within Europe and has gained unrivalled knowledge and experience in management and manufacturing systems applied to baggage handling, breweries, water systems, lighting, tunnels and transport systems.

He was attracted by new market opportunities whilst maintaining our core business in the engineering and metal cutting industries. In his first few weeks David visited a number of customer sites and has been impressed by our customers' extensive utilisation of our products and the substantial savings they report. He hopes to visit many more sites in the coming months in order to better understand customer requirements for the future development of Seiki Systems products and to further improve levels of productivity and utilisation of their people, services and equipment.

Finally, after months of hard work, on the 23 rd February 2005 the combined efforts of Seiki Systems and three other leading suppliers of manufacturing software bore fruition with the debut of the their revolutionary Integrated Manufacturing Seminar. Combining the specialist expertise of four separate software suppliers; Seiki Systems, FactoryMaster, PTC and CGTech, Wednesday's seminar designed to educate and inform about the limitless possibilities of integrated manufacturing, was undeniably a roaring success.

To read the full article on the seminar and to find out more about the benefits of an integrated manufacturing system click here

On the 23rd February 2005 Seiki Systems is set to co-host a seminar focusing on the benefits of integrated manufacturing. Bringing together four market leaders in their own respective fields and at the forefront of technological development; Seiki Systems, PTC, FactoryMaster and CG Tech, the seminar is aimed directly at companies who recognise the need for improved manufacturing and commercial control and lean thinking.

Each of these these companies is dedicated to showing the manufacturer the potentially mind-blowing benefits of integrated manufacturing, a claim that will be clearly supported in a seminar that following one single part throughout the whole manufacturing process, demonstrates at each turn how integrated manufacturing leads to both improved manufacturing and commercial control, time and cost efficiency and lean practices.

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