VISUALOGIC IT Contracting & Outsourcing Services Case Studies: Konica Minolta Precision Minolta Precision Engineering was established in 1988 as a sister company of Minolta Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.  After the merger with Konica in year 2003, it is now known as “Konica Minolta Precision Engineering (or KMPE) manufactures key parts for cameras such as lenses, plastic and metal precision parts, circuit boards as well as moulds/dies. KMPE has engineering staffs that assist in the assembly of cameras by procuring parts and components locally. The operation at KMPE is supported by an IBM iSeries application called INPACTS MRP which was developed in-house. In 2002, KMPE decided to out-source its iSeries development work and focus on business process re-engineering to increase its flexibility to respond to changing business needs whilst industry expertise could be applied to the application enhancement process. KMPE also knew technology would be a key enabler in the transition to competition and that it was important to find the right technology partner that could leverage IT to help. Visualogic Resources proposed a comprehensive solution that meets the highest demand of KMPE that yielded high level results for the overall IT operation of the entire organization. Summary of High Level Results: Reduced unit costs with improved service levels Greater and faster access to critical technical skills and utility expertise Increased flexibility to react quickly to competition Ability to "right-size" up or down based on demand "World class" technology partner to support key business initiatives Enterprise Applications Integration INPACTS Support and Consultancy Technology Consulting eBusiness Enablement and Architecture Security and Penetration Testing Hardware and OS level support. Our services continue to assist in support and maintenance of these new venues at the same time keeping operation costs down. Project Scope For Customer IT Outsourcing - Software Maintenance and Enhancement To provide IT expertise for on-going program modifications or application development projects and OS house keeping as follows:- IBM iSeries Operating System preventive maintenance and house keeping. IBM iSeries MRP system application development using any of the programming language VisuaLogic deemed fit (RPG, ILE RPG, CLP, COBOL or ILE COBOL) Project Scope (A) To provide technical resources for current in-house application activities as follows: Functional Requirement study. Technical Requirement Analysis. Programming and testing. User Acceptance Test. User Technical Manual (UTM). Technical resources Job log. (B) To maintain both IBM iSeries 820 and AS/400 model 500 under satisfactory operating environment, which includes: - System history log inspection. Problem analysis and trouble-shooting. System housekeeping. Performance Tuning. PC Client Access technical support. File transfer related technical support. Customized file transfer session services. System Security control maintenance. Our Achievements Some of our Project Accomplishments for this customer: Manage to clear 2 year’s user request programming back-log in 3 months. Advice, design and develop MRP system enhancements to cater for company restructuring exercise. Enhanced in-house MRP system and developed many add-on modules to compliment in-house MRP system. Part Urgent Request module. Mould control system. Cost down simulation Budgeting module Shipping instructions and Invoicing Assembly Process block module Barcode labelling module Component Inventory Simulation Bill of material explosion enhancement Defective and loss analysis module Part Logistic System MRP enhancement Inventory Count enhancement Project Duration Project Period: 2002 – 2005 Status: Customer still engaging our Services on monthly basis.

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