NSK develops European ERP system

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Introduction

The existing NSK ERP system had been implemented in Japan for the Japanese market and when compared with the requirements for the European business had a 40% delta. NashTech extended the core implementation from the Japanese version to meet the European requirements whilst ensuring that the core requirements between the two systems were common.

About NSK

One of the world’s leading manufacturers of rolling bearings, linear technology, automotive components & steering systems with 30,000+ employees around the world and $7billion turnover.

The challenge

The existing NSK ERP system had been implemented in Japan for the Japanese market and when compared with the requirements for the European business had a 40% delta. NSK conducted a competitive tender to select a supplier to implement the required enhancements to the system.

Our approach

NashTech organised and conducted a series of workshops with NSK staff to capture detailed requirements for the necessary enhancements, grouped the requirements into delivery phases, created design documents and then executed a series of projects to build and release to NSK for user acceptance testing (UAT).

The solution

NashTech extended the core implementation from the Japanese version to meet the European requirements whilst ensuring that the core requirements between the two systems were common.

The outcome

14 month programme delivered within two weeks for committed timescale with very few production issues.

System implemented now supports NSK Japan, UK, Europe and South Africa.

“Working with Vietnam has been a real pleasure and experience. Vietnam doesn’t feel like an offshore destination – the team work as one.

It has been comforting to know that when you have you back to the wall, as you do with a project this size, NashTech are standing there beside us not walking away… they are a true partner.”
Tony Doran, IS Director – NSK European