GKN Aerospace GmbH, München

Industry:

high-tech/aerospace components

The company:

GKN Aerospace GmbH is located in Munich and is part of the GKN Aerospace Services group. The medium-sized company has long specialised in the development and manufacture of high-performance plastic components, which are used in civil and military aircraft. In addition GKN Aerospace is involved in further industrial applications.

Project tasks and objectives:

1. Implementation of an efficient and future-compatible ERP company software solution, in order to meet the high demands of the competitive environment in future, too
2. Special consultation on the IT solution with the requirements of parts production
3. Roll-out in the minimum period of time and fast start to production operations
4. Achievement of increased efficiency and cost reduction potentials
5. Full Lifecycle outsourcing of the IT solution to ai informatics with implementation of all relevant IT projects: field support, roll-out of standard client hardware, LAN and WAN projects, server support/projects in the MS environment, CAD/CAM projects (also based on Unix platform, e.g. CATIA, CCD, PRO/E, AUTOCAD incl. implementation of interfaces)
6. Implementation of various special projects such as Blackberry, DMS systems, pay-per-page print management and SAP consultancy

Highlights:

1. Favourable short implementation time of only 6 months
2. Design of the new IT solution at a fixed price
3. Smooth transfer of operations by outsourcing to ai informatics with optimisation of the hardware environment

Concrete customer benefits:

1. Considerable reduction in IT costs
2. Convenient and reliable IT service from a single, locally available source
3. Smoothly operating IT processes enable focus on core business and strategic corporate growth
4. Certified IT processes, including high IT security

Customer statement:

"Thanks to its industry-focussed consultancy and service offer, our partner ai informatics makes a significant contribution to the efficient and inexpensive use of the entire IT architecture and as a result to our business success."

Dietmar Czaia, CFO, GKN Aerospace GmbH

Solutions:

1. SPEED ME industry solution on the basis of SAP
2. IT cost analysis
3. Outsourcing
4. IT infrastructure services
5. Managed client
6. Security solutions
7. Print management
8. Network services
9. Communications solutions

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