COMPANY PROFILE

ABOUT.....................................................................01 - WHY nCoded SOLUTIONS? - ISO 9001: 2015 Accredited

- Level 2 BEE Rated

- Over 15 yrs of consulting in Supply Chain Planning

- SMART SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT FOR OPTIMAL PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING- END TO END SOLUTIONS - THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM

BENEFITS.................................................................09- BENEFITS & ROI- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT & EMPOWERMENT

SECTORS.................................................................05

INTEGRATION.........................................................06

IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH .........................07

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SERVICES................................................................02 - CONSULTING- PREACTOR IMPLEMENTATIONS- DASHBOARDS

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ABOUT 01 SMART SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT FOR OPTIMAL PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING

nCoded Solutions is a trusted production and Supply Chain Planning consultancy that deploys world leading systems and software to optimise production and Supply Chain Planning processes for its clients.

END TO END SOLUTIONS

nCoded Solutions offers a complete repertoire of production and Supply Chain Planning services that are tailored to best support companies in the mining and manufacturing space.

This includes solutions for: production planning, production scheduling, production management, quality management, maintenance management, inventory management, shop floor control, IT consulting and Business Analytics.

THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM

The nCoded Solutions team boasts a range of academic qualifications from Masters Degrees to Bachelor’s Degrees in industrial engineering, information technology and operations management. In addition, we collectively have several decades of know-how; gained from the practical execution of a range of different business disciplines such as operations and Supply Chain Planning, Shop Floor Execution And Systems And Technology.

WHY nCoded SOLUTIONS?

nCoded Solutions has two key differentiators. The first is our flexibility and proven capability to customise

any of our solutions to each of our clients’ unique scenarios, as well as integrate with their

existing software and systems. The second is our hands on approach and willingness to

place expertise on-site to ensure that our clients realise and embed the full

advantage of their new systems.

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SERVICES 02 CONSULTINGPRODUCTION PLANNING & SCHEDULING

Production Planning and Scheduling is the process of deciding “what, when, how much, in what sequence” and “who must make it” for the entire Demand and Supply Process. It encompasses the areas of support for Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Production Planning, Production Scheduling and Production Execution.

nCoded Solutions’ consultants are experts in this very specific field of Supply Chain, not generalists. We have built up a highly knowledgeable team of consultants, who have many years of practical experience of implementing and running production planning and scheduling processes (and software).

BUSINESS ANALYTICS ENABLE SMART DECISION-MAKING THAT IS DRIVEN BY DATA

Business Analytics (BA) is fast becoming one of the greatest corporate assets of any company that wishes to maintain the competitive edge.

BA, as it is commonly known comprises of analytics and tools for the intelligent and methodical analysis of a company’s actual

operational and statistical data to form predictive models and enable informed decision-making for business

process optimisation. Simply put, BA equips companies to yield greater business results by

working smarter, not harder. When it comes to BA, the philosophy

of nCoded Solutions is to keep it as simple as possible.

nCoded Solutionsis a consulting andsolutions developmentfirm specialising in supplychain planning and businessanalytics. We help our clients competeand win by giving them the tools to plan,schedule, visualise, analyse and optimise theirSupply Chain decisions. To this end, we utilise world leading software and tools such as Preactor and Dashboard and help our clients implement them.

SERVICE SUMMARY

SERVICESPREACTOR IMPLEMENTATIONSAN ACCREDITED PREACTOR RESELLER.

nCoded Solutions is an accredited reseller and distributor of Preactor ®, a Siemens owned software company that has become a global leader in the supply of production planning and scheduling solutions.

Established more than 20 years ago, Preactor has the largest installed base of anyindependent planning and software company for the manufacturing sector and it is used in more than 5000 small, medium and large multinational companies across 88 countries.

PREACTOR MODULES

SIMATIC IT PREACTOR AP

A highly advanced production planning tool for any manufacturing company who wishes to gain and maintain a competitive edge. This tool is essential to manage stock levels of raw materials in a manner that is both cost effective and supportive of optimal and customer-centric production.

SIMATIC IT PREACTOR AS ULTIMATE VIEWERS

Shop floor control sorted. In conjunction with the Preactor AS Ultimate Schedule, this system will enable the real-time tracking of order progress and monitoring of performance.

SIMATIC IT PREACTOR AS

Minimise production time and cost of manufacturing significantly with this pioneering scheduling software that can increase operational efficiency andautomatically instruct the production facility what needs to be produced by when and by whom, using which equipment.

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Functionality depends on the module and version of the nCoded View installed.

This could range from Communication mechanisms, Data Visualisations, KPI

Limitations, Chart Types, Gauge Types, Map Types, Reporting Requirements and

Mobile devices applications.

DASHBOARD FUNCTIONALITY

SERVICES 04DASHBOARDS

Our dashboard, called nCoded View, is a dashboard solution that is interactive and customisable for all manufacturing facilities and makes the analysis of information easy, live and informative.

nCoded View displays data in the design and granularity required by any organisation. It allows the user to visualise and analyse data in many different ways for all areas of the organisation, assisting in the enablement of gaining valuable insight and drive accurate decision making.

Designed in a very sleek and smart way, nCoded View is web-based and mobile optimised, which enables users to access any data, anywhere with a web connection.

nCoded View MINI:

A std. compiled version of nCoded View that allows the user to pre-configure a limited number of KPIs without compromising the functionality of the dashboard. Functionality such as filter, sort, group, re-visualise, drill-down, and so on, is still available on this STD. version.

DASHBOARD MODULES

nCoded View MAXI:

A fully responsive and interchangeable dashboard that allows just about any visual modification to fit any environment. nCoded View MAXI offers control of things such as changing any property of the dashboard, saving of preferred styles and using them for different areas of the business, modifications of the layout of the dashboard, and so on.

DASHBOARD FUNCTIONALITY

SECTORS 05

Cross-sector collaboration exchange is increasingly becoming both necessary and desirable as a strategy for

addressing many Supply Chain dynamics and challenges.Businesses have started to realise that it is no longer a

viable option to have systems and processes that operate in silos. The Supply Chain problem is

starting to affect Suppliers, Manufacturers and Customers. Similarly, Preactor and its

customisable capability addresses the need to fit within any Supply Chain Landscape of

any sector.

Preactor Advanced Planning and Scheduling software is flexible

enough to be used in a wide range of industries to optimize

production, enabling the Planner to make better

decisions and react quickly to changes.

Preactor can be run standalone or

integrated with a wide range of

ERP/MES systems.

•Aerospace

•Automotive

•Chemicals

•Electricals

•Plastics

•Machinery

•Metals

•Food

•Paper

•Textiles

•Mining

•Transport & Logistics

INTEGRATION 06

- Caliach - Exact - K3 - Microsoft Dynamics- Oracle - QAD- Pegasus

Our systems have been integrated with more than 200 ERP products including countless custom in-house ERP systems. We offer detailed scheduling functionality that ERP systems do not have. Our system’s in-built integration features means that two way synchronisation of data can be obtained without programming.

INTEGRATION APPROACH

Our system’s capability encompasses the following:

- We do not replace current systems. – We enable them.

- We do not scale-down exist systems’ functionality. – We enhance it.

- We have phenomenal experience and skills in how we easily integrate with even complex solutions such as legacy and/or in-house written systems.

- Our systems do not force our clients to implement the most complex solutions.

– We tailor-make and customise a solution that will fit your needs at that point.

- We encourage our clients to start small and then build fancy solutions as their learning curve grows and as the system pays back for itself.

- Ross Systems- SAP - SoftBrands- SSA Global - Syscom - SYSPRO

EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMS WE’VE INTEGRATED WITH

SOFTWARE THAT WE ARE INTEGRATED WITH

IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH 08

Our Implementation Approach follows a proper structure when gathering the information required. This structure follows approaches that have been proven to work over the years. Since different sectors require their unique industry-specific approaches, there is limited supply chain planning literature available that focuses on those complexities. OUR EMPIRICAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUES COMPRISES OF THE FOLLOWING

IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH DELIVERABLES

- Project Scope Model

- Project Plan

- Project Finance Plan

- Project Milestones

- Resource Requirements

- Project Charter

- Memorandum Of Understanding

- Confidentiality Agreements

09BENEFITS

STUDIES AND CASE STUDIES FROM CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE IMPLEMENTED OUR SOLUTIONS SHOW THAT:

- Plans and Schedules are created in minutes or seconds

- Management can identify problems (cause & effect) and fix them before they occur

- Customer service improves by +80%

- Inventory is Reduced by – 50%

- Cycle Time is Reduced by – 25%

- Productivity is Improved by + 25%

- Visibility is improved

- Stock Levels become accurate

BENEFITS & ROITaking cognisance of how it affects their performance and ultimately impacts their bottom line, manufacturers are more focused than ever on the Supply Chain and delivering perfect orders. That is, orders that arrive on time, complete, damage free and that have correct invoices. The only way to achieve perfect orders in this complex environment is by gaining control over Supply Chain events as and when they happen.nCoded Solutions fuses expert consulting with our nCoded View Dashboard solution and Preactor software to let our clients gain absolute control of their Supply Chain visibility and planning and scheduling. Our approach enables our clients to effortlessly gain a complete view of their end-to-end order life cycle across the Supply Chain and to identify and resolve problems in real-time.

Cnr. Van Dyk & Reservoir Road | Boksburg East | 1459

Tel: +2786 112 3526 / 079 125 5394 Email: info@ncoded.co.za

Website: www.ncoded.co.za

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT & EMPOWERMENT

1. The Investment in our services could be deductible from the dti as aProductivity Improvement Initiative.

2. BBBEE Points scored as a result of training and development offered by the project.

3. SETA accreditation education programs aligned with workplace development.

4. nCoded Solutions has a Level 2 BEE Status Level