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Introduction
Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK is the largest company in the North-East of England. The company achieved a turnover of 2.1 billion pounds from 1997-1998 and currently employs over 5000 people. The Nissan plant in Sunderland has been voted the most efficient car plant in Western Europe.
The Project
Orchid Software developed IDM to entirely eliminate the paperwork associated with traditional paper based systems. IDM provides a set of tools that manage the creation, approval, distribution, revision, and subsequent change management of all their enterprise wide documentation.
IDM can handle Forms, Specifications, Procedures, Drawings, Project Plans, Manuals, Video, Sound Clips, Presentations and numerous other document categories. IDM utilises your current E-mail system by automatically informing individuals of new documents, revisions or activities that are required to be carried out. All approvals and distributions are handled electronically, virtually eliminating paperwork overnight.
| Other IDM features include |
| Electronic work-flow ensuring a paperless office |
| Multi-tier approval mechanism with full digital signature support |
| Automatic revision control and notification |
| Instant company-wide document publishing |
| Manage documents using your existing word-processor - No need to re-type anything |
| Full change request management |
| Automatic conversion of Microsoft Office documents to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) |
| Full audit trail of document history |
Nissan have estimated that the IDM solution from Orchid Software saved the company over 15 Man Weeks of time in the first year alone, with the current estimate being approximately 35 Man Weeks saving every year. This figure represents a Return on Investment of over 600% in the first year alone. |
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“The Documentation Manager is the key source of information for all our corporate policies, procedures, work instructions and guidelines. It has saved us a tremendous amount of time and money.”
Dale Robertson, Documentation Manager, Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK |
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“(Orchidnet) has saved us a tremendous amount of time and money”
Dale Robertson, Documentation Manager, Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK
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