Česká zbrojovka
Industry: Engineering
Production type: Serial production, custom manufacturing, development
Employees: 1800
Website: czfirearms.com
Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod, a joint-stock company founded in 1936, was originally focused on the production of military handguns. Over time, production expanded to include products for civilian use, both for sport and hunting. Today, Česká zbrojovka is one of the largest global producers of handguns, supported by sales to approximately 100 countries worldwide.
The company develops and manufactures pistols, rifles, small-caliber guns, shotguns, and air guns. Česká zbrojovka also produces and supplies engineering products, parts, and assemblies primarily for the aerospace and automotive industries, as well as specialized tools for the engineering sector.
Solution
Business Needs and Current Situation
- Unification of company processes, clarification and accuracy of information for decision-making and management
- Each business area used a specialized application, with the IT department connecting them via batch transfers
- Production planning for three months ahead, with limited flexibility for changes
- Need to increase production throughput without expanding physical capacity (machines or labor), reduce work-in-progress and inventory levels, and further shorten overall production lead time
ERP Implementation Benefits
- Reduction of inventory by CZK 25 million within the first 6 months of IS SL operation
- Reduction of production lead time from 75 days to 45 days
- Increase in supplier reliability from 70% to 90%
- Reduction of work-in-progress (WIP) by 60%
- Increase in production volume by 25% without additional capacity
- Timely identification of excess inventory, work-in-progress, shortages of purchased materials, and manufactured items
- Identification of slow-moving materials and finished goods
- A unified and comprehensive information system covering key business areas
Awards
- The ERP implementation project was recognized by Infor in 2006 as one of the 10 best ERP implementations worldwide.
- The configurator on czconfigurator.com received the Digital Transformation of the Year award in 2020 at the WebTop100 competition – the first civilian firearms configurator in the world.
What Our Customers Say
„Today, every customer wants something unique, something only they will have. For a large company of our scale to meet these demands, mass customization directly from production is the only long-term sustainable solution.“
Petr Pištělák
Global Head of Sales, Česká zbrojovka
„APS is a tool that has “opened our eyes” and helps us daily to identify bottlenecks through process indicators. It has become an indispensable tool for our everyday improvement efforts.“
Jiří Kundrata
Production Director, Česká zbrojovka