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Company presentation
RC WORLD
products selection program
In 1982 we had already developed software
that permitted us to create a virtual
model of the product in order to be
able to find out, with an acceptable margin
of error, the performances even before
having developed the prototype.
Medium Size Chiller assembly line
according to the checks obtained from experience in the field.
The technical organization of production is subdivided into 2 independent
but inter-operative organizations, located in the production divisions of
Pavia and Rome.
The management of all the technical issues of the group is the responsibility
of Roberto Trecate, who has been working with us since 1968, who
has had a chance to see the product as a whole, from the phase of analysis
of the needs of the client to the design, passing through the construction
and arriving at the installation and its maintenance in the field. A 360 degree
view of the product, then, a very rare opportunity given the specialization
of the various fields. The research and development part is integrated
with and collaborates daily with the technicians of the production
offices in order to design new products and systems, without losing sight
of their feasibility. At the moment when the prototype is accepted on the
commercial and performance level, the engineering is activated for the
production and the successive commercial launch.
During my visit to the offices I noted a high level of computerization...
In 1982 we had already developed software that permitted us to create
a virtual model of the product in order to be able to find out, with an
acceptable margin of error, the performances even before having developed
the prototype. This software product was transformed into an electronic
catalogue that was distributed free of charge at our sales centres
and among our clients in 1985.
It was perhaps one of the first electronic catalogues in our sector, and
today it is fully integrated in our Enterprise Resource Planning software,
since it has been turned into a Product Configurator for the manufacturing
system. Today we are able to design the product and automatically generate
the software part that lets the distributor and the agent select it.
We care a lot about the computerized part which gives us daily support
that cannot be done without.
In 1983 we had already abolished drawing desks in favour of computer-aided
design (CAD), even though the operation really represented a
disproportionate investment in our situation at that time.
Anticipating the times again in this aspect, we found ourselves ready
for the next steps with no effort. Today all products are developed with a
tridimensional CAD system, allowing an incredibly short Time to the Market
vital to our success in the Information and Communication Technology
business. We have just implemented one of the most innovative ERP (systems
of resource planning for companies), for the real time management
of all corporate structures.
For years we have been using Internet to communicate with our sales
network and to give assistance by e-mail and we operate with a sophisticated
system of Intranet that connects the 3 productive divisions in real
time at the level of voice, data and video.
The realization of Extranet is in progress which will permit our external
collaborators to have direct access to all the company information regarding
the products sold by them and to those currently in the catalogue.
Can you mention some other distinguishing organizational characteristics?
In our company there are no managerial levels; it may be said that at
managerial level the company is “flat”.
14 RC GROUP SpA • General Catalogue • 155.EN.0504