Case Study Skycell Migrates to the Cloud With PSIpenta/ERP

With the ERP system, the Swiss company meets the high requirements for inventory management and traceability.

Industry: Automotive
Customer: SkyCell AG
Product: PSIpenta/ERP

Skycell Migrates to the Cloud With PSIpenta/ERP

As a manufacturer of air freight containers for pharmaceutical products, SkyCell has to meet the highest quality standards. The innovative technology company introduced PSIpenta/ERP for this purpose even before the start of production - initially in an on-premises version. SkyCell has now prepared itself for further growth and has migrated the system to the Microsoft Azure Cloud.

About SkyCell AG

SkyCell manufactures temperature-controlled air freight containers for pharmaceutical products. Transportation is also monitored using proprietary software and is connected to a global network of service stations that includes storage facilities with cold rooms at or near airports. Customers benefit from a failure rate of less than 0.1% while reducing CO2 emissions by up to 50%.

Challenges

Precise inventory management and traceability of all installed parts as well as the traceability of audits are among the strict requirements of the pharmaceutical industry that SkyCell must meet. From the outset, the company also aimed for a high degree of automation in production - including the integration of robots.

After the start of production and in preparation for a gradual increase in quantities and the resulting growing volume of data, the Swiss technology company decided to migrate the ERP system to the Microsoft Azure Cloud.

Production features

High demands on inventory management
Complete traceability of all installed parts
Verifiability of audits
rapidly growing company structures / data volumes

Goals of SkyCell

SkyCell was looking for a modern and open ERP system that could be easily integrated into the existing IT infrastructure, e.g. through interfaces to its own transportation software and the financial system in use. The solution needed to specialize in manufacturing processes and offer sophisticated functions for inventory management and traceability.

The aim was to gain a comprehensive overview of the sometimes complex workflows by transferring them into standard processes and to establish efficient production planning and control.

Following the successful start of production and a rapid increase in quantities, SkyCell wanted to minimize the costs associated with maintaining, servicing and backing up the ERP server and to be able to handle the growing volume of data flexibly and securely.

The most important goals

Efficient production planning and control, including the integration of robots
Mapping of industry-specific requirements such as inventory management and traceability
Minimization of expenses for maintenance, care and backup of the ERP server
Simple scalability

Solution approach

As an industry solution for discrete manufacturing, PSIpenta/ERP covers processes such as inventory management, traceability and audit traceability as standard. Existing software can be seamlessly integrated via the open system architecture, making it easy to switch to the cloud.

Implementation

SkyCell introduced PSIpenta remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company took the subsequent cloud migration as an opportunity to migrate to the latest PSIpenta version and clean up both the article and supplier master beforehand. The company used an installed test environment to check whether all processes met the defined requirements.

The result: scalability provides high flexibility

With the introduction of PSIpenta/ERP, SkyCell has a tried-and-tested solution for production planning and control that also enables it to meet the industry's high quality requirements as standard. By switching to the cloud, the company can rely on comprehensive security measures and benefits from flexible scaling options, for example in terms of bandwidth and storage capacity.

High DATA CONSERVATION
Consistent PRODUCTION PLANNING and CONTROL
Flexible SCALABILITY

If the data volume grows or more users need to use the system, the corresponding parameters can be adjusted quickly and flexibly and partners and suppliers can be easily integrated. The company complies with data protection regulations, among other things, because the servers are located in Switzerland.

With PSIpenta, we meet all the requirements we have to meet in terms of inventory management, complete traceability and audit traceability.

Arno Panier Head of Produktion, SkyCell AG

Conclusion

From the start with an on-premises version to the migration to the Microsoft Azure Cloud: with PSIpenta/ERP, SkyCell has opted for a future-proof solution in terms of both functionality and technology. With it, the company not only meets all industry requirements, but also has a secure IT foundation for organic growth.