On-demand solution optimizes research company's database
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Plexus Systems, Inc., providers of Plexus Online on-demand software for the manufacturing enterprise, today announced the Advanced Technology Institute (North Charleston, SC) is using Plexus Online to facilitate collaboration, coordination and information-sharing among its partners -- governmental, industrial and academic.
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Plexus Online is the official Tool Uploading System for forging companies, OEMs and government agencies that participate in the National Forging Tooling Database (NFTD). The NFTD is a web-based tool that was developed in association with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which handles purchasing for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and the Forging Defense Manufacturing Consortium. The University of Toledo led the development of the NFTD, which was developed under a cost shared, Manufacturing Technology Program known as PRO-FAST.
As weapons systems in the U.S. arsenal go out of production, the acquisition of forged repair parts becomes more difficult because supply chain information disintegrates over time, especially in respect to tooling. In addition, some weapons systems are being kept in service much longer than originally intended. As this happens forged parts that were designed to last the life of the weapon have to be replaced and the location of tools to make the forged parts becomes lost.
The DOD commissioned the creation of the NFTD to enable forging supply chains to quickly locate forgers with tooling for legacy aircraft, vehicles and weaponry. The NFTD was developed to give defense customers, especially the Defense Logistics Agency, a centralized database of the tooling available.
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