M-Files: Intelligent Information Management Solution

Astrup AS is Norway’s leading supplier of metals and plastic semi-finished products. They are the only warehousing wholesaler to supply Norwegian industry with aluminium, metals, plastics, rust-resistant steels, special steels and titanium. Their state-of-the-art automated storage solution ensures gentle, automatic picking of sheets and long goods. With more than 3000 pallet locations, the Astrup automated storage solution is one of the biggest facilities in Scandinavia. They currently have 100 employees, and net sales amount to around NOK 750 million a year. For a supplier of modern production materials, efficient, high-quality management of certificates is crucial. Full digitisation has resulted in a number of positive effects for materials wholesaler Astrup AS.

Nordland Betong is one of northern Norway's biggest manufacturers of ready-mixed concrete and concrete products, with annual net sales of NOK 180 million and 25 employees. They chose M-Files from Konica Minolta because they wanted a smart solution to a complex challenge involving documentation. Their journey began 2-3 years ago.

Sharkmed Oy specialises in the management of sudden health risks. The company’s extensive product range covers tactical first aid products and emergency care equipment. Sharkmed engages in cooperation with the world’s leading equipment and product manufacturers and imports high-quality PAX first aid kits and emergency backpacks. In addition, Sharkmed has a selection of its own products manufactured. Sharkmed’s mission is to secure the efficient and safe performance of its customers’ vitally important duties through the provision of high-quality products and services. The values that guide the company’s operation include customer satisfaction, profession- alism, reliability and responsibility.

Coreplast Laitila Oy, located in southwest Finland, is an important contract manufacturer in the plastics industry. Their services include contract manufacture of injection moulded products, injection moulds, prototype series of injection moulded products, plastic product painting services, plastic product laser marking, ultrasonic welding, assembly services (including ESD), and various printing works (tampo printing, silk screen printing, IML, foil stamping, digital printing). Coreplast Laitila Oys operations are based on certified quality and environmental systems. These certified quality and environmental systems are audited by both customers and official auditors. The auditors require that the entire change history of an operating manual is trackable from the preparation of a new instruction all the way to its approval. The information should be possible to compile and display in an electronic format, which is why the planning and implementation of collecting log details and an electronic audit trail are of utmost importance. In order to implement this, Coreplast Laitila sought a centralised solution that would support the management of documents created in the quality and environmental system