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2022-08-03
Daegu Future, 5+1 Company Tour 〈15〉Computer Mate
IT solution development company established in 1992... Establishment of solutions for over 500 manufacturing companies
Supply of ‘Mate Series’ tailored to each company’s different environments and characteristics
Not long after emerging from the dark tunnel of COVID-19, corporate management is being shaken by the recent ‘three highs’ phenomenon (high prices, high interest rates, and high exchange rates).
As a way to overcome the crisis, ‘smart factories’ (intelligent production plants) that pursue improved productivity and high efficiency are emerging as a solution.
In Daegu, there is a local company that develops a smart factory operation program and supplies customized solutions tailored to the characteristics of the company.
It is Computer Mate.
Let’s learn about Computer Mate, which is growing through its ‘Mate series’ of IT solutions, including MES (Manufacturing Execution System), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning System), and groupware.
◆Adapt to company characteristics
Computer Mate is an IT solution development company established in 1992.
In the beginning, CEO Seo Sang-in started with three employees and sold structural analysis simulations and provided CAD training in parallel.
Currently, CEO Seo and CEO Kim Seong-ho jointly lead the company, and there are about 60 employees.
Computer Mate has been developing software related to the government’s ‘production information system construction’ for manufacturers since the 1990s.
The construction of the government production information system is in the early stages of the current smart factory support project, and Computer Mate has jumped into the forefront and accumulated a lot of information and experience.
Entering the 2000s, Computer Mate was on the path to full-fledged growth.
Since the company was founded, it has built a smart factory operation solution for about 500 electronic parts, automobile parts, and mobile phone parts manufacturers nationwide, including the Daegu region, Gyeongbuk, Gyeonggi, Jeolla, Chungcheong, and Gyeongnam.
The word 'mate' in Computer Mate means 'friend', and it is used to mean that we should be together as friends with the system.
As the name suggests, Computer Mate's products are solutions tailored to the unique environments and characteristics of each company building a smart factory.
Companies can produce products more conveniently and achieve greater efficiency through customized solutions.
Computer Mate has been building know-how by participating in the government's IT information system construction project, which has been promoted since 2002, for the past 20 years.
We are continuously investing in R&D and developing our own technology, including creating a research center.
Computer Mate has shown steady growth by handling projects targeting large corporations and projects with a two-year business period.
Major suppliers include Samick THK, Gyeongchang Industrial, and Daedong, and MES construction has also been completed for Lotte Data Communication and Sewon Group.
Through this, annual sales reached 10 billion won as of 2020.
Computer Mate has maintained its status every year since being selected as one of Daegu City's 100 Star Companies in 2015.
Companies selected as one of the Star Companies 100 are small and medium-sized businesses that are leading economic growth in the Daegu region and receive various supports such as technology investment consulting, R&D project discovery planning, and connection to Daegu city policy projects.
Now, in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, where new changes are required for companies, Computer Mate has established itself as the best local company in its industry.
◆Mate series
Computer Mate’s main product is the ‘Mate Series’.
Representative solutions include the flagship product, MES (Manufacturing Execution System), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning System), and groupware.
All solutions were developed to maximize corporate productivity and efficient management.
First, Computer Mate's flagship product, ‘Mate-MES’, is a system that supports a series of instructions and management to optimize production activities that occur at the production site and can respond quickly and organically to various situations that occur at the manufacturing site.
This system allows overall management of schedules, documents, processes, resources, quality, and product tracking, as well as performance analysis.
Companies can manage the receipt and delivery of materials using barcodes, etc. to clarify the receipt and delivery of raw and subsidiary materials.
Quality control is also possible through production history management by processing work orders, process management, and production performance registration by management unit from the production planning stage.
‘Mate-ERP’ manages all business processes across the company in an integrated manner.
It helps with quick and transparent business processing by identifying real-time management status and sharing information.
It is responsible for the integrated management of all business processes, including the company's accounting, human resources, purchasing, sales, materials, and quality.
Several effects can be achieved, including strengthening work efficiency and connectivity, establishing a foundation for information system integration, and strengthening management information and sharing.
‘Mate-Groupware’, which provides a variety of functions to enhance management decision-making and collaboration activities, increases business efficiency by establishing a knowledge-based system to efficiently manage and share distributed data within the company.
Computer Mate includes the 'Mate-Blending Management System', which realizes the automation of chemical weighing work in the mixing process and can efficiently carry out process management such as mixing management and work management, and provides sampling and measurement of inspection items for the first, middle, and final products of the main work process. 'Mate-Warehouse Management System (WMS)', an application software designed to support and optimize warehouse or delivery center management, quality policy and There is also an integrated quality management system called 'Mate-Quality Management System (QMS)' that documents the processes, procedures and responsibilities to achieve the goal.
◆The emergence of AI specialized companies
Computer Mate plans to expand its business areas starting this year.
Until now, most of business sales have been MES, but recently, as the business scope of ERP has expanded, the proportion is increasing.
This is because the company entered the public sector field by successfully winning an ERP order from the Daegu Facilities Corporation last year.
A Computer Mate official explains that in order to win a contract from a public institution, it is only possible to meet the qualifications that can respond to the company's size and bidding selection method.
Computer Mate will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) in the future.
Last year, we formed an internal AI team and are developing MES-based AI solutions.
AI has already been applied in earnest to manufacturing sites since last year.
Predictive diagnosis can be made based on information automatically collected by AI in areas that had to be checked through human monitoring.
Predictive diagnosis has the great advantage of being able to take quick action by checking product defect rates and device failures in advance and notifying them to users.
Computer Mate also participated in government projects to accumulate AI technology and experience.
We are working as a participating company in the National IT Industry Promotion Agency's '2022 AI Convergence Regional Specialized Industry Support Project' (organized by Daegu Techno Park) and are conducting a demonstration project to build a system that combines MES and AI for Gyeongchang Industry and Pyeonghwa Industry, which are demand companies. .
In the future, Computer Mate's goal is to grow into an AI specialized company centered on three keywords: 'MES', which it is confident in, the new field 'AI', and a 'business department' formed to provide solutions to public institutions.
◆Representative interview
Kim Seong-ho, CEO of Computer Mate
Kim Seong-ho, CEO of Computer Mate, who took over as CEO in 2019, expressed his management beliefs, saying, “I have been running the company to this day with the idea that it should become a company that is not shameful.”
He said, “It was important to grow together with employees at a company where people can work confidently, so I have thought about and put into practice many ideas about ‘confident’.”
CEO Kim, a former IT developer who joined the company in 1999, has been with Computer Mate for 22 years.
The elements that CEO Kim pursues to become a proud company are pride in the product and securing transparency through its own ethical management.
CEO Kim explained, “Because companies aim to make profits, the first thing is the completeness of the product. Only by building trust by providing high-quality products to customers can employees feel proud and develop products and develop sales channels.” did.
He continued, “Last year, we declared our own ethical management. “In reality, there will be some difficulties, but I want to help the company in the long term with the goal of transparent management.”
During the COVID-19 period, when companies in all fields suffered large and small economic blows, Computer Mate passed without any major damage.
As the government's smart factory project gradually expanded, damage was minimized as a beneficiary company, and another reason was that there were related solutions used for working from home.
Computer Mate developed a solution for working from home and has been running it on a trial basis since the fall of 2019, and in February of the following year, as the spread of COVID-19 intensified, the company used it on its own.
CEO Kim said, “We were developing a related solution, but it coincided with the coronavirus outbreak. “It was developed to minimize the disadvantages of working from home and was useful during the COVID-19 period.”
CEO Kim, who has passed the Corona period, emphasized the challenge for the next time with the spirit of ‘let’s give it a try’.
He said, “If there is no spirit of challenge, a company cannot grow. “Company growth always involves risks, and if you only think about losses, you will only lag behind your competitors,” he said. “Computer Mate has always competed with large companies with a spirit of challenge, and we were able to develop because of that process.”
Lastly, CEO Kim said, “I joined the company as a low-level employee and rose to the current CEO position. “I hope this fact becomes a motivation for employees rather than personal boasting,” he said. “I want employees to feel proud and feel like they are all owners of the company.” “We will continue to work hard to become a computer mate that continues to grow together with our employees.”
[Source] Reporter Kim Jong-yoon, kjyun@idaegu.com https://www.idaegu.com/newsView/idg202208030052
Supply of ‘Mate Series’ tailored to each company’s different environments and characteristics
View of the headquarters of ‘Computer Mate’, an IT solution development company
Not long after emerging from the dark tunnel of COVID-19, corporate management is being shaken by the recent ‘three highs’ phenomenon (high prices, high interest rates, and high exchange rates).
As a way to overcome the crisis, ‘smart factories’ (intelligent production plants) that pursue improved productivity and high efficiency are emerging as a solution.
In Daegu, there is a local company that develops a smart factory operation program and supplies customized solutions tailored to the characteristics of the company.
It is Computer Mate.
Let’s learn about Computer Mate, which is growing through its ‘Mate series’ of IT solutions, including MES (Manufacturing Execution System), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning System), and groupware.
Computer Mate employees are holding a development meeting related to its flagship product ‘Mate-MES’
◆Adapt to company characteristics
Computer Mate is an IT solution development company established in 1992.
In the beginning, CEO Seo Sang-in started with three employees and sold structural analysis simulations and provided CAD training in parallel.
Currently, CEO Seo and CEO Kim Seong-ho jointly lead the company, and there are about 60 employees.
Computer Mate has been developing software related to the government’s ‘production information system construction’ for manufacturers since the 1990s.
The construction of the government production information system is in the early stages of the current smart factory support project, and Computer Mate has jumped into the forefront and accumulated a lot of information and experience.
Entering the 2000s, Computer Mate was on the path to full-fledged growth.
Since the company was founded, it has built a smart factory operation solution for about 500 electronic parts, automobile parts, and mobile phone parts manufacturers nationwide, including the Daegu region, Gyeongbuk, Gyeonggi, Jeolla, Chungcheong, and Gyeongnam.
The word 'mate' in Computer Mate means 'friend', and it is used to mean that we should be together as friends with the system.
As the name suggests, Computer Mate's products are solutions tailored to the unique environments and characteristics of each company building a smart factory.
Companies can produce products more conveniently and achieve greater efficiency through customized solutions.
Computer Mate has been building know-how by participating in the government's IT information system construction project, which has been promoted since 2002, for the past 20 years.
We are continuously investing in R&D and developing our own technology, including creating a research center.
Computer Mate has shown steady growth by handling projects targeting large corporations and projects with a two-year business period.
Major suppliers include Samick THK, Gyeongchang Industrial, and Daedong, and MES construction has also been completed for Lotte Data Communication and Sewon Group.
Through this, annual sales reached 10 billion won as of 2020.
Computer Mate has maintained its status every year since being selected as one of Daegu City's 100 Star Companies in 2015.
Companies selected as one of the Star Companies 100 are small and medium-sized businesses that are leading economic growth in the Daegu region and receive various supports such as technology investment consulting, R&D project discovery planning, and connection to Daegu city policy projects.
Now, in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, where new changes are required for companies, Computer Mate has established itself as the best local company in its industry.
Kim Seong-ho (center), CEO of Computer Mate, which received Daegu City's small and medium-sized business grand prize in December 2020, is taking a commemorative photo with his officials.
◆Mate series
Computer Mate’s main product is the ‘Mate Series’.
Representative solutions include the flagship product, MES (Manufacturing Execution System), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning System), and groupware.
All solutions were developed to maximize corporate productivity and efficient management.
First, Computer Mate's flagship product, ‘Mate-MES’, is a system that supports a series of instructions and management to optimize production activities that occur at the production site and can respond quickly and organically to various situations that occur at the manufacturing site.
This system allows overall management of schedules, documents, processes, resources, quality, and product tracking, as well as performance analysis.
Companies can manage the receipt and delivery of materials using barcodes, etc. to clarify the receipt and delivery of raw and subsidiary materials.
Quality control is also possible through production history management by processing work orders, process management, and production performance registration by management unit from the production planning stage.
‘Mate-ERP’ manages all business processes across the company in an integrated manner.
It helps with quick and transparent business processing by identifying real-time management status and sharing information.
It is responsible for the integrated management of all business processes, including the company's accounting, human resources, purchasing, sales, materials, and quality.
Several effects can be achieved, including strengthening work efficiency and connectivity, establishing a foundation for information system integration, and strengthening management information and sharing.
‘Mate-Groupware’, which provides a variety of functions to enhance management decision-making and collaboration activities, increases business efficiency by establishing a knowledge-based system to efficiently manage and share distributed data within the company.
Computer Mate includes the 'Mate-Blending Management System', which realizes the automation of chemical weighing work in the mixing process and can efficiently carry out process management such as mixing management and work management, and provides sampling and measurement of inspection items for the first, middle, and final products of the main work process. 'Mate-Warehouse Management System (WMS)', an application software designed to support and optimize warehouse or delivery center management, quality policy and There is also an integrated quality management system called 'Mate-Quality Management System (QMS)' that documents the processes, procedures and responsibilities to achieve the goal.
Through Mate-MES, the status of each worker and device is monitored in real time, and users can check this at a glance.
◆The emergence of AI specialized companies
Computer Mate plans to expand its business areas starting this year.
Until now, most of business sales have been MES, but recently, as the business scope of ERP has expanded, the proportion is increasing.
This is because the company entered the public sector field by successfully winning an ERP order from the Daegu Facilities Corporation last year.
A Computer Mate official explains that in order to win a contract from a public institution, it is only possible to meet the qualifications that can respond to the company's size and bidding selection method.
Computer Mate will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) in the future.
Last year, we formed an internal AI team and are developing MES-based AI solutions.
AI has already been applied in earnest to manufacturing sites since last year.
Predictive diagnosis can be made based on information automatically collected by AI in areas that had to be checked through human monitoring.
Predictive diagnosis has the great advantage of being able to take quick action by checking product defect rates and device failures in advance and notifying them to users.
Computer Mate also participated in government projects to accumulate AI technology and experience.
We are working as a participating company in the National IT Industry Promotion Agency's '2022 AI Convergence Regional Specialized Industry Support Project' (organized by Daegu Techno Park) and are conducting a demonstration project to build a system that combines MES and AI for Gyeongchang Industry and Pyeonghwa Industry, which are demand companies. .
In the future, Computer Mate's goal is to grow into an AI specialized company centered on three keywords: 'MES', which it is confident in, the new field 'AI', and a 'business department' formed to provide solutions to public institutions.
Computer Mate employees are introducing their products to overseas buyers at the ‘Smart Factory & Automation Industry Exhibition’ held at COEX in Seoul in 2019.
◆Representative interview
Kim Seong-ho, CEO of Computer Mate
Kim Seong-ho, CEO of Computer Mate, who took over as CEO in 2019, expressed his management beliefs, saying, “I have been running the company to this day with the idea that it should become a company that is not shameful.”
He said, “It was important to grow together with employees at a company where people can work confidently, so I have thought about and put into practice many ideas about ‘confident’.”
CEO Kim, a former IT developer who joined the company in 1999, has been with Computer Mate for 22 years.
The elements that CEO Kim pursues to become a proud company are pride in the product and securing transparency through its own ethical management.
CEO Kim explained, “Because companies aim to make profits, the first thing is the completeness of the product. Only by building trust by providing high-quality products to customers can employees feel proud and develop products and develop sales channels.” did.
He continued, “Last year, we declared our own ethical management. “In reality, there will be some difficulties, but I want to help the company in the long term with the goal of transparent management.”
During the COVID-19 period, when companies in all fields suffered large and small economic blows, Computer Mate passed without any major damage.
As the government's smart factory project gradually expanded, damage was minimized as a beneficiary company, and another reason was that there were related solutions used for working from home.
Computer Mate developed a solution for working from home and has been running it on a trial basis since the fall of 2019, and in February of the following year, as the spread of COVID-19 intensified, the company used it on its own.
CEO Kim said, “We were developing a related solution, but it coincided with the coronavirus outbreak. “It was developed to minimize the disadvantages of working from home and was useful during the COVID-19 period.”
CEO Kim, who has passed the Corona period, emphasized the challenge for the next time with the spirit of ‘let’s give it a try’.
He said, “If there is no spirit of challenge, a company cannot grow. “Company growth always involves risks, and if you only think about losses, you will only lag behind your competitors,” he said. “Computer Mate has always competed with large companies with a spirit of challenge, and we were able to develop because of that process.”
Lastly, CEO Kim said, “I joined the company as a low-level employee and rose to the current CEO position. “I hope this fact becomes a motivation for employees rather than personal boasting,” he said. “I want employees to feel proud and feel like they are all owners of the company.” “We will continue to work hard to become a computer mate that continues to grow together with our employees.”
[Source] Reporter Kim Jong-yoon, kjyun@idaegu.com https://www.idaegu.com/newsView/idg202208030052
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