Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Software allows real time progress chasing

A system that provides integrated management of the whole production process in sheet metal manufacturing environments passes on information generated to manufacturing.
Lantek Expert Management is a system that provides integrated management of the whole production process in sheet metal manufacturing environments. It allows the information generated to be automatically passed on to manufacturing. This integration enables the user, be it the sales, financial or production manager or their members of staff to know exactly how the manufacture of a given order is progressing at any point in time, as well as utilising the real manufacturing costs.

The following are some of its new possibilities: * Multi-order delivery notes: when a delivery note is made out for an order, several orders made by the same client may be selected.

* Multi-order invoices: this allows invoices to be made out for several orders made by the same client.

* Multi-delivery note invoice: allows invoices to be made from several delivery notes from the same client.

* Multi-product order: allows single orders to be generated from different existing products.

* Control of lost parts or parts not nested on manufacture: automatic creation of the parts pending manufacture or which have not been nested, to be added to another command.

* Predefined cost ranges or discounts for batches.

Some other characteristics of the production management module are as follows: * Receipt of orders and connection with other Manufacturing Management Program systems.

* Manufacturing.

This module gives the production manager total control of the order situation; whether the orders are completed, or how exactly they are progressing.

* Purchases.

This module generates purchase orders for suppliers based on the needs created by the customers' orders.

* Input of work vouchers.

The information in the work vouchers can be entered into the system.

This allows the production process to be followed up, enabling the user to see at all times the manufacturing status or a complete order, be it an assembly, sub assembly, or piece part.

* Definition of complex and parametric Products.

* Sales.

This offers the possibility of analysing all the sales-related variables, by employee, product, customer or invoice.

* Estimation.

As real production costs can be obtained and re-used within the system, estimates can be made which are much more adapted to reality.

* Predetermined nests.

* Multi-language y multi-currency.

* Store: the system covers the stock of products in the stores.

* Predefined cost ranges or discounts for batches.

* User management and security: it enables groups and users to be defined and users to have their respective passwords.