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BENEFITS

• Faster, more accurate and more profitable quotations
• Efficient management of sales orders
• Optimal use of resources with efficient planning and simulations
• Efficient stocks and purchasing management
• Optimal control of work times
• Reduced errors and non-quality costs
• Enhanced company or department performance
• Improved and automated communications
• General efficiencies across your activity

Faster, more accurate and more profitable quotations

• By using your experience from earlier job or quotes
• By analyzing project CAD data & viewing CAM information
• By importing bill of materials sheets from any external system
• By using your original MS Excel cost calculation sheets
• By applying characteristic technical criteria to each job for faster reference
• By creating MS Word files and PDFs directly in WorkPLAN for E-Mail transmission

Efficient management of sales orders

• By automatically converting quotes into orders
• By live cost and time tracking summaries
• By live tracking of all tasks, supplies, sub-contracted jobs, etc
• By ensuring timely and accurate invoicing

Optimal use of resources with efficient planning and simulations

• By defining task lists for every job
• By using the system’s easy tools for creating and reusing sequences with links between tasks
• By forward, backward and period scheduling simulations
• By using easy to view GANTT charts
• By analyzing the load by resource or by service to reduce bottlenecks
• By optimized load splitting and subcontracting
• By definition of event and information markers for each project milestone
• By exporting your task and resource planning to MS Excel® or MS Project®

Efficient stocks and purchasing management

• By the system’s integrated purchasing module
• By efficient management of requests for quotation
• By optimized sub-contracting management
• By automated supplier delivery receipts
• By keeping minimum stock levels
• By defining reserved quantities
• By having full traceability
• By efficient inventory management

Optimal control of work times

• By controlling all work schedules, breaks, cycles and shifts
• By real time collection using touch screens, barcodes or manual recording
• By utilizing the system’s “Workshop View” screen to see in real time what task is performed on each machine or by each employee.
• By setting employee time & attendance counters and rules for time payment and holidays.
• By a direct interface to your payroll system

Reduced errors and non-quality costs

• By registration of time and costs due to non quality
• By creating non-conformity sheets
• By extensive and automated supplier evaluation
• By having a centralized file management system
• By traceability of every part through the entire production process

Enhanced company or department performance

• By real time key performance indicators
• By optimized cash flow forecast
• By tracking the performance of suppliers and sub-contractors
• By the personalized report generator

Improved and automated communications

• By ensuring everyone involved in a project sees milestones, modifications and messages
• By the timely sharing of information with suppliers and customers
• By exporting reports in pdf, Word® and Excel® formats
• By exporting planning schedules in Excel® and MS Project®
• By using the CAD Analyzer to discuss technical aspects of jobs with customers

General efficiencies across your activity

• All information up-to-date and available within the integrated file management system
• Direct interfaces to CAD, CAM, ERP, accounting software
• Direct interfaces to MS Office and Open office
• Automated and secure backups
• Integration of customizable fields
• Easy to customize print templates
• Control of user access rights to information
• Getting Started’ Tutorial videos to guide you through the first steps
• Context sensitive Help Center offers help when you and where you need it
• Alarms and internal e-mails alerts keep you working on schedule and your communication flowing.

Now read about the Return on Investment (ROI) from implementation of a WorkPLAN Solution.