Sales

• Know whether a promised delivery date is realistic.
• Communicate the details and steps involved in each job.
• Know the current status of each job.
• Know the current factory workload.
• Know the labor and material costs of past jobs.
• Confidence in the system means the focus is on selling

Production

• Prioritise jobs in consultation with sales people
• Communicate what needs to be done next to all staff
• Know the current status of every job.
• Track time, materials and progress of jobs.
• Benefit from the feedback staff can easily record.
• Know who did what.
• Find the current production bottleneck.

Logistics

• Record material usage as it occurs.
• Know remaining material on each roll or package.
• Know where all materials are located.
• Know the supplier and batch number of the materials used in each job.
• Know what off-cuts are available to use.

Accounting & Administration

• Keep the existing accounting system.
• Calculate material usage invoice for the accounting system
• Know the labour and material costs for each job.
• Identify material wastage.

Human Resources

• Ensure consistent advice to staff about priorities, tasks and instructions through one point of reference.
• Gather information for performance appraisals.
• Identify skills, strengths and training requirements.
• Promote knowledge sharing.
• Promote an understanding of how each workstation contributes to the business as a whole.

Maintenance

• Identify poorly performing equipment and early warning signs of      equipment malfunction, as a result of staff feedback and performance statistics.
• Analyse maintenance history to predict future maintenance needs.
• Plan, prioritise and track maintenance tasks.
• Co-ordinate regular maintenance with production.

Strategic Planning

• Obtain key information that aids in planning for staff and equipment investment.
• Promote knowledge sharing throughout the company

Information Technology

• Windows look and feel.
• Achieve high performance, reliability and scalability through use of Microsoft SQL Server database.
• Works with common report writing software.
• Developers can write custom add-on forms particular to any industry.
• Kiosk functionality for data entry on the factory floor.