Cincinnati, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/04/2011 -- Most mold manufacturers will need to crank out a quickie quote, and enter the details after the job is secured (often attaching drawings, bitmaps, jpegs or other files—and print them with the job packet). This type of quotation technology must allow firms to compare similar quotes or quote histories easily while seeing exactly what percentage of quotes turn into orders.
Leading manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, recently profiled how E2, by Shoptech Software (http://www.Shoptech.com) is the leading Shop Control Software in the market.
A feature article appeared in the current issue of Moldmaking Technology magazine. Cutler looked at the fact that mold manufacturing technology and scheduling software must enhance the quotation process. Specifically, any solution for mold builders must generate quick, accurate quotes as well as create detailed estimate re-caps of labor, overhead, material and outside services—toggle the profit margins and/or selling prices to win a competitive job.
Calframax Technologies (Oldcastle, Ontario) specializes in molds for both thin-wall and industrial plastic containers for the food and packaging industry. Adopting an aggressive strategy of guaranteed customer satisfaction and for providing on time delivery of reasonably priced, top quality molds, the firm has grown continuously since opening its doors in 1995—more than doubling business revenue since that time and continues to add new customers.
Calframax operates more than 20 different machines—including CNC mills, CNC lathes, vertical lathe and more from Hass, Okuma and DMG—in its Ontario plant. After looking at all of the scheduling software available, Owner Ray Little needed to find software with a strong database and reasonable pricing. With a foundation in the contract manufacturing business, Shoptech Software has built an unmatched reputation by providing easy-to-use software for machine shops, job shops, and make-to-order (MTO) manufacturers. Setting the industry standard, E2 is the technology solution for managing shops regardless of industry sector or size.
Machine shops come in all sizes, from a one-person shop, to those with more than two hundred on staff. Some machine shops handle only small quantity orders, while others get into long-running production jobs. Regardless of size, the common reality of all machine shops is constant change from product quantities to delivery dates and countless other variables. E2, is specifically designed to easily handle these constant changes.
From quotes to orders to shipments, from materials to scheduling to quality, as wells as contact management and accounting functionality, E2 allows for improved efficiencies, greater flexibility, and improved profits.
E2 is for machine shops, job shops, fabrication shops, mold/die shops, screw shops, repair shops, service shops, captive shops, spring manufacturers, stampers, machine builders, and plastic injection molding manufacturers, to name a few.
Through a vast network of regional offices and training centers, and 24/7 technical service center, along with a total commitment to innovation and support, E2 is globally considered the authority of shop floor control.