Cincinnati, OH -- (SBWIRE) --06/01/2011 -- Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, profiled the unique elements in make to order manufacturing job shops in the most current issue of AutomationMedia.com. According Cutler, “The make to order (MTO) strategy only manufactures the end-product once the customer places the order. This can create additional wait time for the customer to receive the product, but allows for more flexible customization compared to purchasing from inventory. The make to order (MTO) strategy relieves the problems of excessive inventory that is common with the traditional make to stock (MTS) strategy. The make-to-order business needs to have effective and accurate estimating and quoting as well as BOM’s (bill of materials), Order Entry, Scheduling, Job Costing and Tracking, Purchasing, Quality, Inventory Control, and Full Accounting.”

Magdic Precision Tooling (MPT) is a nineteen-person tool and die shop in East McKeesport, PA. The company makes compaction dies for carbide cutting tools. Die forms look like drills, end mills, and cutting inserts.

Even this small shop recognized they had to go paperless. According to Paul Ventura, vice-president of Shoptech, “Much of the information for the jobs at Magdic was on hard copy. Different employees were machining different components for a given job simultaneously and employees were constantly searching the shop for prints. Job changes were tough to communicate to the shop floor and more than 30 minutes a day (per employee) was lost tracking information. ..this waste cost the company more than $300K a year.”

E2, by Shoptech Software (http://www.Shoptech.com) is the leading Shop Control Software. 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 an total commitment to innovation and support, E2 is globally considered the authority of shop floor control.

Shoptech Software
http://www.shoptech.com
Paul Ventura
pr@shoptech.com
800-525-2143