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Software for Manufacturing
SoCal Steel-Service Center Welcomes
New ERP Software that Supports Rollforming
ciently,” adds Schrunk. “All information can be specified right inside the Sales Order module, which eliminates any time spent entering separate purchase- order transactions.”
In the warehouse, Staub implement- ed the WiFi Load Verification function, performed using a handheld wireless device to prevent loading errors. Loading operators scan the tags of the material loaded, and Stratix prevents the shipping documents from being printed until there is a full match.
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Ulbrich Standardizes on New ERP System
The seven production facilities and seven service centers around the world of Ulbrich Stainless Steels soon will all be operating with a customized ERP software application from Axis Computer
Staub Metals Corp., a flat-rolled steel distributor of coil and sheet with facili- ties in Paramount and Fontana, CA, has implemented Stratix ERP software from Invera, Westmount, Quebec, Canada. “Stratix comes loaded with specific fea- tures related to our flat-rolled coil and sheet business as standard features,” notes Staub IT director Brian Schrunk, “which allowed us to implement the software with very few modifications. We also recently started rollforming metal studs at our facility, and the soft- ware easily handled that new product line and processing capability out of the box.”
Staub implemented a full complement of Stratix features such as online pro- duction planning, shop-floor production recording, toll-processing functions that automate the billing of customer-owned
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material processing and online ship- ment planning. Other features include a comprehensive flat-rolled-specific pro- duction system to computerize all flat- rolled production, as well as a vehicle- scheduling function to plan and schedule inbound and outbound shipments and record the weight of each vehicle before and after material is loaded.
“Stratix handles any orders that require outside processing very effi-
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