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Software for Manufacturing
New Epicor CMS Version Expands Features and Functionality for the Automotive Industry
Epicor Software Corp. has announced the availability of ver- sion 6.0 of its Honda Approved Epicor CMS enterprise-resource- planning (ERP) solution for the automotive industry, featuring new functionality and usability enhancements. Highlights of Epicor CMS 6.0 include new quality-control tools, manufacturing-exe- cution-system (MES) touchscreen capabilities available with Pro- duction Manager, and enhancements to repetitive manufacturing capabilities.
New pro- duction- and quality-man- agement features in Epicor CMS reportedly provide improved
control when dealing with detail inspections on the shop floor. Enhancements include the ability to specify whether or not certain inspection procedures should be mandatory; record those test results with lot or serial number; and use event- based utilities to allow the operator to report inspection results at the machine.
Rather than creating an inspection request when reaching the production threshold, a notification screen prompts the oper- ator to begin inspection and then report the results and dis-
position. The employee tag also is entered to identify the person performing the inspection.
For users looking to collect real-time manu- facturing data from the shop floor and/or error-proof production reporting and container-label creation, the latest version of Epicor CMS adds Production Manager to deliver these MES capabilities. Oper-
ator touchscreen solutions provide a Microsoft Windows 8 Metro Style user interface that supports machine PLC-based automa- tion of production reporting to ensure that the right part is in the right container with the right label. An accurate understanding of the real sources of machine downtime enables well-target- ed continuous-process improvement activities to unlock hidden capacity within the plant. Production Manager is available as an add-on module.
Epicor: 800/999-6995; www.epicor.com
Jetcam Releases Feature-Rich Version 1.04
Jetcam International has
released version 1.04 of its Jetcam
Orders Controller (JOC) Premium
II, with features aimed at profiling
and punching users to make the
software an ideal companion to an
existing Jetcam Expert CADCAM
system. Core functionality: a remote
ordering system that allows pro-
duction staff to queue CAD files for automatic component-geom- etry entry and tooling, and to also build unlimited worksheets of either components or complex assemblies to be sent to Jet- cam Expert for automatic nesting.
Other new features added to the release include Paramet- rics Support—users of Jetcam Expert’s interactive and auto- matic parametric programming modules gain a built-in editor within JOC Premium II. In addition to being able to create and edit standard parametric programs, an automatic parametric ‘.do’ file generator enables users to use Jetcam’s parametric programming to quickly create a whole family of component files from basic parameters.
Also new: Nest costing, providing the ability to quickly obtain
costing for sheetmetal components by combining several key features to quickly import CAD files, create tooled component files using Jetcam Expert’s Single Component Automatic Pro- cessing facility and immediately build nests with resulting detailed part cost- ing. Users can look at the cost of the part on each single nest or parts aver-
aged across multiple nests, taking potential remnants, scrap, machine and operator costs into account. The information also can be exported for analysis or imported into legacy data systems.
Last but not least, CNC punch users now can identify where tools are used, either on selected components or pre- viously generated nests. JOC Premium II not only allows fab- ricators to identify which parts or nests contain one or more tools, but also shows a nest tool graph detailing the number of nests that each tool is used on. A slider and zoom controls allows the user to quickly focus on the higher or lower numbers, and data can quickly be exported for further analysis or imported into legacy data systems.
Jetcam Intl.: www.jetcam.com
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