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says. "at simply would have been impossible to do in that in the past. Talk about impressing a customer with information at your fingertips." For management, the metrics feature allows the user to review trends such as cash receipts, gross sales, returns and so on for a given period. Metric information is presented in a bar graph along with a rolling 12-month trend line to show the user how things are progressing over time. e KPI feature allows a user to view summarized accounting information such as open accounts receivables and payables aging and bank account balances. e Shipment feature allows the user to review all shipments by inventory number, PO number or customer for a given period, including whom the carrier is, tracking numbers and the quantity shipped. e Inventory feature can be critical for determining what parts and materials are on hand and where inventory is by location and bin. It allows the inventory manager to perform inventory transfers through the app, which saves time that would have otherwise been used to walk to a tethered computer. e message feature displays event "alerts." A manager can have an alert sent to him when a particular job is complete or when an outside process such as a heat-treated part is received back in the shop. Finally, the document manager provides iVET users access to their documents by part number, inventory number and order, including drawings, blueprints, setup sheets and other types of documents that are critical to running parts. is can help a company move toward a paperless approach to running the shop. Shopfloor Efficiency As one would expect on a mobile app, some of the informa- tion available from the iVET app is "Read Only" except areas that are set up for transactional operations such as inventory transfer and issuances (referred to earlier), clocking into and out of shop orders and creating documents. "Our goal with a mobile shopfloor solution is to put resources and knowledge into the hands of the people that need it, where they need it, Mr. Lemmermann says. "If someone needs a print, or wants to look up instructions on fixing a machine component, or to document a solution to a problem, we want them to have that ability right then and there, instead of having to walk back to a desk or office. e bottom line for us is, the more that can happen at the machine, the more efficient our people and our company will be." Mr. Reader believes that software automation, like hardware automation, is all about efficiency. "We've got four computer stations around the floor for time keeping. Sometimes at the start of a shift, those stations will get a little backed up. I don't want any employee to have the excuse not to clock in or out properly because of a logjam at the computer. e beauty of this mobile app is no more lost time walking to a computer or standing in line. Everything is right there. at is going to really improve efficiency." Mr. Reader says he loves that the document display feature puts key information at each workcenter. He is supplying each employee with an 18-inch tablet for this purpose, which means the company will be closer to being a paperless business. And without the need to print every- thing for our ISO certification, we won't be killing as many trees, and that's a good thing, he says. For more information about shop management software from Henning Software, call 330-650-4212 or visit henningsoftware.com. For more information about ERP and shop management software, visit PM's ERP Zone. LINK :: short.productionmachining.com/erp Precision Plus :: 262-743-1700 :: preplus.com PMPA member since 1992. US Representative: Schwanog LLC - Elgin, Illinois - info.usa @ schwanog.com GWS-TOOLING SYSTEM FOR SWISS-TYPE AUTOMATIC LATHES Eliminate unproductive set-up times. Technological competence comes from Göltenbodt! Precise positioning and highest repeatability ≤ 0.01mm due to proven GWS-column guide Presettable off the machine Quick changeable GWS-tool holder useable across multiple machines High fl exibility due to modular design INCREDIBLY RAVENOUS: THE GÖLTENBODT SET-UP MONSTER! goeltenbodt.com Hall:5 Booth: A48 Taking it on the Road productionmachining.com :: 41