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35 global locations) to view stock across the enterprise in a single view and avoids having to log in to each company separately to view stock.
need to use desktop or laptop computers in the factory.
Cloud Solutions. “Combining Smart Shop Floor with Exact for Manufacturing provides shop-floor workers and operators with a holistic view into all business operations, which increases accuracy, saves times and ultimately reduces IT spend across the board.”
Exact: www.exact.com/us
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The second function automates arm's- length transactions between the separate legal entities, including the purchasing and sale, followed by the subsequent shipment and receipt of material. This was significant for Edgen Murray because, as Alan Jones, senior vice president and CIO, points out, “We have a very complex organizational structure in the Middle East that previously required multiple pur- chase and sales orders to complete a transaction and frequently led to errors and omissions. With Stratix, it’s automated to the point that a single entry creates all the cascading sales and purchase records at one time.”
“Manufacturers often struggle with bridging the gap between the shop floor and the back office, leading to miscom- munication, lost orders and inaccurate job costs," says Logan Paquin, director of product management for Exact U.S.
Software for Manufacturing
Implementation of the metals ERP software includes sales, purchasing, receiving, inventory management, multi- step production, production scheduling, delivery and logistics planning, invoicing, and financials.
Invera: www.invera.com
Smart Shop-Floor App for Manufacturing
Exact has introduced Smart Shop Floor, a cloud-based application for factory operators and workers to retrieve job data, track time and materials, and record job progress within the company’s Exact for Manufacturing cloud-based business software.
With the addition of the Smart Shop Floor app, factory operators and workers can input and access real-time job data, eliminating the need to distribute shop orders via paper and giving everyone a single view into the most up-to-date infor- mation. With the touch of a button, oper- ators can clock their time on a shop order, providing accurate, real-time progress data back to the office, according to com- pany officials. Additionally, Smart Shop Floor is designed for portable use on a tablet or smart phone, eliminating the
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