Custom ERP Software for Coil Processors / Toll Processors
Processing of metals has many more challenges than traditional manufacturing operations and coil processing is undoubtably the most challenging. Whether it’s dimensional features like width, length, gauge, and tolerances, or grade, chemical and physical properties, and packaging and loading information, there are many characteristics or attributes that make up the specifications of the customer’s desired item. Raw materials that satisfy customer requirements also require detailed information to be measured and tracked.
In addition, creating a production work order requires detailed information be passed to the production line on both the raw material and the finished goods to be produced. Fortunately, these challenges are met with a software solution designed specifically for coil slitting and cut-to-length sheeting.
At Metal-Pro, we design our software products to fully support your business needs. Our expert software developers provide your coil processing facilities with complete turnkey software solutions, allowing for seamless day-to-day operations.
For more information on our coil processing software solutions, get in touch with our sales team or give us a call at 800-266-6385 and we will gladly answer any questions that you may have. Metal-Pro is your trusted source for strategic automation software solutions for the coil processing industry.
Software Solution Advantages for Coil Processing
Metal-Pro’s ERP software solutions are specifically designed to be flexible, adaptable, and provide intuitive user interface, meeting the challenges that coil processors encounter on a daily basis. One critical challenge is the handling of dimensional inventory and various units of measure. This requires specific features be designed into the software from purchasing, inventory control, sales order processing, production, shipping, and billing.
Many benefits can be attained by using the Metal-Pro System. Metal-Pro provides an advantage over your competition by increasing productivity and profitability for your company. The easy-to-use Metal-Pro system can help you to:
- Reduce inventory
- Increase sales
- Improve gross margins
- Reduce accounts receivable
Inventory Reduction
Metal-Pro manages sales, inventory, financial and production information, all with improved customer service in mind. The system reduces paperwork, streamlines operations and provides employees with the visibility they need. Proper inventory reduction provides the following:
- Tight, timely, and accurate inventory control
- Company-wide visibility of product stock levels
- More informed purchasing decisions
- Optimized inventory mix and levels
- Identifies and minimizes slow moving items
- Ensures adequate stocks of the best sellers
- Views and transfers product between locations and outside processors
- Reserves products for priority shipments
- Automated backorder tracking & filling
Increase Sales
Metal-Pro offers accurate up-to-the-second information regarding order status, inventory availability, pricing, and credit at your fingertips. Users can spend more valuable time interfacing with customers, rather than shuffling through manual operations or a nonintegrated CRM module. Metal-Pro provides the following sales advantages:
- To-call lists
- Inventory status inquires
- Key word searches
- Standard notes per customer
- Integrated Email/fax
- Quote-to-order conversion
Reduce Accounts Receivable
By actively managing your accounts Metal-Pro can reduce your accounts receivable, allowing you to spend more time managing other aspects of your business. Metal-Pro’s complete software solutions actively manages sales, inventory, financial and production information, all with improved customer service in mind. Accounts receivable automation provides:
- Automatic credit checking
- Powerful collections tools for collection calls and follow up
- Prioritize collection activity
- Tight credit control
- Get your customers used to paying you on-time
Improved Gross Margins
Our fully integrated modules will help improve gross margin, turn quotes to orders and increase your sales. New customers will be located, marginal customers uncovered, and expenses reduced. The powerful replenishment system will allow for smarter buying. The system is very easy to learn and use. Productivity will increase, training will be easier, and turnover due to frustrated employees will be reduced. Metal-Pro allows you to:
- Reduce inventory investment
- Buy smarter
- Increase productivity
- Reduce training costs
- Reduce freight expenses
Coil Processor Software Features from Metal-Pro
Metal-Pro’s ERP software solutions were designed to provide the proper tools to seamlessly navigate the day-to-day operations of the coil processing industry. Metal-Pro manages sales, inventory, financial and production information, all with improved customer service in mind. The system reduces paperwork, streamlines operations and provides employees with the visibility they need. We provide the following software solutions for the coil processing industry:
- Robust setup screen calculates yield, validates the customer specs are being met, and provides for override approval of out of spec setups
- Extensive QC data gathering and validation
- Easy to use handling of unplanned breaks and restocks at the slitter
- Handles prime, secondary, and customer owned material
- Link photos of coils to the coil record using multiple device types
- Comprehensive customer specs definition with field validation tables
- Automatic or manual linked work orders for multi-step processing in house and/or at outside processors
- Automatic creation of outside processing work orders
- Comprehensive handling of outside warehouses with extensive material transfer functionality
- Real-time interactive dashboard for simple, comprehensive on-line production planning to view and combine orders and find and select raw material rapidly
- Real-time interactive dashboard for simple review and scheduling of work orders
- Automatic creation of planned production creation with barcoded production labels for scanning at packaging line
- Real-time interactive dashboard for the packaging lines
- Automatic or manual linked work orders for multi-step processing in house and/or at outside processors
- Full Genealogy tracing forward and backward
- Handles production of building and roofing panels, studs, and accessories
- Extensive EDI functionality
Toll Processing Features
- Billing at time of production or at shipping
- Charge by process or single charge for all processes
- Additional charges for miscellaneous items
- Customer inventory reports
- Material receipt acknowledgment for customer
This list is just a brief example of all the features and benefits that Metal-Pro’s software solutions can provide your coil processing operation. For more examples on the value we can provide your business, contact our sales specialists Contact us and we’ll answer any questions that you may have.
Contact Metal-Pro for Strategic Software Solutions for Coil Processors Today
At Metal-Pro, we have helped hundreds of owners and business executives solve their business challenges. Contact us for more information regarding our optimized software solutions for coil processors or request a quote for direct pricing information today. Metal-Pro is your trusted source for strategic automation software solutions.