Plastic Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Thermoforming, Transfer Molding, Reaction Injection Molding, Compression Molding, Vacuum Forming, and Extrusion Environments Features and Functions

• Handle multiple cavitations and "family tools"


• Create complex tools with the ability to block some cavities


• Tracking of scrap and regrind for material reuse purposes


• Quotes and BOMs that support family tools, with part costing and pricing for individual items of family molds


• Scheduling of multiple unique part numbers in a single cycle, on a single machine


• Generation of multiple product configurations (quantity, run rate, scraps percentages, etc.) per BOM


• Handle consumed excess material (called runner and sprue) that may or may not be reusable


• Both BOMs and formulas, as required


• Account for regrind, scrap, and purge and return of regrind to inventory within the user-defined costing model


• Graphic visualization of costs, the ability to view all BOM components in tree format, and easy management of BOMs with utility programs


• Cost calculations that take into account materials, purge, labor, overhead, stations, packaging, setup, tooling, sub-contracting, and warehousing


• Tracking of different costing at individual plant locations using multiple BOMs and by performing alternate routings


• Supplier contract pricing tables and product price lists


• User creation of quantity price break tables with margins automatically from the BOM


• Consignment inventory that can be relieved at invoicing, with users obtaining separate consignment reporting for valuation purposes


• Material that is costed to jobs, materials received and unallocated, time card activity, and tooling revisions


• Planning for tool setups, family molds, and tool conflict resolution, as well as consideration of set-up and tear-down times and preventative maintenance.


• "Bag and Film Quoter" capability that is specially designed for film extruders, flexographic printers, gravure printers, extrusion laminators, adhesive laminators, coaters, metalizers, slitters, bag and pouch makers, and other similar processes


• Users may schedule by multiple plant locations, departments, and multi-tool stations


• User may plan for tool setups, family molds, and any tool conflict resolution


• Consideration of setup and teardown times, and also of any preventative maintenance schedules


• Location, lot, serial number, and revision tracking capabilities


• Multiple ways to make or track raw material (blends), assembled WIP items, finished goods, etc.


• Real time shop floor production monitoring that tracks cycles on tools or machines, data collection, precision measurement, analysis and reporting, gage management, material usage and labor tracking, downtime, scrap and SPC data gathering, run or trend alarming, machine process profiling, etc.


• Scheduling tools that provide visibility for out of service tools or dies, whereby there is also an auxiliary equipment conflict evaluator


• Tracking standard and actual cavitations (when some cavities are blocked


• Multiple BOMs for the same item