CAD/CAM Business Integration and Management

Metal fabrication shops can use the Integra suite of software to fully integrate their CAD/CAM system into quotation, dispatch, customer relationship management, purchasing and sales management, including costs and selling prices, inventory control, and banking.

The UK business alone of Lantek Systems Ltd. (Malvern, Worcestershire, UK), the parent company of Lantek Systems Inc. (Houston, TX), grew by 24 percent during 2012, with more than 500 manufacturers across that country now using its Expert CAD/CAM software for the sheet metal and steel fabrication.

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Metal fabrication shops need dedicated software that is linked to their CAD/CAM system to run all their business processes, from quotation through to dispatch, so Lantek responded with a focus on business integration and management in its Integra suite of software, which integrates with the full range of Lantek CAD/CAM software and offers customer relationship management, purchasing, sales management, including costs and selling prices, inventory control, and banking.

The Manager and Wos systems track manufacturing progress in real time and provide tools for managers to optimize production processes and compare actual events and times with those that were planned. Included with these systems are modules which make it possible to maintain part traceability and history, providing valuable information for the optimization of future production.

For the structural steel industry, Steelworks integrates with leading Building Information Modelling systems such as GRAITEC, which uses shared data to build a project plan including budgets, financial forecasting, purchasing, production control, certification and reporting, allowing managers to have full visibility of the key phases of a project.

Lantek ERP solutions are geared towards particular market sectors that offer uses the specialist functionality needed to excel in these industries, with a functionality that is simply not available in generic ERP systems.

For example, one major user is C. Brown and Sons, which processes in excess of 100,000 tons of sheet and plate each year and uses the system to manage all its activities, from nesting and customer relationship management to subcontracting and the identification of new business opportunities.

Lantek Systems has over 12,000 clients in more than 100 countries, with offices in 15 countries and a wide network of distributors providing worldwide coverage. Its new initiative of offering a special focus on solutions will enable international companies to leverage the benefits of dedicated ERP in all their manufacturing plants, wherever they are located. www.lanteksms.com, marketing@lanteksms.com