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Manufacturing is now a global activity and along with the huge opportunities that this presents comes significant competition in the form of production costs, quality and distribution. Therefore the importance of having a complete, fully integrated and flexible production management system cannot be overstated.

The characteristics of such a solution must include an attractive buy-in proposition, investment value through continual improvement and the ability to view the enterprise from within a single environment in a fully connected manner.

At Planit we pride ourselves in having one of the best-regarded manufacturing production control systems in Jobshop™ that has delivered real competitive benefits to hundreds of customers over many years by providing high-quality software and associated services within a culture of continual improvement.

Solutions

Good manufacturing systems do not just consist of huge databases with thousands of fields segregated by module definitions. The most valuable applications are those where a flexible environment is constructed that maps the customer processes and work-flows whilst offering best-practice as the backstop. Jobshop™ is a leader in this approach in recognising that competitive advantage is achieved through uniqueness and leadership as opposed to always following prescribed methods and practices.

The journey through the manufacturing life-cycle from estimates and quotations to sales orders leading to production, inventory control, shipping and invoicing is all covered by our application. Background data for parts, bills of material and routings including graphical representations is all stored within a single database environment. Additional features including finite and infinite capacity planning, full scheduling and MRP are all standard within a single licence.

We believe that our customers partner with us both initially and over a very long period because we understand their business problems and we talk the language of their industry. Over many years our teams have built up major experience in electronics, aerospace, automotive, food & beverage, FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) and precision engineering sectors. With our staff turnover well below industry average the core competence within our teams is a primary reason why we are so successful.

From a technical viewpoint it is essential that a core system is able to interface with and integrate to many other systems found within the manufacturing environment. The fourth generation language and relational database construction of Jobshop™ makes this ambition become a reality where connections to any financial systems, shop floor data capture and many others peripheral applications is possible within cost-effective parameters.

Our motivation in building world-class production control systems is to ensure that our customers are able to meet and exceed their customers’ expectations. In this way the promotion of our capabilities both in terms of high-quality software and associated services becomes self-generating. The significant growth in the Jobshop™ community is testament to the fact that this has been fundamentally achieved. The need to continue this trend and to be aware of all the challenges in our markets is central to the philosophy of our business, our team and most importantly our customers.

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