Machine builders aren't like other manufacturers. They've got longer lead times, more complex bills of materials, and more complicated supply chains. To manage this complex production environment, machine builders need sophisticated, flexible software solutions. Epicor's Manufacturing solutions allow you to automate quoting, scheduling, and job costing. So you can focus on sales and productivity.

Epicor for Machine Builders: A Quick Guide

• Comprehensive job travelers include subcontracted operations: important for the subcontracted work that is an important part of your business. If you're casting a part but hiring a vendor to machine the casting, the machining operation is included on the traveler.
• Estimating & Quoting module lets you base quotes on jobs you've previously performed. If you're bidding on refurbishing a machine, you can just base your quote on the actual production data from the last time you refurbished a similar machine. No more under- or over-bidding.
• Machine and work center maintenance schedules are integrated with the production schedule, so you can minimize downtime while still tooling parts to precise tolerances.
• Product Configurator module helps you manage the detailed part structures that complex machines often require. You can configure parts during the quote or order process, and generate multi-level bill of materials for all your assemblies.
• Innovative, easy-to-use visual scheduling tools help you identify and eliminate bottlenecks before they hit the shop floor. If you're facing an overload at a critical work center, an operator can just drag-and-drop a job's schedule forward or backward to alleviate the overload.
• Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) compliance lets you export manufacturing and financial data to a variety of applications, helping you integrate your business with customers and other suppliers in complex supply chains.
• Bar-coded shop floor data collection tools help shop supervisors gather accurate labor information while telling machine operators exactly what they should work on at any given time.
• Web-based eCommerce and online customer service tools give your customers and suppliers real-time access to order, shipment, and payment data.

Epicor also offer machine builders a complete suite of professional services, including training, online and phone support, consulting, customization, and installation and implementation services. For details on how Epicor's manufacturing solutions can help make your machine building business run more efficiently, please call 800-457-3015, or email vantage.info@epicor.com