ATTN: Manufacturing Industry – Real-Time Job Tracking Critical for HIGHER Profits!

Realtrac's Real-Time ERP System

As we all know, the practice of tracking time on jobs is critical to ensuring consistent profits. We speak with many shop owners who are frustrated with their out-of-control shop floors. These shops are generally (a) not tracking their time at all, or (b) using older, time-consuming processes like Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, or Access databases.

Of course, the more time you spend recording time, the less time you have to physically run your shop floor. Also, this kind of manual entry (whether entered by a manager or employee) is often riddled with mistaken data. “Bad Data In, Bad Data Out,” in other words.

The Realtrac Shop Management system uses the “Shop Floor Client:” a real-time window into the shop floor that allows managers to see which employees are using which machines on each job. View each job’s drawing number, operation number, run status, estimated and actual hours, or your employees and their log-on times. Get detailed information about jobs, work center loads and previous work sessions - actual times are color-coded for easy description. Anyone in the shop will immediately know if a job is on time, falling behind – or if it’s already late!

Realtrac customers receive immediate access to full shop floor control with mobile-optimized touch screen technology for PC’s, iPads and iPhones. No hand scanners to aim, no paper routers to carry around, and no manual input needed to access employees, jobs and operations. That’s right - Realtrac users can simply press the touch screen to record time, without entering the job, operation or employee numbers! 

Other systems on the market claim to use similar technology; however, they require you to enter the employee, job and operation. Plus, they aren’t mobile-optimized! We estimate our shop client is up to 10x faster collecting shop floor labor time than some of our competitors!

Contact us today for more information on how to regain control of your shop floor - increasing your customer satisfaction and profitability!

Call us today at 734.793.3811, or email questions and comments to sales@realtrac.com!

About REALTRAC

Based in Livonia, Michigan, REALTRAC Performance ERP software is a manufacturing ERP software company specializing in ERP software for machine shops, job shops and make-to-order metal working manufacturers. The company was founded in the heart of a machine shop and has served the manufacturing industry for over three decades. The program is used by thousands of users across North America. REALTRAC 10 was released in March 2014.

Now, Where Did I Use That Material Again, Exactly?

Realtrac ERP Software Material Planning

Every shop owner in the manufacturing industry has faced the scenario of non-conformance material. Fortunately, Realtrac’s MRP function provides quick and easy answers to the what, where, when and how.

Thursday, 3 PM. Your best customer calls and says: “The part you just delivered? I had one shear in half. I think there’s a problem with the steel used in the part.”

Figure 1 - The Job that made the faulty part

You now have some questions to answer: What jobs on the floor use the same stock? Which customers have you already delivered parts to, using the same material? And, how long will it take you to collect that data? Fortunately, you can answer all these questions in under 2 minutes with the Realtrac MRP feature!

So, how can you tell what jobs and parts used the same lot of steel? Let’s walk through the three steps required to discover this critical piece of business information.

Step #1: Navigate to the original job with the material being returned.

 

Figure 2 - Lot information on the Material Usage tab

Step #2: Click on the “Material Usage” tab at the top of the screen. 

On my return, this shows me all the materials consumed in the production of the material. I used 18 pieces of 4140 that may be faulty, and I see the lot number that the material came in on.

Step #3: Click the “MRP” button, and type the beginning entries of the lot number.  

The Realtrac ERP Software search will instantly display the jobs and customers who are potentially affected by the non-conforming steel material.

Figure 3 - Searching the MRP feature for the Lot of steel

In just three clicks, I have a full report on all the parts, jobs and customers who might be impacted. I can reach out to those customers, see the status of each job and if they’re still on my floor, or I can continue to study the issue. What’s important is that I don’t need to go to an outside source, and I don’t need to contact my vendors or customers. I have my purchasing, inventory and true product and material tracking in one location. No more stress and anxiety for manufacturing shops using Realtrac!

Call us today at 734.793.3811, or email questions and comments to sales@realtrac.com!

About REALTRAC

Based in Livonia, Michigan, REALTRAC Performance ERP is a manufacturing ERP software company specializing in ERP software for machine shops, job shops and make-to- order metal working manufacturers. The company was founded in the heart of a machine shop and has served the manufacturing industry for over three decades. The program is used by thousands of users across North America. REALTRAC 10 was released in March 2014.

Realtrac ERP Software at HaasTEC 2015

It was a great opportunity for Realtrac ERP Software to be invited as an exhibiting vendor at HaasTEC 2015. Almost 3900 visitors saw the latest Haas CNC technology up close and in great detail, with 20 machines cutting metal. There were guided factory tours of the 1-Million-square-foot manufacturing facility – both above and on the production floor – to see how the Haas Team builds the machines. Attendees were able to visit with industry vendors for tooling, probing, ERP software, and more. These folks came from all over the world, and from many different demographics, ranging from University Studies to Aerospace to Military-Defense to Automotive and racing. Realtrac was 1 of 38 invited vendors that have a relationship with Haas Automation.

        “Haas put on a fantastic show,” stated Jeremy Klosowski, Director of Sales for Realtrac. “Not only was it great to be in the California sun for a week after shoveling through the Michigan snow, but we were able to meet with many different people from a vast array of manufacturing companies from all over the world.”

Realtrac was also represented by team members from across the country. Dean Gionis is the Regional Sales Manager based out of Realtrac ERP Software’s New York office, and he was very focused on creating new relationships with prospective customers. 

    “I was amazed at the great deal of excitement Haas created for this show,” Dean said. “Haas is an excellent company that has grown leaps and bounds over the last 20 years and I look forward to being back here at Haas Automation in 2017.”


Realtrac also was represented by their California office with Lead Software Technician Jim Dawson making the three hour trek up from Orange County.
 
When asked, Jim said of his experience, “The factory tour was amazing. It was really neat to see Haas using their own machines to build more of their own machines.  Some even using robots to load raw material and unload finished parts running 24 hours, 6 days per week. I am really thankful that I was able to be a part of this show and see the this side of the process.”
 
Additionally, Realtrac was able to expand their relationship with Haas by being accepted into the Haas Technical Education Centers. “We are very excited about this opportunity and look forward to working with colleges, universities and high schools across the nation to use the Realtrac ERP software in their manufacturing curriculum,” said Jeremy Klosowski. “There is much work to do to get ready to get our software in the hands of these professors and teachers and we are thankful to Haas Automation for assisting us in the process.”
 
Realtrac ERP Software will also continue to coordinate with the Haas Factory Outlets across the United States and join them for hosted Open Houses, Trade Shows and additional opportunities.
    
As a testament to how Haas has helped business, Jeremy stated, “The Haas brand is very influential in the manufacturing industry and Realtrac is very proud to be able to join Haas in many different endeavors.”
 
Heading to any of the major trade shows this year? Come meet us! We have all of our upcoming shows listed here: Realtrac Manufacturing ERP Software Trade Shows

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About REALTRAC | Based in Livonia, Michigan, REALTRAC Performance ERP is a manufacturing ERP software company specializing in manufacturing software for machine shops, job shops and make-to- order metal working manufacturers. The company was founded in the heart of a machine shop and has served the manufacturing industry for over three decades. The program is used by thousands of users across North America. REALTRAC 10 was released in March 2014.
 

Announcing: Cloud Back-Up Solutions, The REALTRAC GARAGE

Without Your Data, You Have No Business!

Everyone has a local backup. But not everyone has remote backups. A local backup is great, until your facility has a catastrophic incident that destroys all of your hardware, backups included. What happens then? Without a backup from a remote location, you're stuck starting at square one. What jobs were on the floor? What jobs have you billed for? Having a remote backup that is up to date is priceless in a situation like this. Your road to recovery will be hard, but it will be nearly impossible without the data you need to put the pieces back together. For about a $1.00 a day your company can be protected! Can you even think of a better investment??

 "REALTRAC GARAGE” Cloud Backup Solutions

The “Realtrac Garage” enables our customers to store their data and computer files using our data encrypted connection storage service provider. Files and data will be automatically saved to the cloud backup service on a regular, scheduled basis, or the information can be automatically backed up anytime.

The “Realtrac Garage” offers essential features such as archiving and disaster recovery. Archiving features help to satisfy your legal requirements for data retention, and as part of your company's disaster recovery plan, the remote, off-site storage provided by REALTRAC ensures your data remains safe in the event your local data is jeopardized by a disaster such as a fire, flood, hacker attack or employee theft.

WHY purchase the “Realtrac Garage” Cloud Backup Solutions?

As your company copes with the growing amount of proprietary information being generated every day, you face a daunting truth: without your data, you have no business. That’s why it’s so critical to now have a modern and dependable system in place to safeguard valuable business information. REALTRAC’S cloud backup, recovery and restore is a secure, cost-effective and reliable solution.

Lower total cost of ownership
REALTRAC’S Cloud Backup software integrates with your REALTRAC ERP software to locate and prioritize files for backup, and then securely transmits encrypted copies of those files to offsite data centers. This results in a lower total cost of ownership compared to the purchase and maintenance of complex tape backup systems.

Improved reliability and speed of recovery
Having a backup solution is meaningless without a rapid and reliable method of recovering and restoring data. REALTRAC’S cloud backup and recovery system instantly restores data regardless of your location. You will establish Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives that match your business requirements. During the cloud backup process, Realtrac tests the validity of the data being transmitted. This ensures that the data arrives safe and sound in our private, encrypted cloud.  In addition, Realtrac provides a one click solution to retrieve the backup, double check that it's valid, then restore your data exactly how it was.

Reduced operating and administrative costs
Once you select a backup schedule, your company data is saved automatically, providing an unobtrusive and transparent solution. This “set it and forget it” model results in less operational and administrative management for data backup. The built-in scalability of cloud backup makes it easy to evolve as your business data environment grows and changes.

REALTRAC GARAGE Cloud Backup Solutions:

Monthly          $39.00             Yearly             $400.00
Contact Your REALTRAC Sales Representative Today for complete Safety and Assurety!