Remove Bill of Materials Remove Freight Remove Lead Time
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Create the Shop Floor You Always Wanted with ERP

Fabricating & Metal Work

Planners can easily view and schedule employees, workcenters, materials and other various elements, including outside processes, to accurately estimate lead times. Imagine using a CAD/CAM integration to automatically update bills of materials and job orders from CAD files rather than transferring the data manually.

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Embrace Disruption: The Supply Chain

Fabricating & Metal Work

The fabricator can integrate data from a CAD system into the ERP with the rest of the production process, such as scheduling and bill of materials. To be successful, companies must have infrastructure in place, some of the sourcing for materials, and labor located here in the United States, Latona said.