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News Release from: Jobshop | Subject: Jobshop production control and Exchequer software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 August 2007
Production control interfaced with
accounting
Latest version of the Jobshop advanced production planning and control system now interfaces seamlessly with Castle Computers' Exchequer software system.
Jobshop will release the latest version of its high capability manufacturing and production control system at the IT Showcase Scotland event I will be held at the Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland on September 12, 2007
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Jobshop and Castle Computers are sharing a stand to demonstrate the seamless integration of the Jobshop production control and Exchequer software accounting systems.
Planit global marketing director, Peter Roost, said: "We are pleased to present a complete solution with Castle Computers that will help customers to manage their business more efficiently.
Jobshop interfaced with the Exchequer accounts system provides an excellent tool for them to take full control of their processes to reduce lead times, cut costs and improve cash flow".
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Castle Computer Services is one of Scotland's leading software, hardware and services companies and provides financial and business systems and IT infrastructure design and support.
Ken McConnachie, business systems consultant at Castle Computer Services, commented: "We have teamed up with Jobshop to offer customers in the manufacturing and engineering sectors a financial management system that integrates fully with their production and control systems.
Customers who visit IT Showcase will be able to experience first hand how our Exchequer software system, when combined with Jobshop, offers the ideal end to end solution for effective project management and financial control".
* Improved costs control - faster operation and improved cost control capabilities are the key enhancements in Jobshop 9.3.1.
Jobshop 9.3.1 now incorporates an interface to Configur8or - industry-leading software for product and service configuration, estimating, quoting, specifying, ordering and manufacturing.
The integration will provide an easy-to-use yet powerful and comprehensive business management system.
It is particularly strong in the areas of shop floor data collection, MRP, scheduling, reporting and financial management.
It enables organisations of all sizes to harness the full potential of their manufacturing resources.
The link to Configur8or streamlines Jobshop's operation and reinforces its ability to reduce users' operating costs and increase their profitability by producing visual estimates for custom jobs.
Further new functionality introduced in Jobshop 9.3.1 includes the following.
* Enhanced contract costing and the ability to analyse project costs under as many cost centres as required.
* Compare actual to budgeted expenditure and accurately forecast costs to project completion.
* Sales EDI a fully customisable system for importing sales orders.
This feature will be of enormous benefit to customers who regularly import large sales schedules.
* The planning board in Jobshop has been completely rewritten for 9.3.1 with a Windows look and feel to make it as user-friendly as possible.
Designed and developed using a powerful 4GL programming tool kit, Jobshop is a true Windows application, providing customers with an intuitive and fully definable desktop environment.
'Drag and drop' commands and Windows Explorer type Treeview BOM displays allow the fast and accurate creation and checking of all levels within the product structure, along with instant updating of Bills of Material to accommodate customer-specified options.
Jobshop also features hot key searches, rapid 'drill down' tools for instant access to required data, and the power of Crystal Reports to enable analyses to be customised quickly and easily to individual user requirements.
* About Jobshop - Jobshop is an advanced production planning and control system which offers advanced functionality and value in the key areas of manufacturing and is a significant factor in enabling SME organisations to compete in the marketplace and economic climate through direct productivity improvements and lower IT infrastructure costs.
Jobshop is a principal brand of the Planit group recently ranked by CIMdata as the world's fastest growing CAM vendor, with most industrial users. Request a free brochure from Jobshop ...
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