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News Release from: Sescoi International | Subject: MyWorkPLAN at Slechta
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 April 2008
Toolmaker invests in Sescoi job
management
Czech toolmaker evaluated several job management systems before selecting MyWorkPLAN from Sescoi, to exchange data and interface with external software packages such as CAD and Microsoft Office.
Founded in 1997, Czech toolmaker Slechta is located in Polikno and now specialises in the hand polishing of aluminium and steel mold inserts The company has 35 employees and a turnover of EUR 1 million
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 4 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Controlling manager at Slechta, ,Martin Lepic, said: "Slechta is one of the biggest companies in its field in Central Europe, and is well known for its quality.
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Our objectives are to maintain and improve our quality standards and provide an even better service to our customers.".
The company is already ISO 9001:2001 accredited and needed to invest in its infrastructure.
Slechta evaluated several job management systems before selecting MyWorkPLAN from Sescoi.
MyWorkPLAN uses an open MySQL database, which enables it to exchange data and interface with external software packages such as CAD systems, Microsoft Office products, and accounting packages.
It communicates with existing systems and makes use of a company's previous investment in software, and the skills and experience of its staff.
By capturing methods and data, implementation of MyWorkPLAN is completed very quickly, said Sescoi to manufacturingtalk.
Tutorial sessions and the intuitive interface enabled rapid acceptance of the software within a company over a short learning curve.
* More accurate work quotations - MyWorkPLAN modules help generate more accurate quotations based on historical information.
It has the ability to analyse customer's drawings, control purchasing costs, and keep track of stock levels.
Of particular interest to Slechta was the software's capability for recording time and attendance and the time allocated to each job.
Lepic said: "Monitoring the hours spent on each job is far quicker now, as is recording the working hours and attendance record for each operator.
We also have better control of our production schedule." Shop floor terminals record manufacturing times by logging operators against each job, giving managers information about each task as it happens.
Having this level of data allows the company to advise its customers of the exact status of each job and provides a warning if a task is overrunning its allotted time.
* Key performance indicator reports - MyWorkPLAN also makes it easy Slechta to compile reports for its key performance indicators.
Lepic added: "From the information we collect we are able to create Microsoft Excel reports for our payroll and accounts.
Clocking in and out is also far simpler with MyWorkPLAN.
Hours worked for all employees, as well as monthly reporting spreadsheets, can be completed with one mouse click".
Two Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with a macro connection to the MyWorkPLAN database via ODBC provide this functionality.
Lepic said the company had to define a series of rules in MyWorkPLAN.
He added: "Now the system covers all our needs, such as summarising overtime hours and night time hours for each employee over a six month cycle".
Slechta said that it had found that the links to Microsoft Excel and the automated report creation are valuable tools, saving it from re-entering data and the possibility of transposition errors.
The company's next target is to make use of the documents, which can be automatically generated by MyWorkPLAN, and to implement the scheduling module.
Slechta said that he software is already proving to be very valuable.
Lepic concluded: "Preparing our monthly payroll used to take several days, now it can be completed in a few minutes.
MyWorkPLAN is highly important to Slechta.
Within a short time we expect it to become indispensable.".
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