BLIS-DC.B&L Information Systems, Inc. 4707 Rambo Road Bridgman, Michigan Bridgman is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,428 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.6 km² (2.9 mi²), all land. 49106 616/465-6207, fax 616/465-6686 website: www.blinfo.com Contact: Marketing department. Software Features: Collects all direct and indirect labor transactions; automatically time-stamps "job on" and "job off" transactions; automatically applies lunch and breaks either to the job or as indirects; performs user-defined production transactions such as coremaking, molding, melting, cleaning and machining; performsshipping, maintenance, tool room and other indirect transactions; tracks work schedules by employee; and easily reconciles time and attendance time to production time. The user can define by transaction if updating is online or batch and employ a bar code or keypad input for all transactions. The multi-lingual software supports hardwired or mobile handheld collection devices and is fully integrated to the company's ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. package and BLIS-400. Software Applications: Time and attendance with points system, production control and shipping transactions, purchased inventory (receipt, issue, adjust and moves) and physical inventories (castings, cores and purchased materials). Computer Platform: AS/400 and Intermec equipment. Number of installations: 12, including Blackhawk Foundry & Machine Co., Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city in the American state of Iowa that borders the Mississippi River. 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Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington. ; Rangers Die Casting die casting Forming metal objects by injecting molten metal under pressure into dies or molds. An early and important use of the technique was in the Linotype machine (1884), but the mass-production automobile assembly line gave die casting its real impetus. , Lynwood, California Lynwood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America. As of 2007, the city had a total population of 72,984. Lynwood is located near South Gate and Compton in the southern portion of the Los Angeles Basin. ; and Acme Die Casting, Lovejoy and Northbrook, Illinois. Training, Support and Update Options: Training is accomplished with a combination of classroom and on-site visits. Hardware training, installation and support are provided by the company's business partner, Sierra Consultants, Ltd. All support issues are channeled through B&L. New releases of the software are installed by the company under its maintenance contract. Case History: The foundry portion of The Dexter Co., Fairfield, Iowa, is an iron shop using vertical molding machines as its primary equipment. This year, Tim Opar, vice president of manufacturing, needed a data collection system to help track inventory, costs, give scheduling more up-to-date information and, most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , to help reduce the data entry workload of the office staff. A major concern of Dexter's was the installation, training and interface to its data collection system. B&L and Sierra Consultants resolved all of those concerns with a solid implementation plan. Wiring and radio frequency antennas were installed locally. Sierra personnel came to Dexter and checked out all of the equipment to ensure it worked properly. Opar attended a 2-day training class that included time and attendance, production, shipping, receiving and physical inventories. Prior to going live, B&L personnel visited Dexter for 1.5 days to ensure that everything was ready to go. BLIS-DC will be used in all areas of the foundry, according to Opar. "The area where the most immediate payback will occur is scheduling and payroll," he said. "We will save about 80 hr/week between the two areas. We will be able to use those 80 hr toward more profitable projects. The long-term goal is to build on this success. The elimination of data entry and the errors it creates will free up many more useable hours and increase our customer service levels." |
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