NMetric's 4C to help software one customers obtain shop floor visibility.NMetric has announced that it is partnering with Software One (Clawson, Mich.) to help mid-sized manufacturers proactively manage by integrating and coordinating scheduling with real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. tracking and updating of all resources, materials, labor and capacity. With nMetric's 4C, Software One customers can leverage the systems they already have instead of investing in new systems to get a real-time view of scheduling. "Plugging the gap between scheduling and execution to obtain real-time visibility is an effective way for our customers to increase their profits," explains Theresa Dunn, president of woman-owned Software One. "By accelerating work and order flow, management fosters increased revenues. Inventories, WIP WIP Work In Progress WIP Work in Process WIP World Internet Project WIP Women in Prison (movie genre) WIP World Institute of Pain WIP Wash-In-Place WIP Women in Publishing WIP Work In Place WIP Wireless Internet Protocol and otherwise, will drop as their shop floor visibility is enhanced. Optimizing manufacturing resources will also boost operational margins and delay capital investments." "The technical staff and industry specialists at Software One have extensive practical experience and expertise in various areas, including manufacturing, supply chain management, financial and accounting management, automotive, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. and e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. ," reports Tom Carpenter, nMetric CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Now, they can show their customers how their present software can become the provider of data used by 4C@Site, affordably linking scheduling and execution to foresee fore·see tr.v. fore·saw , fore·seen , fore·see·ing, fore·sees To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment. potential production hotspots before they become problems." With nMetric 4C, orders are continuously monitored at every moment throughout the production process in real time to assure status and provide notification to all members in the supply chain if delivery expectations are not going to be met. When and if resources or demands change or might change, 4C attempts to resolve any problems that could affect delivery dates and/or proactively notifies all specified parties so they are aware and can plan accordingly. If there are prospective large shifts in plans or resources, users proactively use 4C to manually determine the impact of various "what-ifs" on present order dates in the queue Pronounced "Q." A temporary holding place for data. See queuing, message queue and print queue. (programming) queue - A first-in first-out data structure used to sequence objects. Objects are added to the tail of the queue ("enqueued") and taken off the head ("dequeued"). . Management can then anticipate what the effects of each change will be before making them. |
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