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Components
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Features
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Benefits
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- EA! Multi-line item Shop Orders
(Click here for sample)
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- Multiple parts of the same profile but different cut lengths, fabrications and/or
finishes can be scheduled as a single extrusion job, eliminating redundant data,
reducing paperwork and simplifying the scheduling process
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- Can be e-mailed to customer contacts on demand
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- Planning can be done using the actual wt/foot for a specific die (copy) or a profile’s
nominal/print wt/foot
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- Computes optimum billet lengths and quantities for small and large orders
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- Alloy-specific billet lengths
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- Helps control the number of different billet lengths that need to be ordered from
suppliers to avoid surcharges
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- Lead times for each process or department can be specified globally and overridden
at the part or order level
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- EA! Accurately projects press utilization on a weekly basis using the estimated
extrusion date for each order and the most recent production rates of scheduled profiles,
resulting in a highly accurate schedule that helps improve on-time delivery
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- EA! Drag & drop daily scheduling tool
(Click here for screen shot)
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- Intuitive interface makes scheduling a breeze
- Alerts operators to billet shortages and late orders
- Identifies multiple orders for the same profile so they can be scheduled together
to reduce setups
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- Billet/log requirement projections
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- Summarizes billet and log requirements up to 6 weeks in the future and computes order
quantities based on a user-designated order window
- Shows billet and log requirements by weight or quantity
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- Stores length, tolerances, alloy, temper, cooling specifications, production and
finishing processes, notes and PDF files containing fabrication and packing diagrams/instructions
for each part to ensure a consistent and correct product
- Supports assemblies and kits with a single-level bill of materials
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- Stores profile drawings and packing prints in PDF form
- EA! Includes built-in PDF viewer at no extra cost
- EA! Stores billet temperatures, extrusion speeds and notes specific to each press,
alloy and temper
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- Tracks production history by die (copy), including actual wt/foot
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- Shop floor production information presentation and collection
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- Optimized for use with a touchscreen to allow easy selection of jobs and recording
of production data
- Captures all job-related production data, including production time, downtime, billets
extruded, piece quantities and actual weight/foot
- Interfaces with process control systems such as SMS Meer’s PICOS for exchange of
production information
- Enables near-realtime production reporting
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- EA! Billet and Log Queue
(Click here for screen shot)
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- Helps catch billet alloy or size discrepancies before a job runs and reduces data
entry
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- Operational & Management Reporting
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- Computes production rate (pounds/hour) and backstock (a.k.a. retained scrap) by press,
date, shift, profile, die, alloy and customer, for any date range
- EA! Shows production rates including production-related downtime for a truer picture
of productivity
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- EA! Shows detailed status of each order without the need for rack tags
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- BIRT business intelligence reporting tool
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- Allows users to generate custom reports and combine ExtSTAR data with other sources
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- Generates packing tickets right at the pack station
- Instantly updates order status as material is packed
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- Document chemical analysis and test results for orders
- Automatically generated for customers/parts that require them
- Multiple pull tests can be recorded on a single certificate
- Warns operators if any material is out of specification before shipping paperwork
is generated
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- Stock availability alerts
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- Operators entering new or updating existing orders are alerted to the availability
of material in stock that can be used to fulfill part or all of the order
- EA! Stock material in long lengths can be reserved for orders that require a shorter
length
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- User-defined scrap reasons
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- Scrap reasons can be configured to permit the entry of an additional detailed description
of a problem
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- BIRT report template that implements a cube can be easily and quickly configured
to report scrap by any of several dimensions
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- EA! ExtSTARWeb web server
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- Optional module permits vendors to report material processed via the Internet, providing
timely and detailed traceability and reducing in-house entry of data related to vendor
activity
- Supports assemblies and kits
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- Optional rule-based tool generates all extrusion, setup, fabrication, material certificate
and other charges for every order for any customer
- Generates customer price lists that can be automatically distributed to customers
via e-mail (Click here for sample)
- Contract prices can be specified that apply to a particular volume or period of time
and a select group of products; contract fulfillment can be computed at any time
and included on customer price lists
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- Automatically marks processes complete as material is accounted for through each
process/department, eliminating clerical work and keeping In Process and other reports
updated and clean
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- Order acknowledgements, outside-processed orders, invoices, custom price lists and
other documents can be e-mailed or faxed to customer and vendor contacts automatically
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- Supports country- and language-specific text and formats for numbers, dates and currency
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- English and metric units of measure
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- Lengths and weights can be specified in any of several English and metric units of
measure; a built-in conversion tool is also available to convert from one unit of
measure to another
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- Custom PDF documents containing fillable fields or BIRT reports can be stored in
ExtSTAR and automatically generated for selected customers and/or vendors, with fields
populated by values from an invoice, packing list or shop order
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- EA! Platform-independence
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- ExtSTAR is written in Java™, allowing it to run on virtually any platform, including
Windows® and Linux®
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