Click on a version to see details about features introduced in
prior releases:
Version 9.4.5 with Process Control
System interface, Document Distribution with ExtSTAR Server and Log Inventory
Version 9.4 with ShopStation
Version 9.3.3 with ExtSTARWeb
Version 9.3 with Consignments/Outside Processing
plus Scheduling and Pricing enhancements
Version 9.2 with split Profiles and Dies databases
Version 9.1 with Quality Module
Version 9.0 with Automatic Pricing,
Contract Pricing and Tracking and Customer Price List Generation
Version 8.7 with Metric
Units Support, Locale-specific formatting, Invoice/Credit Memo export and
Single-install
Version 8.6.1 with Stock Inventory, Line Up/Utility Sheet Reports, Die Drawing Viewer, Print
Packages and Java 1.5
ExtSTAR version 9.4.5 includes ShopStation enhancements that support
interfacing with process control systems, a new ExtSTAR Server application that
automates distribution of documents to customers and vendors via e-mail or fax,
and enhancements to support extrusion from logs as well as billets.
- ShopStation Enhancements including Process Control System Interface
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ExtSTAR ShopStation now includes enhancements to
support interfacing with a process control system (PCS) such as SMS Meer's
PICOS. Job information for an upcoming job can be transmitted to the
PCS at the touch of a button, including shop order #, profile #, alloy,
rough part length, die (copy) number and hole count. Data for
completed jobs can be retrieved from the PCS, including billet lengths and
quantities, accurately capturing billet weight pushed, even when the billet
lengths actually used vary within a single job or differ from the length
originally planned.
Zoomed band shows new ShopStation functions for interfacing with Process
Control Systems
As part of enhancements to support extrusion from logs,
ShopStation also now indicates the quantity of logs needed for upcoming jobs,
as well as the total number of logs needed for a group of consecutive jobs
that all use the same alloy, including any necessary starter billets.
- ExtSTAR Server
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ExtSTAR now has the ability to automatically
distribute documents to customer and vendor contacts via e-mail.
Documents currently supported include order acknowledgments, outside
processing vendor shop orders, invoices/credit memos and price lists.
Multiple contacts can be defined for each customer and vendor, and each
contact can be flagged to receive one or more specific types of
documents. ExtSTAR Server allows one or more jobs to be configured for
each document type, and jobs can be scheduled to fire automatically or
manually, depending on the amount of control operators desire over the
timing of document transmission. Customers/vendors who wish to receive
documents via fax rather than e-mail can be accommodated by utilizing a
third-party service bureau that transmits e-mailed documents to a fax
machine. Detailed logs of the success or failure of transmissions are
kept, allowing operators to easily confirm which documents were sent
successfully and when.
- Log Inventory and Utilization
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In addition to billets, ExtSTAR now fully supports
logs in addition to billets as a form of raw material inventory. For
inventory kept in logs, the Billet/Log Inventory report converts planned
billet quantities to log quantities in order to determine future
requirements. A version of the Utility
Sheet that shows log rather than billet sizes and quantities is
automatically generated for presses configured to cut billets from
logs. When billets cut from logs are consumed, they are converted to a
quantity of logs for the purpose of adjusting raw material inventory.
Log quantities are maintained in fractional units, allowing precise
adjustments to log inventory.
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