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Gridmaster Ltd.,
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Northants
NN15 5DU

01536 515218
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Estimating/Pricing/Costing & Scheduling software
for all Manufacturers & Workshops

KipwareTRK® is a unique software package that gives your shop a virtually unlimited ability to analyze, sort and track important information in your shop. KipwareTRK® is powerful tool that will have an immediate positive effect on your bottom line because KipwareTRK® allows you to easily store data without the need for an expensive bar code system and then lets you easily view and analyze that data in such ways as:

  • Track various shop floor activity including production information.
  • Sort and analyze work in process and delivery times.
  • Sort and analyze work to determine which jobs should be priorities using customer name, quantity, price and more.
  • Track and analyze your quoting & estimating process ... how and why you win or lose jobs.
  • Track and analyze the type of work you win from material type, to process type, to quantities and more.

Because KipwareTRK® is flexible, the user can sort and track data collected in virtually any manner desired.

KipwareTRK®'s Tracking Concept
Organizing the data

KipwareTRK® allows you to organize your quoting data under a number of different criterias.

  • Customer Name
  • Part Description - the user can define up to 1,000 entries in this database area that can be used to describe the type of workpiece in detail from the simple such as "TURNING" to more detailed such as "TURNING on OKUMA #1" to anything the user desires.
  • Quote Quantity
  • Material - the user can define up to 1,000 entries in this database area that define the type of material being used for the workpiece.
  • Quoted Price
  • Quote Action -- Submitted or Not Submitted.
  • Quote Result -- Job Awarded or Job Lost.
  • Quote History - the user can store up to 1,000 entries that describe the part, process or any other feature unique to the particular job or shop criteria in general.

KipwareTRK®'s Sorting Concept
Viewing the data

KipwareTRK®'s unique SORT feature is where the user can tie all the database entries together and put the power of KipwareTRK® to use. Using any of the various database files outlined above, the user can SORT their quotations per that database's criteria. Some examples of how KipwareTRK® can be used :

  • Sort the quotes by Customer Name - easily see jobs pending, due dates or quotation history for a particular customer.
  • Sort the quotes by Quantity - easily see all the "big" jobs or "small" jobs on the shop floor ... or track the quantity size of orders you are winning.
  • Sort the quotes by Material - use this feature to help keep en eye on your stock inventory.
  • Sort the quotes by Price - use this feature for your bottom line ... which jobs should get a priority status based on cash flow.
  • Sort the quotes by History - use this feature to help sort work on your shop floor using any user-defined criteria such as
    • Early Delivery
    • Job behind schedule
    • Material not received
    • ... or whatever criteria you need.

KipwareTRK® - For the Real World
 

Because KipwareTRK® was designed from the shop floor up, it reflects what really happens in the real world. Without the need for expensive bar code systems and equipment, KipwareTRK® can bring real job tracking, analysis and sorting tools to your shop. In addition to assisting on the shop floor, KipwareTRK® will help analyze an area of your business many shop ignore ... your quoting and estimating process. In today's market, is no longer enough to send out your quotes and wait for the results. You need to analyze your quoting and estimating process to see :

  • What kind of parts to we most frequently quote? ... purchase machinery based on your real need.
  • Which of our shop machines do we most frequently quote?
  • What is the quantity most frequently quoted? ... quote more of the "big" jobs or "small" jobs based on your shop performance.
  • What is the most commonly quoted material? ... Do you have a knack for machining a particular material?
  • What is the percentage of SUBMITTED and NOT SUBMITTED quotes? ... Are you letting work slip away and why.
  • What is the percentage of JOBS AWARDED vs. JOBS LOST? ... Quoting too high or too low.
  • Why are we losing or winning work? ... Define and fix problems before they escalate.
  • ..... and so much more.

Don't think TRACKING your quotes is important?
See what Modern Machine Shop has to say about it.
Click HERE to read the article in-depth.

 

For the Machine Shop: Advanced cycle time calculation based on Material and Speeds/Feeds data and the parameters of your Machinery Modules for Machines of all types.

For Fabrication Shops:  Cycle time calculation for CNC Turret Punch, Laser & Flame Cutting. Standards for Welding, Shearing, Punching, Folding etc..

For the Construction Industry: BOM (Bill of Materials) construction to unlimited levels.
(build & price an Aircraft, Boat or House).

All estimates are quick to create. Macros of standard routines can be called and existing estimates cloned and modified.