Premier Workflow System for Sheet Metal Fabrication Industry. Increase Engineering Productivity with Automated Workflow

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1 Premier Workflow System for Sheet Metal Fabrication Industry Increase Engineering Productivity with Automated Workflow

2 Introducing. Speed up workflow from quoting to final product shipment

3 Which Challenges Face Your Company? Common Challenges Increasing Volume of RFQs / Shorter Due Dates / Delayed Quote Delivery Manual Analysis of Customer Part Drawings / Specifications Dependency on Tribal Quoting Knowledge / Staff Availability Hard to Maintain Quoting Spreadsheets Variety of Options Requested by Customer Selection of Optimal Manufacturing Processes for Quote Costs Generation of Accurate Quote Time and Material Cost Estimates Preparation of Information for Shop Floor Reuse Rather than Re-Create Quit Reinventing the Wheel! Without the Global Edge Product Configurator, we would need to create hundreds of bill of materials (the list of damper components), which requires hundreds of engineering and clerical hours to create and maintain. Orders that once took up to four hours are now processed within 20 seconds. Steve Yoder, Damper Cell Manager Johnson Controls Watertown, Wisconsin Global Edge Solves Common Workflow Challenges

4 Global Edge Addresses Common Workflow Challenges Common Quoting / Order Steps Global Edge Solution 1. Organize / Store RFQ Information Automated Quoting Workflow 2. Manual Customer Part Analysis Automated Customer Part Analysis 3. Determine Routing Steps / Time / Costs Global Edge Configuration Engine 4. Calculate Material / Vendor Costs Global Edge Configuration Engine 5. Generate Part Bill of Materials Global Edge Configuration Engine 6. Configure / Generate Sales Drawings Global Edge Configuration Engine 7. Sales Quote Approval Automated Quoting Workflow 8. Integrate Quote Data with ERP / CRM Automated ERP / CRM Integration Increase Your Quoting and Engineering Capacity

5 Increase Quoting / Engineering Capacity with Configuration Engine Capabilities Automated Quote Configuration Automated Routing Generation Automated Time & Material Cost Rollups Automated Machine Tool Selection Based on Part Parameters Integration with Spreadsheet Parameters Automated CAD Model / Drawing Generation Supplement and Enhance Your Existing Workflow Process

6 Automated Workflow Stages Global Edge Automated Manufacturing is the premier workflow and product configuration system for the sheet metal fabrication industry. The innovation behind Global Edge provides capabilities to enhance your existing workflow process and provides innovative software tools that address and automate the three main stages of the quoting, engineering and manufacturing workflow process which includes: Analysis Stage Configuration Stage Integration Stage Enhance / Automate Your Workflow Process

7 Analysis Stage Global Edge Automated Manufacturing provides the starting point of the quoting process with automation the organizes analyzes incoming Request for Quote (RFQ) information. This includes the automated generation of part parameter information to drive automated routing generation and cost rollups with information that includes: Flat Length / Width / Perimeter Material Type / Thickness Cutout Counts / Cutout Perimeter Bend Counts (Up / Down) Internal Bend Counts (Up / Down) Cutout / Part Distance Eliminate the Manual Analysis Customer Part Information

8 Configuration Stage Global Edge Automated Manufacturing provides innovative software technology with a Configuration Engine that automates most of the labor intensive tasks associated with the quoting process. The Global Edge Configuration Engine can automatically process information from multiple data sources to configure and generate an accurate sales quote in a matter of seconds that include: Quoting Spreadsheets Homegrown Quoting Systems Customer Portal Websites Generate Routings / Accurate Sales Quote Costs in Seconds

9 Integration Stage Global Edge Automated Manufacturing provides functionality that integrates sales and engineering information directly with your ERP / CRM system. As sales quote and engineering is generated and updated, Global Edge can bi-directionally exchange information to and from ERP / CRM systems with capabilities that include: Importation of Web Site Parameters Importation of Spreadsheet Data Importation of ERP Costs Exportation of Sales Quote Data Exportation of Sales Opportunity Data Eliminates Manual Exchange of Information with ERP / CRM

10 Proven Results / Real World Successes Reuse Rather than Re-Create Quit Reinventing the Wheel! Without the Global Edge Product Configurator, we would need to create hundreds of bill of materials (the list of damper components), which requires hundreds of engineering and clerical hours to create and maintain. Orders that once took up to four hours are now processed within 20 seconds. Steve Yoder, Damper Cell Manager Johnson Controls Watertown, Wisconsin Effectively Manage Your Enterprise! Global Edge has effectively introduced and updated a total program for Carron Net Company. Starting with the custom product Configurator and working through inventory, order entry, the general ledger and accounting, Global Edge has integrated a complete system. We have found the system easy to use and navigate, yet complex enough to handle our needs. Troy Christiansen, Vice President Carron Net Company Two Rivers, Wisconsin Cycle Time is Shrinking My Customer Wants Everything Yesterday! Within one year of implementing Global Edge the time from order entry to shipment of custom power supplies decreased from four months to three weeks. John Garcia, V.P. Engineering Lambda Electronics, Inc. Melville, New York Speed up your workflow from quoting to final product shipment

11 Mission Statement Our Goal is to provide manufacturers with innovative, cost-effective solutions for reducing costs, improving productivity and streamlining operations to achieve a competitive global edge.