Quickstep Technology selects JETCAM and CROSSTRACK for nesting and material tracking
Summary
The company had initially identified potential improvements that could be made in nesting for their three CNC knife cutters, but after investigation saw that further benefits could be achieved in surrounding departments handling operations further on in the process, such as layup, tooling and at the autoclave. Phase two will expand CrossTrack to the shop floor, allowing staff to schedule nests for cutting, track layup tools and monitor the location and shop/shelf life of both raw material and kits around their facility. After performing a nesting benchmark comparison with several systems it was clear for Quickstep that the ROI in material savings alone would offer a payback in just 6 months for phase one of the project. A virtual machine was created on the same server with a replica of their JETCAM/CrossTrack setup, allowing Quickstep to plan and test the rollout of phase two in a duplicate environment without impacting on their day-to-day operations and system configuration. David Doral finalised; "As part of our strategic plan to constantly drive operational improvements through new technology investment, we are looking at various options going forward, where CrossTrack will be integrated with our ERP system, provide Industry 4.0 functionality and help us enable a completely paperless shop floor.
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