PRO-FLO (Production Flow) boosts production efficiency and ensures the timely flow of information between your production staff, your salesstaff and your customers.

PRO-FLO automatically verifies your customers requirments so that costly packaging errorsare virtually eliminated. With PRO-FLO, your customers can count on receiving the proper material, and your business will save time and money.

"Just being able to walkout the door and look at the product we are running, and having total control of scheduling has been nice for us."

- Frank Pfirman

President of Matandy

Speeds up packaging
Individual tag instructions print on the work order forms
The manual set up sheets can be eliminated
The customer usage history will bring the customer specs onto the work order without hand written instructions
Online scheduling and real time status of all jobs per machine
Increases accuracy of data entry
Immediately eliminates a significant number of man-hours per week currently wasted on handwriting
Reduces input time
Provides immediate allocation and de-allocation of master tags; this eliminates the possibility of two people reserving the same coil!
Allows flexible setups - can vary the setups and sizes on each master
Puts ownership of job directly into hands of slitter operators, setup and helpers. Operators add notes directly to inventory (master or child tags), allows for immediate hold placed on suspect material while running
Minimizes paper work - all forms, schedules, specs are available on the screen
Allows for entire company to view progress of jobs in the production schedule
Plant personal have hands-on written PRO-FLO scheduling on specific equipment, positioning & repositioning jobs on the schedules needed throughout the day
WIP labels eliminate the need to hand write details on the steel

WIPs provide visible, permanent ID on steel - if a tag is lost, you can use the WIP ID to find the original tag number so it can be reprinted
Streamlines packaging process and eliminates aprrox. 99% of errors

At packaging line, customer spec are checked when scanning WIP tags
No mixed heats
No mixed customers
No exceeding customers max coil and max skid weight specs
No possibility of skidding different widths on same skid in error

Provides automatic verification of adherence to customer requirements
Minimizes packaging mistakes - automatic calculation will display the maximimum number of cuts per skid based on the max skid weight
Production details are updated REAL TIME - WIPS are cut Finished tags are completed, jobs are assigned to machines and sequenced - these details are available to all users immediately upon entry
Inventory is uploaded REAL TIME - available for shipment immediately
Complete traceability - Each mult is automatically linked to its master tag, break, and position on coil; this will speed up quality analysis for material defects
Each WIP and finished tag is updated with date and time of creation, scanning and completion

Provides efficient communication between scheduler and production personnel through the on-line scheduling and commenting
Minimizes errors - bar code scanning replaces entry of work order, sales order and master tag selection
Improves responsiveness to your customer requests for production status and quality issues
High-quality bar coded labels and tags will enhance the image of your organization in the eyes of your customers
The efficient production activities in your plant will enhance the image of your corporation in the eyes of all suppliers and customers who visit your site
Your shop employees will have an increased pride in their work - they will feel that they are a valued component in your organization as you entrust them with more responsibility
MOST IMPORTANT BENEFIT ... Real Time Inventory. As inventory is weighed and removed from packaging line; it is available in inventory and can be placed on bill of lading to ship immediately.

"Just being able to walkout the door and look at the product we are running, and having total control of scheduling has been nice for us."

- Frank Pfirman President of Matandy

- Frank Pfirman

President of Matandy