Steel construction workshops: A+Software is the solution for you
Your main activity is the manufacture of steel. Production of structural steel, tubes, flat steel and other steel items which can be managed individually or by welded elements, from original CAD drawing or BIM model to invoicing.
Advance Workshop Software: optimizes your company’s steel production.
Our technical experts have developed the highly logical and practical Advance Workshop software by Arma Plus to assist you in the day-to-day management of your factory. It facilitates the organisation of exchanges between the office, the factory and the site thanks to its wide functional coverage.
Full compatibility with Advance Steel. Import sets of elements and individual parts. Create and plan your orders and fabrication orders. View your order bill of materials. Detailed summary view of your imports. You have a mapping interface to compare data between source and imported files to validate items. And a visualisation tool for parts and assemblies.
Nesting module for management of leftovers and their reuse, and management of manufacturing orders from several customer orders to minimise waste and increase process productivity.
Automatic connection with machines and machine maintenance management.
Compatibility with machines such as Voortman, Kaltenbach, Ficep, Mazak… And compatibility with plate/beam nesting software such as Alma, Sigmanest, Lantek…
Real-time production tracking of customer orders, manufacturing orders, machines and operators.
Automatic assignment of raw material batch code for traceability.
Production of manufacturing reports and labels.
The strength of our solutions lies in the adaptability of the Advance Workshop software architecture to meet your requirements. Whatever your problems and requirements are, Arma Plus has the solution.
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| Construction site management | |
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| Sundry management | |
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| Delivery | |
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| Invoicing and payments | |
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| Fixing and situation invoicing | |
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| Purchases | |
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| Workflow | |
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| Subcontracting | option | |
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| Customer’s pre purchases | |
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| Human Resource Management | |
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| Stock management (accounting and traced) | |
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| MRP1 Stock Shortages Analysis | |
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| Autodesk Advance Steel elements and parts importation (SMLX and NC Wiscon Files) | |
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| BIM compatibility for steel parts, not elements (IFC Files) | |
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| Matching interface to review and validate importation | |
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| Bill of Materials (BOM) Configurator and Viewer | |
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| Standard cost calculation | |
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| True cost calculation Configurator | |
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| QA Labs Management | |
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| Data exchange between A+Software DataBases | |
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| LOGISTICS | |||
| Loading control | |
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| Weighbridge control | |
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| Truck tour optimization | |
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| Mobil Stock | |
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| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | |||
| Long steel items nesting module | |
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| Flat steel items nesting interface with third parties | option | option | option |
| Just in Time management | |
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| Assigning production Lines | |
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| Organization and launch Production strategy | |
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| Operation work progress capture | |
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| Real-Time production monitoring, Industrial Data acquisition | option | |
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| Machine Servicing System |
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| Direct 1D Downloading and by Production machine query (depending on the machinery) | option | option | option |
| Steelsystem | as needed | as needed | as needed |
| ARCHITECTURE | |||
| Single workstation | |
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| WAN | |
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| Cloud | option | option | option |
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