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.

	essential	Advanced	Premium
ADMINISTRATIVE
Custom settings
Construction site management
Sundry management
Delivery
Invoicing and payments
Fixing and situation invoicing
Purchases
Workflow
Subcontracting		option
Customer’s pre purchases
Human Resource Management
Stock management (accounting and traced)
MRP1 Stock Shortages Analysis
TECHNICAL
Autodesk Advance Steel elements and parts importation (SMLX and NC Wiscon Files)
BIM compatibility for steel parts, not elements (IFC Files)
Matching interface to review and validate importation
Bill of Materials (BOM) Configurator and Viewer
Standard cost calculation
True cost calculation Configurator
QA Labs Management
Data exchange between A+Software DataBases
LOGISTICS
Loading control
Weighbridge control
Truck tour optimization
Mobil Stock
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Long steel items nesting module
Flat steel items nesting interface with third parties	option	option	option
Just in Time management
Assigning production Lines
Organization and launch Production strategy
Operation work progress capture
Real-Time production monitoring, Industrial Data acquisition		option
Machine Servicing System		option
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
LAN
WAN
Cloud	option	option	option

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