The term "Job shop" is used to identify any type of shop that uses "Work Orders" or "Job Numbers" to track their customer orders. Job Shops are generally "make to order" shops that are making something to a customer print. Job Shops do very little repeat work and in most cases will never produce the same item more than one time. A Manufacturing Software Solution to Handle Anything and Everything

Job shops come in all shapes and sizes and use all different kinds of material. Job Shops encounter a lot of the same problems as other types of shops: Dealing with constant change, hitting customers dues dates, scheduling the shop floor and accurate job costing and tracking just to name a few. The beauty of E2 manufacturing ERP software is that it can handle all of these situations with ease.

Case Studies

Guthrie Machine Works, Inc.

Hall Machine

A Multi-Faceted ERP Software System

E2 manufacturing software solution has built in estimating calculators to facilitate accurate quoting. For the one of a kind job that you'll never see again, the E2 manufacturing business software estimating function can help you look back at similar jobs to help you quote more accurately. The bar coded data collection function of the manufacturing business software enhances the job tracking and costing function. Our ERP software solution eliminates those pesky time tickets. The powerful, yet flexible ERP software system scheduling whiteboard allows you to schedule the shop floor realistically. See exactly where the bottlenecks are BEFORE they affect customer due dates with our ERP software solution. Purchase material directly for the job. No need to keep expensive raw material out on the floor until you're ready to use it. Set re-order levels for all of your material, tooling and miscellaneous items so you never run out of anything! The time and material billing will calculate exactly what the customer should be invoiced based on the labor, burden and material costs. You add in your profit and the billing is complete!

E2's integrated accounting can handle all of your financial needs. The powerful accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger and payroll is running in over 3000 shops across the world. The E2 accounting has over 200 standard reports, all of which can be exported to excel or whatever file format you need. Through crystal reports you can modify or create new financial reports to satisfy any appetite!

At LGS, they pride themselves on being a "one stop shop". Their extensive Tool and Die operation allows them the ability to create their manufacturing tools in-house in a vast majority of cases. They achieve total process control by moving from CAD/CAM design to Laser burning (for steel rule dies), to die assembly, and finally to the press to cut the part. This allows you to receive your parts in the timeliest manner and at the best price. A few of the key features of their tool and die engineering include:

• Trained engineering staff to aid in problem solving and tool/die design
• In house die shop for steel rule tools
• CAD/CAM design team
• In house machine shop for Class A tooling
• Technical support staff to match your part with the optimal Tool/Die process

Whether you have a fully engineered part, or just an idea of what you want, their Tool and Die team is there for you.

Screw machine shops have specific needs that other job shops don't have. Screw machine definitely need a great estimating system. When your estimating high quantities, you need your times to be as accurate as possible. Screw shops tend to do a fair amount of repeat work as well. Accessing that part history when quoting is imperative to ensure profitability. As with all job shops, their customers are constantly changing due dates, quantities and everything in between.

E2 has built in calculators to help you figure out how many parts you can get out of bar material. The setup time for your estimates gets amortized over the quantity break pricing, so you make the same profit margin on whatever quantity the customer orders. You can even create "template" estimates since many of the parts you manufacture are similar. Copying over a "template" saves you time so your quote is the first one on your customer's desk. The E2 order entry handles all of your release schedules, split deliveries, split jobs, changing due dates and much more. See exactly what inventory you have on hand and create the job all in one step. Create purchasing requirements for your blanket orders. You obviously want the raw material showing up on your dock as you need it. The powerful, yet flexible scheduling whiteboard allows you to schedule the shop floor realistically. You can set your screw machines to run overnight if you have the automatic material feeders. You can see all of the machine loading capacity to see how many hours you have left to sell. Purchase material directly for the job. No need to keep expensive raw material out on the floor until you're ready to use it. Set re-order levels for all of your material, tooling and miscellaneous items so you never run out of anything! Ship the job out on time every time! E2 works with your UPS world ship so your customers can track their parts until they hit their dock! E2 prints all kinds of shipping labels, certificates of conformance and bills of lading to save you time.

Repair shops come in all shapes and sizes. But the one thing they have in common is the need for accurate job costing and tracking. If you are billing out on a time and material basis then it is imperative that you have all of your costs associated with the job in BEFORE you invoice the customer.

Repair shops also need to move jobs in and out on a timely fashion, so scheduling can be very critical to hitting customer due dates. Most jobs need to be broken down, cleaned up or looked over before any work begins. The E2 System gives you the flexibility to handle all of the unique situations a repair shop encounters.

The E2 Shop System can help your repair shop with:

Accurate job costing and tracking. The bar coded data collection will help you track exactly where the job is on the shop floor and the total costs associated with the job. The powerful, yet flexible scheduling whiteboard allows you to schedule the shop floor realistically. So when your best customer calls looking for that hot job, you can quickly drag and drop it to the head of the line! Purchase material directly for the job. No need to keep expensive raw material out on the floor until you're ready to use it. Set re-order levels for all of your material, tooling and inserts so you never run out of anything! Time and Material billing will guarantee that your invoicing is accurate and all inclusive. Ship the job out on time every time! E2 works with your UPS world ship so your customers can track their parts until they hit their dock!

E2's integrated accounting can handle all of your financial needs. The powerful accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger and payroll is running in over 3000 shops across the world. The E2 accounting has over 200 standard reports, all of which can be exported to excel or whatever file format you need. Through crystal reports you can modify or create new financial reports to satisfy any appetite!

Custom tooling for export to the U.S. and other countries is becoming more popular. MTG Imports builds a large portion of its tools for export. Our clients have found that they can save 50-70% on tooling by having us manufacture the tools for them in China and export them to either their facility or a local plastic shop. By making the molds in China customers can reduce their initially investment substantially, and allocate that revenue towards extra inventory if they choose.

MTG Imports ensures 100% satisfaction on its tools. We provide detailed drawings for customer approvals, and always provide prototypes for first article approval prior to packaging and shipping the tools. We design our tools to fit in whatever injection molding equipment you or your supplier might have. We obtain those dimensions from our customers up front prior to finalizing pricing and drawings.

Our precision toolmakers in China provide high quality tools for small and extremely large parts for small or dedicated long-run production molds. MTG Imports is one of the best custom tooling manufacturers in China, specializing in tool and die design and tooling for export. We can manufacture tools that are multi-cavity molds, unscrewing molds, closure molds, hot-runner molds, and stack molds. With our facilities in the U.S., this allows MTG Imports to provide global tooling solutions for our customers by exporting our tooling to countries all over the world.

MTG Imports is a global contract manufacturer specializing in helping US, Canadian, and International companies dramatically reduce their product costs

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MTG Imports outsourcing production system is one of the most effective systems in existence today. Over ten years of outsourcing and logistics experience has helped us produce a unique and secure method of manufacturing products on a global scale. Today many clients look to MTG Imports to outsource their production needs with confidence.

MTG Imports is the only company to offer such a unique manufacturing service. All you need to do is make one phone call or send us an email with your specifications and requirements. Within 14 days we will provide you with a detailed quote including lead-time, tooling, production, and delivery.

Manufacturing Inventory Software Made Simple

• E2 manufacturing scheduling software has built in sheet calculators to help you figure out how many parts you can get out of a sheet of material. For the one of a kind job that you'll never see again, the E2 manufacturing inventory software estimating can help you look back at similar jobs to help you quote more accurately.
• E2 manufacturing process software can also link the material to a specific routing step so you won't order the material or make the component part until you need to. You can even do a "quickie quote" with manufacturing process software without all of the estimating detail. The "quickie quote" allows you to put in all of the detailed routing information and material after you get the job.
• The E2 job shop software order entry handles all of your release schedules, split deliveries, complex assemblies, split jobs, changing due dates and much more.
• See exactly what inventory you have on hand and create the job all in one step within E2 job shop software. It will even explode the BOM to create component jobs that need to be manufactured for the customer assembly.
• The powerful, yet flexible scheduling whiteboard allows you to schedule the shop floor realistically. YOu can set your lasers up as finite, press brakes as infinite and welders based upon how many guys show up that day.
• Purchase material directly for the job. No need to keep expensive raw material out on the floor until you're ready to use it. Set re-order levels for all your material, tooling and miscellaneous items so you never run out of anything!
• Ship the job out on time every time! E2 works with your UPS world ship so your customers can track their parts until they hit their dock! E2 prints all kinds of shipping labels, certificates of conformance and bills of lading to save you time.

E2's integrated accounting can handle all of your financial needs. The powerful accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger and payroll is running in over 3000 shops across the world. The E2 accounting has over 200 standard reports, all of which can be exported to excel or whatever file format you need. Through crystal reports you can modify or create new financial reports to satisfy any appetite!