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I do not have experience with these terms.
I would suggest study the MSDS and the lean on the supplier.Sepp
We use tsheets by quickbooks.
It’s an app with lots of functionality. We can switch tasks, jobs and customers.
It syncs with QB easily.
We had a custom program written.
We are generally pleased with how it works. (every program has tiny glitches)
We got this at a fraction of the cost of typical CRM or ERP systems.
It does Employee times, customer lists, quotes, supplier lists, inventory control, purchase orders, invoices, profit and loss reports for each order, and more.
Phase 1 was $4k, Phase 2 & 3 followed over next 2 years. All in under $10k.
Just employee time recording would only be a fraction of the cost.
Ours works like a time clock for payroll, and tracks labour for each task / each order, in 6 minute increments.Hello,
FreePoint has a simple, “out-of-the-box” solution for connecting directly to machines for productivity information and simplifying the operator input processes for down time etc. We would be happy to arrange webinars or in-plant demonstrations.
Please let me know who at BWA we should connect with.
PaulPaul Hogendoorn
President
FreePoint Technologies Inc.
(519) 281-6772
http://www.getfreepoint.comYes. I have both. And have developed a piece of software that does cycle counts to help balance flow in the factory.
Happy to help
Brad Cairns
Best Damn Doors
http://www.bestdamndoors.ca
(519) 637-7023- P
(519) 637-7024- F
(519) 494-2883- CWe are using mytimestation.com and find that it works quite well! And it’s free for businesses with less than 10 employees!
Yes we have a digital solution that we offer to our clients – The Time keeping Assistant.
The Production Assistant Time Keeping module provides a complete set of functionalities to track production times of your factory efficiently. It can be used as a Punch Clock for employees’ time as well as a precise way to calculate costs and production time per Job, Department or even task.
The User can refer to all tracked times, filter the different views, adjust and modify time stamps and export Excel reports that can further be used for payroll or costs calculations, amongst other things.If your client what our information, feel free to give him.
Best regards,
Suzy Stead
Project Manager – Executive Assistant
T. 1 877 844-4141 Ext 410
E. sstead@web-cab.comThis may be too simplistic for some needs, but we have devised a timesheet using Excel. My 6 employees log into Google Drive using their Gmail account and fill in their individual time sheets.
When logged in, they have drop down menus and choices for:
daily check in & out,
lunch time out,
project worked on and time spend on each task.We then download the completed time sheets every 2 weeks, save the info for our files and reset the time sheets to zero with the new pay period.
They fill them in from their phones mostly, so it can be updated from anywhere and I can literally see them punching in live as I have the admin oversight.
So I can check on hours spent on projects & tasks in a timely fashion. Assuming the hours are filled in on a daily basis.Hope that helps, feel free to inquire for more info.
We used ShopTech E2 for 15 years. Depending on their business, I also know many in the wood industry that use different solutions so I can put them in touch with other people using different systems.
Brad Cairns of Best Damn Doors
E: brad@bestdamndoors.ca
p: (519) 494-2883Having represented 3 different ERP solutions specifically for the Woodworking industry, researched several others and collaborated with many through mutual clients, I can say that ERP for a small medium shop that does not have a team of engineers to implement and/or a budget well into the six figures, has failed most often than not. The ones that have not been classified as a failure and abandoned are using a fraction of what they intended during the sales process. Unfortunately, I no longer believe in ERP for small and medium sized shops.
We now offer a solution to common woodworking shop problems that has an easy implementation and quick return on investment known as Manufacturing execution systems (MES). These systems are common in other industries and pick up where the CAD/CAM (Cabinet Vision, Microvellum, etc) leave off. They offer the ability to intelligently guide jobs through the shop into shipping and offer relevant dashboards for office use.
The one we work with is called Production Assistant from Web-Cab and has a proven and great success rate.
Hope this helps!
Peter Mate President of Planit Canada
t: 888-824-1474 X 707
e: peterm@planitcanada.caI can help with this membership inquiry! Claude Pellerin Business Development at Cienapps e: cpellerin@cienapps.com c:(819) 679-9831
We sell 2-K water based polyurethanes that contain isocyanates. As a rule the levels that are emitted during spraying are usually below the threshold level that requires special protection or reporting. Unfortunately because the SDS will state that there are isocyanates present a Ministry of Labour inspector may require proof that this is true or will require the shop to proceed with the required reporting and advanced PPE typically used when working with solvent based polyurethanes commonly used in the auto refinish sector. This would mean having in place a safe handling plan for the use of the material and providing the customers with fresh air supplied respirators. In the past some of our customers have had an environmental air quality assessment done which monitors the air for isocyanates during a work day. The last test we had done in 2019 was around $7000.00 for a shop with two booths. It was determined that the level of isocyanates did not reach the LEL level to require any special handling or PPE. If the member would like I could forward them the name of the company that did the environmental assessment. We still provided assistance for our customer with creating a safe handling process to ensure that there employees are informed and aware but I think any supplier would do the same.
