Software maintains service levels
ANR has relied upon DataTrack software for over 10 years to ensure careful monitoring and control of every project that goes through its factory in Bourne End
PSL DataTrack software helps electronic and engineering subcontractor ANR meet the challenge of maintaining high product quality, service and on time delivery.
ANR has relied upon DataTrack software for over 10 years to ensure careful monitoring and control of every project that goes through its factory in Bourne End.
The challenge for ANR has been to provide a continuous high level of product quality, service and on-time deliveries every time to all its customers from sectors as diverse as the broadcasting industry, aerospace, CCTV, medical, marine, defence and design houses. The company's split-level facility features four distinct electronics divisions on the first floor where DataTrack individually controls PCB assembly, cable assemblies and harnessing, box build and turnkey operations. In the last couple of years the company has produced over 120,000 PCB assemblies per year, of many different types and batch sizes.
ANR’s initial investment in DataTrack was to address the burden of manual administration associated with the purchase of materials and components needed for the manufacture of its fast growing range of assembly types. It orders the materials, verifies delivery dates and allocates shop floor production time. It has given the company the ability to monitor and control any project right from the start, maintaining engineering process records and traceable details of over 13000 individual materials.
Information covering bill of materials and the generation of goods received notes, works orders, process layout, inspection report data, bar code identification, despatch notes and invoices are all managed by DataTrack. Assembly build and process layouts are recorded for future and similar build requirements. For PCB and cable assemblies, DataTrack has enabled ANR to offer customers flexible stock control, through free issue on-site and procured materials inventories.
DataTrack also ensures that materials, components, manufactured or purchased and batch/project traceability are maintained in absolute detail and readily accessible for stringent quality checks.
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