Speed up your manufacturing process

A s companies in Asia grow, manufacturing structures become more complex, requiring increasingly sophisticated systems to optimise production processes and maintain continuous management control. Thus is the need for an effective solution that enables a user to know the status of each order and each component in real time. In its quest to provide sheet metal and fabrication sectors with factory solutions from works order to finished product, Lantek launched a manufacturing execution system, called Lantek Manager.

Lantek (Shanghai) Trading Co. Ltd Director Alberto Garcia said Asian manufacturers have large challenges nowadays. They have to contain the costs of the production in order to keep being competitive against other ones and at the same time giving a guarantee of the best quality in their products. “With Lantek Manager they can achieve both of these challenges because this program allows them to design the products and import the data of the products because of the perfect
integration between Lantek and 3D designing programs (Solid Works, Solid Edge, Invertor, ProE, Catia, Tekla, SDS/2) and planning the manufacturing orders. Besides, it’s possible to keep the production tracking from the first operation to the last one avoiding the bottlenecks,” he added.

Features and advantages
Lantek Manager is quick to implement, powerful and easy to use. The software monitors production, simplifies planning tasks, controls plant and equipment analyses, and keeps records of manufacturing
performance. Advanced search filters allow users to get a view of production in real time. The status of each product, for example, waiting, being manufactured, nested or finished, can be quickly established using the intuitive graphics.

Managing work priorities
is much easier in Lantek Manager. By considering the load on each machine the user can optimise the issuing of works orders to the shop floor and the creation of CAD/CAM programs. The software can integrate with works orders generated by ERP systems and databases or it can work with works orders for individual components.

The ability to visualise the loading in the workshop helps companies to make the best use of resources including machines, material, and operators, for improved flexibility. Comparisons between actual and estimated costs for selected work orders produced by Lantek Manager will make it possible to carry out a detailed assessment of every aspect of the production process and its associated products.

Analysis tools within Lantek Manager go a stage further, making it possible to check current production information including the pending material usage, the actual progress of works orders, the current costs incurred and the loading on each resource, while advanced management options further increase manufacturing visibility, adding to the cost savings and profit improvements possible with the software.

Competitive edge
When asked what sets Lantek Manager apart from its competitors, Garcia said, “Lantek Manager focuses on the sheet metal manufacturers in the world. It means we understand how these companies work. For instance, what’s the meaning of the plate remnants, sheets, mixing parts from different orders. We can distinguish between a part, an assembly, a sheet, and the requirements of their country and overseas customers. Apart from the product, the large experience of Lantek team is in the implementation of this solution in each customer.”

He also said the manufacturing industry of different countries will have to fight each other to get the production of their own country or even of the overseas offering the best product with the best price and the top technology. “The markets are changing nowadays more than in other periods and always pushing to our customers to get used to the new changes. Lantek is always alert of the latest technologies and the changesNikeLab ACG.07.KMTR