Metals producers, processors, wire and cable manufacturers and service centers need to respond quickly and efficiently to customer requests for any product or value-added processing that falls within their capabilities.  But when there are hundreds - or thousands - of possible product variations, that can be difficult because:

• To ensure proper production, shop floor personnel must be given accurate instructions defining the details of processing steps, raw material, tests, and special handling requirements that are specific to the attributes of the ordered product and customer.
• To ensure profitability, each product must be accurately priced according to the ever-changing value the market places on its various attributes.
• To win the order and ensure repeat business, everything must be done quickly and correctly – quote, capable to produce commitment, work order creation, production, paperwork, and shipment.

The required speed, accuracy and staff productivity can only be achieved by automating much of the order processing cycle.  But for many metals and wire and cable companies, it is impractical to manage the required data by maintaining information such as process routings, material requirements, descriptions, and pricing for every possible product variation.

These are just a few specialty examples of the power of AXIOM’s Dynamic Order Fulfillment capabilities:

• Dynamically define the process routing, instructions, set-points, practice codes, and other detail to work orders based on the attributes of the sales order and standard operating practices.
• Dynamically attach QA testing requirements to work orders based on the specifications of the sales order and industry, customer and/or internal standards.
• Automatically add text-based comments and notes to sales orders and other documents based on customer requirements for the specific type of product being ordered.

Processor
A tube producer manufacturing products from hollows or strip can:

• Use only a few standardized routings to handle many different finished products.
• Select the proper hollow or strip size to produce a given finished size and length based on user-defined rules.
• Calculate throughput rates through rolling mills based on the dimensions of the material being rolled.

Service Center
A service center performing value-added processes such as slitting, blanking, sheeting, shearing, drilling, plasma shape cutting, welding, forming, etc. can:

• Simply enter the attributes (e.g. grade, length, width, PIW, etc.) of the product the customer requires on the sales order, without the need to look up or enter a specific product code.
• Automatically verify that the end-product can be produced as requested based on established processing capabilities, and immediately create a work order with detail processing instructions.
• Dynamically quote and price the sales order based on its attributes.

AXIOM® Dynamic Order Fulfillment Features