Casting Manufacturing
Kitaron ERP & MES system for castings
Industrialists in the castings industry tend to have unique production methods to produce serial and / or massively complicated parts when machines and technologies are a major factor in production costs. In addition, these manufacturers face stiff competition and therefore must meet customer supply times, provide high-quality products (including certification, traceability and process documentation), and at the same time be profitable. In order to face these challenges manufacturers in the castings industry must have a specific and unique solution for the management of a cast production system that will reduce production costs and utilize existing resources.
The Kitaron ERP & MES system provides specific and unique solutions for casting, and includes tools for managing the various production methods (sand casting, centrifugal casting, pressure casting, mold casting, etc.).
- Batch Management - Kitaron ERP & MES includes tools for managing complex batches, such as batch management at any stage of the manufacturing process, with the possibility of batch splitting into parallel processes. The Kitaron system provides complete traceability and detailed information at all stages of the process including tracking changes and histories.
- Management of raw material inventory and inventory of molds - The Kitaron ERP & MES system provides specific solutions for materials consumed in the casting industry and enables separate management of various types of inventories (such as inventory of raw materials, process inventory, etc.) and enables monitoring of actual inventory costs at each stage.
- Timing of supplementary equipment - Kitaron ERP & MES provides tools for scheduling supplementary equipment (including templates) according to production requirements, including tool lifecycle management.
- Drawing Management - Kitaron ERP & MES provides a tool for managing drawings. Including change management, versioning, drafting and management of changes in production technology.
- Quality Control Management - Kitaron ERP & MES provides quality control, including real-time tracking capability at every stage of the production process, document control, statistical process control and corrective actions. The quality system in Kitaron is a complete system that enables it to stand up to strict quality standards.
- Standard and Actual Costing - Kitaron ERP & MES provides a tool to estimate the cost of the product by which you can send quotation with a accuracy of 99%. In addition Kitaron system provides a tool to compare the actual cost of production to ensure profitability.
- Production Planning - Kitaron ERP & MES provides a final capacity planning tool and enables the utilization of stations and analysis of bottleneck stations in order to stand up to the supply dates for the customer.
- Production floor management - Kitaron ERP & MES provides unique tools for fast production management with flexibility and provides real-time information about the product at every stage of the production process.
The Kitaron ERP & MES system was developed over the years to provide a unique integrated ERP and MES solution for the foundry industry that connects all the necessary components to enable you to maximize profitability.
