Faces
Faces Home
Suppliers
Production
Inventory
Sales
Profitability and Yield
Orders, Acknowledgments, and Releases
Invoicing and Shipping
Purchase Orders
Receiving
Sorting
End Clipper
Jointers and Splicers
Repair
Grade Out
Also Available
Faces
One of the most comprehensive systems developed for a face manufacturing plant. Tracks raw materials and labor through the entire plant in order to increase production, yield and profitability. Bar coded tags are used in each phase of production. Accurate voice recognition is used in grading and touch screen computers are used in the plant for ease of use. Crate or log location, status and inventory are available with wireless handheld computers. Access to over 250 reports.

















Suppliers
Monitor raw material coming from all suppliers
Check the absolute footage purchased against the footage received
Allows you to react immediately to billing discrepancies
Monitor yield and grade out results for each supplier, species and grade purchased

Faces Menu window









Veneer Purchase window

 
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Production
Computer screens at each machine center
Workers start taking pride in being involved in an entire company informal system and it becomes a positive team effort
Eliminates errors by showing and confirming the stock or order information that is being worked on
Showing and checking cuts needed to obtain end results including number of pieces, validating grade, slice and match
Shows stock to pull from to create an order
Saves vast amounts of time over hand writing information down, entering it later and receiving results after the fact when it is too late
View production information by machine, operator, shift and date range at the end of each day
Workers can view their production information with a touch of a button to see how they are doing during the day
Cut Off Clipper Window
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Inventory
Real time inventory as material flows thru the plant
Know Raw Materials, Work-in-Process, End Cut and Finished Goods Inventory instantly
Physical Inventory can be taken simply by scanning bar code tags
See a variance report of the physical versus the actual
Go from taking a monthly physical inventory to taking inventory every six months to a year



Physical Inventory Window

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Sales
Multi-faceted sales tools allow access to current, up-to-date inventory
Sales can search inventory by species, grade, cut, match, thickness, size, and price and the system will show matching inventory with pricing
Sales has access to the exact cost including raw material, labor, overhead and waste



Sales Release Window

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Profitability and Yield
A profitability analysis can be performed based on the standard market price list before faces are sold to a customer or possibly transferred to a plywood division
Yield can be shown for each machine center, shift, operator and the overall plant
Track profitability and yield by:
 
- Log
- Pallets of Logs
- Supplier
- Customer
- Order Number
- Batch Number: an internal tracking number
- Any combination of species, grade, cut, match and thickness



Station Yield Window

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Orders, Acknowledgments, Releases
Orders and open items can be tracked through the plant
Track jobs, projects, sequencing and blue prints
Print customer order acknowledgements
Customers can call up and release Faces that are on order based on species, grade, cut, match, thickness, size, pieces, footage or price



Order Window

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Invoicing and Shipping
Invoice information can be copied from orders
The system tracks invoices tied to orders
Crates that are being shipped can be scanned as they are being put on the truck to tie shipping and invoicing together
Print packing lists/bills of lading
Full invoicing system with shipping information, banking information, customer information and sales representative
Full integration with all accounting packages



Sales Invoice Window

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Purchase Orders
Enter and track purchase orders for raw materials



Purchased Faces Window

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Receiving
Scan suppliers logs and/or pallets when it arrives
The system reads most suppliers bar codes
Ability to re-tag crates or logs with your own tags and numbers
Print packing lists/bills of lading
Initial comparison of what was received to purchase. Actual comparison of square feet is accomplished at the sorting or the end clipper
Automatically relieves purchase orders and updates inventory on-hand



Veneer Receipt Header Window

Veneer Receipt Detail Window

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Sorting
Using a combination of voice, bar code scanners and touch screens, quickly sort (re-grade) raw material domestic and export clipped and bundled logs
Track costs, square feet and square meters
Print new Pallet tags, Log tags or bundle tags



Regrade Window

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End Clipper
Track material going in and material going out via bar code
Option to print new Crate tags
Track footage and cost going in and coming out
Track by Log, Order, Item Number, Crate and Batch and tie these back to Supplier, Customer, Machine, Operator, Shift, Species, Grade, etc.
Relieves raw material inventory



Cut Off Clipper Window

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Jointers and Splicers
Track material going in and material going out via bar code
Option to print new Crate tags
Track footage and cost going in and coming out
Track by Log, Order, Item Number, Crate and Batch and tie these back to Supplier, Customer, Machine, Operator, Shift, Species, Grade, etc.



Splicer Window

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Repair
Track material going in and material going out via bar code
Option to print new Crate tags
Track footage and cost going in and coming out
Track by Log, Order, Item Number, Crate and Batch and tie these back to Supplier, Customer, Machine, Operator, Shift, Species, Grade, etc.
Track Repairs



Regrade Repair Window

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Grade Out
Accurate voice recognition is used in grading. Grader speaks the grade of each face while the system automatically tracks the crate numbers, piece count, size, footage and costs
Adds to Finished Goods Inventory



Grade Out Window

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Also Available
Log Procurement
Rotary Slice
Green End
Dry End
Complete Veneer System that integrates right into the Face System
Complete Plywood System that integrates right into the Face System

Faces Suppliers | Faces Production | Faces Inventory | Faces Sales | Faces Profitability & Yield | Faces Orders, Acknowledgments & Releases | Faces Invoicing & Shipping | Faces Purchase Orders | Faces Receiving | Faces Sorting | Faces End Clipper | Faces Jointers & Splicers | Faces Repair | Faces Grade Out

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