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FactoryMaster Worldwide News

Company chairman, Graham Scott, has returned from a successful visit to Italy. The FactoryMaster team are extremely pleased to welcome Marco Finizio to the team, as the new Italian representative.



FactoryMaster's head office in Nuneaton recently had the pleasure of welcoming Mr Jerry Wills, our USA Dealer, who was making a brief visit to the UK. If you have any manufacturing sites in the USA that are looking or would be interested in our FactoryMaster solution, we would be extremely happy to put Jerry in contact with them.

FactoryMaster's Project Manager, John Leachman, recently returned from India and Australia after successfully implementing two new FactoryMaster solutions.

Mercury Pneumatics Pvt Ltd, based in India, north of Mumbai, have been manufacturing Pneumatic valves, cylinders, hydro presses, pumps and special products for OEM applications since 1980.


John is seen here with Mr Noel Rasquinha, Managing Director of Mercury Pneumatics and in training accompanied by Rahul Chavan the FactoryMaster local agent.


Seen here is a selection of components waiting machining and a completed cylinder undergoing the rigorous testing procedure applied by Mercury.


Our shot here shows the final inspection and assembly area at Mercury - note the cleanliness and organisation.

Airdrill Hammer and bits, based north of Perth in Western Australia, the company was borne out of a vision to supply and service the Australian and International RC Drilling community with a purpose built product that gives the driller a competitive advantage in this demanding Industry.


Seen here are the Hammers & bits premises in Wangara, WA, just note the stunning clear blue sky and the cleanliness of the area surrounding a machining manufacturer. Also seen is Mr Ben Perry who is the Hammers & Bits Design Engineer and internal Project Manager for the FactoryMaster solution.


These shots show one of the CNC Machining Centres at Airdrill and also a batch of high precision Drill Bits waiting further processing.


Airdrill believe in cleanliness and organisation as can be seen from this shot of one small part of the machining and assembly area.

Data Capture

FactoryMaster's data capture is a useful tool at capturing important data used in job costing

Core Benefits:

• Instant data capture/transfer
• Traceability on all transactions
• Reliable data
• Reduces paperwork
• Strategically placed for optimised productivity
• Real time transactions
• Low training costs

Core Features:

• Simple interface
• Easy to use
• Touch Screen
• Log on/off works orders
• Quantity of stock worked on
• Reworked stock
• Scrapped stock
• Networked

Download touch screen data capture information (PDF)

FM Mobile

FactoryMaster's hand held scanner is the perfect companion for stock movements in the warehouse
Core Benefits:

• Improves picking accuracy
• Instant stock movements
• Increased picking speed
• Greater accuracy (over paper picking)
• Productivity enhanced
• Low training costs

Core Features:

• Simple interface
• Easy to use
• Touch screen
• Bar code scanner
• Real time transactions
• Controlled inventory
• WIFI - Networked

Download handheld mobile scanner information (PDF)

New features and functionality

Version 10.53 is currently on restricted release. Some of the functionality included in this version are:

• Raise purchase orders to buy tools for the tooling register
• Raise purchase orders to calibrate tools from the tooling register
• read more

Version 10.52 is currently on general release. Some of the functionality included in this version are:

• One place for all FactoryMaster reports
• Task groups
• SC21 supplier metrics
• read more

Version 10.51 (previous release). Some of the functionality included in this version are:

• Transaction broker labels
• Documents attachments on tasks
• Scheduling options
• read more

SSRS Training

Last month we hosted a few short courses on SQL Server Reporting Services. From the attending customers, we received good feedback on the content/usefulness of the course. We will be looking at running the same course again in late June/July, if there is an obvious interest on this topic. To register your interest for this future course, please email james.todd@factorymaster.co.uk

Basic course agenda

Advanced course agenda

* Please note: Without enough interest, these course will unfortunately not take place, please email us now to avoid disappointment*

Hints & Tips

Quote RTF layouts

*Please note - Take a copy of the layout you are going to edit before you make any changes - The RTF format can have dramatic affects when being changed*

It is possible to create your own quote templates in the RTF format:

• Quotation Maintenance
• Quote Letter
• Tag list
• Make a note of the various tags you can use to pull the information you require through
• Open Template Folder
• Copy and save the layout under a new name

Once you have your new template, you can edit the layout however you want. However, RTF's are notoriously known for being troublesome and we would advise that after each change you make (especially with using the tags) you re-run the quote template with an already generated quote in your system.

(before you test the quote, unclick save a copy and press 'no' when it asks if you would like to update the 'Date Submitted' of this quote to 'today')

Once the quote has been tested and you are happy with the result, you can start using it straight away.

Thank you for reading

If you have any comments/suggestion or feedback on the content of the newsletter, please contact james.todd@factorymaster.co.uk