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Engineered Wood Products (EWP) create unique challenges for distributors due to the variation in lengths, sheer volume of orders, and the timing issues caused by delays between the point-of-order and point-of-cut.
Agility’s highly flexible EWP software allows you to adapt the flow of your EWP orders and inventory to match your preferred business processes. For example, EWP processes can be very advanced, tracking lineal footage by individual length with order tallies optimized in real-time and transmitted to wireless yard devices for cut instructions and updates; or very simple, tracking only gross available footage by item with length tallies specified at order entry and cut decisions made in the yard.
No matter what your preferred method of managing Engineered Wood Products, Agility will help you optimize inventory and profits while simplifying the management of this unique product.
Some of Agility's profit enhancing EWP features include:
- Per Item Flexibility allows you to determine, by individual EWP product, the level of sophistication desired for inventory control, order entry, and cutting - so products that merit specific length tracking, visibility, and control can exist next to items that are tracked only in gross lineal feet. The timing of cuts, instructions, and optimization can vary by item as well for total control over how your EWP business flows through the system
- CAD Import Engine allows you to export data from the manufacturers CAD take-off systems into Agility saving order entry time and reducing errors
- Pencil Trims allow substitution of longer lengths without charging the customer for the additional footage saving time and simplifying order entry and inventory control
- Cut Optimization allows you to specify your preferred cut hierarchy with the option to suggest or specify cuts at the point of order, optimize cuts for a single order, group orders and optimize cuts in batches. It optimize cuts at the time of yard cutting for greatly improved inventory utilization, ease of order entry, and greater confidence in item quantity information.
- Real-time, Wireless Yard Instructions/Cut Entry allows for last second optimization and instant updating of lengths in inventory for better accuracy, yields, and stock status visibility (v3.1.0)
Improving your EWP business processes are a core strength of Agility that streamlines daily operations and keeps you ahead of the competition. DMSi’s commitment to delivering unparalleled solutions to the unique business requirements of companies like yours is proven daily by the nation’s most profitable, efficient building material distributors.
