Achieve Operational Efficiency and Maximize Profitability
Reduce manual touchpoints with a streamlined automated system built for the packaging industry. A core set of modules plus a configurable set of optional modules that work together seamlessly for highly efficient data entry and flow of information through the system for maximum employee productivity.
Core System Modules
Estimating
Robust and detailed enough for any size packaging plant. The Advantzware estimating module is intuitively designed to help both new and seasoned estimators work smarter and bid sharper.
Order Processing
Eliminate costly manual touchpoints through our streamlined order processing system. Maximize productivity and reduce manual re-keying as data seamlessly migrates throughout the end-to-end production process.
Inventory Control
Accurately plan, track and manage assets through dynamic inventory management that provides increased efficiency and cost control while actively reducing manual touchpoints.
Reporting
The Advantzware reporting platform, combined with our best-in-class software, provide actionable insights and real-time analytics across the organization.
Purchasing
Elevate your procurement team’s performance with an automated streamlined purchasing process that provides visibility into the business impact across a wide range of product types.
Job Costing
Gain the advantage of comprehensive cost tracking and analysis so unexpected surprises can be dealt with immediately before they become a larger problem. Track actual production costs of in-progress jobs and compare costs against estimates and past performance.
Accounting
Visualize business performance at-a-glance with a full suite of financial reports that provide real-time actionable information. Integrate and automate financial operations for better cost management and more accurate billing.
Maximize Productivity with Optional Modules
Ecommerce
Branded Ecommerce sites accelerate high value business with a powerful suite of tools including online ordering, personalization and inventory management. From standard box designs to custom apparel packaging, help your clients
easily create custom packaging online with 3D previews of the design. Our intuitive user experience allows you to automate and streamline order procurement and eliminate costly errors for a wide range of products.
Scheduling
Reduce labor costs, improve team communication and streamline production planning through an interactive Gantt chart that provides drag-and-drop functionality to prioritize jobs and a dynamic visual representation of jobs in progress.
Browser Schedule Viewer
Keep all employees abreast of the current schedule and machine capacity for planning shipments of existing jobs and delivery dates of new jobs through HTML snapshots of the schedule board viewable in a browser on wide screen monitors in the plant or on individual computers.
Quality Control Checklists
The Quality Control module leverages the User Defined Fields functionality so that custom QC checklists can be created and accessed in the shop floor data collection module with tabs and fields of various types that can be entered by employees.
Sharp Shooter
Track raw materials, work in process, manufactured goods and purchased supplies in real-time utilizing the latest scanning technologies of wireless RFID tags and/or barcodes.
Work In Process (WIP)
Update job costing and reduce inventory levels simply by scanning special barcoded WIP tags to streamline the process for raw material roll stock as well as sheets and other materials. Touch sensitive screens and barcode scanners speed operators through the inventory transaction processes. Materials are tracked as they move through the routing process of each job.
Shop Floor Data Collection
Streamline data collection with touch sensitive monitors that provide fast and easy real-time production floor reporting by job, employee, and machine with just the press of a finger.
Direct Machine Interface (DMI)
Improve the productivity of your manufacturing process by connecting directly to all types of production equipment through a family of Machine Data Terminals (MDT) with ProductionACE.
CRM Integration
Advantzware is integrated with Zoho CRM, a web-based CRM tool from Google. Manage all of your remote sales employees with Zoho CRM as they are prospecting for new customers. Once a prospect becomes a customer, all of the customer and contact information flows into the customer file in Advantzware where many more CRM features are available for working with customers.
Advantzware Open Analytics (AOA)
Create custom reports or designate standard reports in your preferred format, schedule them to run at a certain time of day and be emailed automatically to a group of people that you designate. Use this module to create dynamic dashboards of information in graphical format.
Request for Quote (RFQ)
Speed the estimation process with the RFQ module that empowers sales and customer service team members to enter specifications for manufactured items. Information entered is sent directly to the estimating system for the estimator to calculate the quote price then transferred back to the RFQ for reference.
Administrator Tools
Modernize business processes with Advantzware’s System Administration tools that support scalability and ease-of-deployment across the enterprise.
System Hardware
There are flexible deployment options to best meet your needs, budget and resources. The Advantzware Appliance is a hassle-free solution for our customers who don’t have the time or resources to worry about servers and the maintenance of them, keeping up with patches, virus protection, back-ups with the added confidence for optimum performance. The Virtual Appliance saves money on IT costs with a virtual server. A hosted offering is designed to be a hassle-free solution for our customers who don’t have the time or resources to worry about servers and the maintenance of them, keeping up with patches, virus protection, back-ups and such.
Application Programming Interface (API/EDI)
The Advantzware REST API facilitates integration with other applications and third-party tools by adhering to RESTful principles. These API’s enable you to programmatically create, update or read data in the different modules.
Onboarding and Training
from Industry Experts
Implementation
Our team of experts work hand in hand with you to identify your goals, business requirements and resources needed to ensure the Advantzware implementation is successful for your organization. Combined with proactive, step-by-step guidance, our comprehensive onboarding and training program utilizes a combination of on-site training, online training and project management to implement the system. A detailed implementation plan will be completed in coordination with your system administrator prior to kick off.
Field Tested and Proven
By HUNDREDS of USERS over 30 YEARS
Advantzware Advantages:
- Customer Help Desk with live people answering the phone
- Internal CRM with support ticket process
- Customer Portal for real time support details
- “Ask The Experts” free training webinars monthly
- Quarterly Update webinars
- Customer Audits to maximize the use of the system
- Product release schedule with Product Roadmap
- Detailed release notes and documentation
- Dedicated Resource Plans for partnership service
- Appliance and Hosted options for guaranteed system performance
- Our owners and executives work in the business every day to focus on your needs
CLIENT SUCCESS
The Advantzware Electronic Schedule Board coupled with the Direct Machine Interface Module allows me to keep my finger on the pulse of my business and improve our overall production efficiency.
You guys went above and beyond to take time with every department and point out the things we are not using that could be beneficial to us.
We did it! We made the switch from HRMS and never looked back! We finally have all the data we need to make this year our most profitable year yet! Thank you Advantzware.
Advantzware has been a true business partner to us. Their responsiveness and flexibility has allowed us to grow exponentially over the years without adding additional layers of cost. Their customer service is second to none.
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