The Certification Application helps both small and larger companies to meet the specific requirements of aerospace manufacturers and suppliers by providing the manufacturing process software that is not available in enterprise packages. This software is highly configurable and customizable to meet your requirements and make your business run more efficiently by streamlining the aerospace manufacturing process and improving the efficiency of the entire production chain. For job shops, the software can be installed as a standalone solution with desired modules. For larger companies that use an Oracle-based ERP system (Oracle E-Business, IFS Applications, SAP, etc.), the Certification Application easily integrates with your ERP system.
What does the Certification Application provide?
The highly integrated modules provided in the Certification Application package provide a means to remove internal inefficiencies, improve on-time shipments, improve risk management, and the ability to go paperless.
Key Features:
- Specification Management
- Heat Treat Instructions and Shop Floor Entry
- Penetrant and Ultrasonic
- Certificate of Conformance
- Tensile Test Instructions and Tensile Lab Entry
- Production Planning
- Read-only Document Viewer disabling copying or printing
For job shops, the CertApp has additional modules for
- Customer Management
- Work Order Management
Understanding the need for a modern software solution for aerospace manufacturers
While technology has evolved greatly in the last few decades, many manufacturers still use the software that they used when their company was starting up. Although their software might be considered outdated, these companies are generally able to operate without significant problems. However, a modern software solution built specifically for aerospace manufacturing processes will not only improve the business internally but will provide your business with a substantial competitive advantage. In fact, as more companies adopt the principles of lean manufacturing, becoming more efficient will be the necessary to stay competitive in this demanding industry.
Aerospace manufacturers have the challenge of keeping production quality high while lowering their costs of production. One of the major contributors to this cost is internal inefficiency that is wasteful and potentially damaging to the future business. For example:
Wasted time and resources
- the need to locate, organize, and store documents and data vs. having them instantly available electronically
- repetition of data entry vs. defaulting all relevant data automatically
Longer production times
- the progression of manufacturing process is dependent on paper vs. being electronically routed in real-time
- the reliance on personnel to notify when a job is ready for the next process vs. automated notification by the software
Risk Management
- inconsistencies and errors caused by the use of free text vs. standardized reports
- errors in documents shipped to customers, risking your supplier rating and future business
- increased risk caused by dependency on specific personnel since the business process is not built into the system, but known only to that individual
- reliance on the lab technician or shop floor operator to determine whether a job passes or fails vs. having the system evaluate the testing results with the specification requirements
- depending on the operator to notify the appropriate persons upon exceptions vs. system generated notifications
Our software solution helps to reduce the cost of production by removing these internal inefficiencies. It improves your customer satisfaction by streamlining the production process and lowering production times. Furthermore, it helps manage your risk by standardizing the manufacturing processes within the software, automatically detecting and preventing errors, standardizing customer documents, and reducing the reliance on specific personnel to keep your business moving forward.
By using our software, you can ensure that specific manufacturing processes are run the same way every time, regardless of the complexity of the process. This is especially important in an industry that must adhere to such demanding production requirements.
How can job shops that don’t use the Oracle database use the Certification Application?
Because the Certification Application is an aerospace software solution of Varun Jain, Inc., an experienced Oracle consulting firm and an Oracle Partner, we can deliver an out of the box solution for customers that do not currently use Oracle.
Since job shops have a relatively small number of users, the cost of installation and licensing is surprisingly affordable. To learn more about how the Certification Application is installed at job shops, click here.
To learn more about the Certification Application and how it can help your business, please contact us