Friday 10 December 2010

Manufacturing Software - Flexibility in Performance for the Fenestration Industry

The fenestration industry refers to those involved in the design and production of windows and doors. In the manufacture and production of products from the fenestration industry, as in many other industries, it requires cost effective processes that are able to adjust to varying consumer demands, productive capacities and inputs, as well as challenges in the supply chain and changes in consumer preferences. One such software, which has been proven to provide businesses a competitive edge through the efficient use of monetary, human and input resources, while empowering the business to vary product designs to suit changing consumer demands and industry trends is manufacturing software.
The fenestration industry is experiencing turbulent times in respect to constant demand changes for new and innovative products, in reaction to external factors such as energy efficiency, style predilections and raw materials that produce the final products. To remain competitive in the marketplace, door and window producers must ensure that their business remains flexible in addressing the constantly changing environment in which they operate. There is no point purchasing software which provides 'lock-in' to its capabilities, with limited scope for flexibility in its use. Leading manufacturing software not only creates a streamlined and productive sales, marketing, management and manufacturing tool; it has a level of functionality which allows it to grow as your business does, and react to market trends.
Energy efficiency in the design of homes and buildings has created natural flow-on effects for the fenestration industry, where the design, process inputs and production process itself has to adjust to meet the legislation, ethical and sustainable responsibilities as a company and trends exhibited in the market for a desire for greater energy and resource efficiency. These issues have been transforming the fenestration industry for many years, which can be seen over a 50 year period of commercial window manufacturing where advancements from steel frames and monolithic glass has given way to thermally broken frames that hold insulating units with glass and coatings designed to spectrally reduce heat transfer while maximising natural daylight. With regulations referring to the efficient construction of new buildings, high quality fenestration products are often specified in the original design of the project, meaning that those producers who have not got the capacity to meet the new demands will not even be considered for such projects.
Ensure that your productive capacities are able to change with the times, while at the same time improving the efficiency of production, output and conversion of potential customers to actual sales. Get the right tools in the right place and enquire about manufacturing software today.
Soft Tech is a leading developer of product configurator/ product configuration software for a wide range of industries and are specialists in applications for window, shower enclosure and door manufacturing.
Soft Tech has a complete solution for Window and Door Manufacturers, their Sales channels and their Dealers. Find out more about our manufacturing software application specifically designed for the fenestration industry.

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