We use Logo or Netsis. Will we have to replace it?
No. Your accounting, receivables and e-invoicing setup stays exactly as it is; we do not touch it. The layer we build talks to your ERP through its database or API: it reads orders and stock items from there and writes production and scrap results back. We have built a production layer alongside Netsis before without touching it at all; that is our approach.
Can you pull data from our injection and extrusion machines?
It depends on what the machine offers. Newer machines carry an interface such as OPC UA or Euromap, or the maker's own database; where one exists, we read from it. If the machine is older, we set up simple counting from the cycle counter or a PLC signal and complete the rest with an operator terminal. During discovery we draw up the make-and-model list together and tell you in advance what can be captured from each; we do not write down something we do not know on the hope that it works.
Does your cutting-plan calculation find the most efficient layout?
We make no such claim. What it does is calculate alternative layouts within the die and edge-margin constraints you define, and show them side by side with piece counts and edge waste. Your setter makes the decision; the system simply grounds that decision in a visible calculation. What we say is that we move a job done on paper onto a screen — we promise nothing beyond that.
We are a small company. Won't this be too big for us?
By our own OSB research, the great majority of companies here are micro, small or medium-sized. That is why we do not sell this as a single piece. You can start with one module — say, just the mould cards and shot counters — and continue if you see it earning its keep. Moving phase by phase is healthier for both the budget and the team's adjustment.
Our food customer demands traceability. Do you cover that?
Yes — the tracing chain we build runs from raw-material lot to shipped carton: which granule lot, on which machine, in which shift, with which recipe it was produced, and on which dispatch note it left. But let us say this plainly: the software does not issue certificates, it keeps records. Responsibility for declarations of conformity and certification stays with you and your laboratory; we collect the production data that stands behind that declaration.
How long does it take and what will it cost?
It depends on the number of machines, whether printing is involved and the systems we will integrate with. That is why we do not quote a single figure and then grow the scope; after discovery we put each phase in writing with its own timeline and its own price. At the end of the first phase, you decide whether to continue. We also have a guide page explaining in detail how our pricing is built.
Who will own the software and the data?
The source code and database are yours. We talk about transfer of ownership, not a right to use, and we write it into the contract. We also deliver a handover file, so that if another team ever takes over, the knowledge needed to stand the system up is in your hands. Since part of our work is taking on and untangling software whose developers can no longer be reached, we take particular care never to put our own customers in that position.