Production
Perfect production planning for optimized processes
Scalable
Suitable for small to large production facilities
Cutting optimization
Great optimization thanks to smart algorithms
Compatible
Linkable to external ERP systems
Higher-level process optimization
Combined packaging optimization
About the Product
In conjunction with a more streamlined production process, you’ll find our software solution also flexibly configures production planning with various constraints, such as machines and processing sequences, all in an effort to improve your processes. Our software solution ensures optimized control over production batches, racks, and storage locations, employing state-of-the-art algorithms for precise waste optimization.
A+W Production offers flexibility and scalability, suitable for both small and large production environments. Compatible with various ERPs, it seamlessly integrates into existing systems, providing comprehensive production optimization solutions.
Unique cutting optimization algorithms guarantee maximum efficiency. Integration of capacity planning and production data acquisition enhances production control and processes.
Want to do more with A+W Production? Connect it to module extensions, such as the A+W Capacity Planner, A+W Barcode Manager, or A+W Production Terminal, which allow the system to scale and meet your newest needs and goals, so that the system grows with your company.
Functionalities and Benefits
- Plan and control production utilizing various restrictions, including machines, process sequences, etc.
- Quickly and easily manage orders and batches
- Optimize yield with state-of-the-art algorithms
- Sequence optimization as well as rack and storage space organization and optimization
- Optimization directly on racks and in boxes in shipping sequence (Software Module Extension: A+W Rack Optimizer)
- Visualization and modification of the cutting plan
- Simple machine management and direct machine control
- Efficient and graphical capacity planning (Software Module Extension: A+W Capacity Planner)
- Full integration of PDA and tracking (Software Module Extension: A+W Barcode Manager)
- Up-to-date statistics thanks to Crystal Reports and QLIK
- Printout production documents, bending texts, and barcode labels
With A+W Production, you have access to the latest production data and its current status allowing you to quickly react to changes and continuously improve. This software solution offers you a wide range of evaluation options to analyze and optimize your production processes.
Want to find out more about A+W Production? We will be happy to answer your questions and advise you on the best software solutions for your company.
Satisfied Customer Voices
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Glas Fritz
The intelligent networking of our production through A+W Production has shortened delivery times by one to two days. Our staff who used to have to search for sheets and laboriously hand-pick them, now work productively. The process reliability has improved considerably and the error rate dropped to virtually zero.
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Minneapolis Glass
I love the innovation I see at A+W. Ideas that promote continuous improvement will move the industry ahead.
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CURA Glass
In addition to the quality of the software, the implementation and maintenance of such a system requires a strong, steady partner with experienced specialists who can react quickly and solve even difficult problems reliably. This is where our trust in A+W paid off completely. A+W software is a strong product, behind which there is a strong, innovative company. This is why we have satisfied customers and low complaint rates.
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Popular Add-ons
Clarity
Shape Optimizer
The A+W Shape Optimizer is an innovative solution for the glass industry, enabling efficient cutting optimization for custom glass sizes and shapes. With its focus on material savings and productivity, the A+W Shape Optimizer offers features that optimize production processes while reducing material consumption.
An outstanding feature of the A+W Shape Optimizer is its ability to achieve savings of up to 50% in cutting individual glass sizes and shapes. By automatically nesting various model geometries into an encompassing rectangle, it maximizes yield, thus ensuring sustainable “Green Production.”
The A+W Shape Optimizer stands out for its quick setup on any standard cutting line and facilitates a simple breaking process for maximum productivity. Additionally, it considers decoating information in the optimization process and takes the decoating of coated glasses into consideration.
- Savings of up to 50% in cutting individual sheet sizes and shapes
- “Green production” through maximum yield
- Automatic nesting of two different shape geometries into an encompassing rectangle
- Quick setup at any standard cutting line
Business Pro
A+W Business Pro is a professional and cost-effective entry-level solution for small and medium-sized companies where order processing and production planning are completely integrated.
Production
A+W Production is an extremely flexible PPS solution for complete rough and detailed scheduling for insulated glass, tempered glass, and laminated glass production. The system allows planning and control of even the most demanding multi-level production flows.
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Dashboard
With A+W Dashboard, you gain a clear overview of key production metrics, allowing swift responses to machine and work bottlenecks. Its graphical presentation of production data facilitates intuitive monitoring, while also allowing desktop PCs, tablets, or smartphones access to information anytime, anywhere.
Our modern and simple HTML configurator enables personalized views, adaptable to various devices, ensuring convenient access to data from the past 24 hours to real-time updates. Fully integrated with A+W Production, A+W’s Dashboard provides key performance indicators derived from PDA postings, which is then augmented by statistical insights from BI tools for comprehensive control.
Unique features of A+W Dashboard include machine performance overview, which displays booking data per machine, and mobile accessibility, allowing you to set target values for performance assessment. The visualization of data makes setting target values for success easier.
- Graphical representation of KPIs
- Real-time detection of bottlenecks for production control and high information density for comprehensive insights
- Modern and simple HTML configurator for personalized views
- Compatible across desktop and mobile devices
- Seamless integration with A+W Production for enhanced performance tracking, including KPIs based on barcoding bookings
Production
A+W Production is an extremely flexible PPS solution for complete rough and detailed scheduling for insulated glass, tempered glass, and laminated glass production. The system allows planning and control of even the most demanding multi-level production flows.
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Capacity Planner
A+W Capacity Planner provides a comprehensive overview of your production facilities’ available capacities and their utilization, which empowers you to effectively plan your production. This software solution also allows you to easily manage shifts, capacities, bottlenecks, and workloads for efficient processes.
This software offers flexibility in defining machine and operation restrictions, while also automatically adjusting production dates if capacities are insufficient. You can also calculate delivery dates, processing timelines, and costs effortlessly, while distributing loads across machines.
With A+W Capacity Planner, you can optimize production progress and costs by considering fixed processing times and campaign planning. By taking this information into account, you can reserve capacities and prioritize customer groups for streamlined order processing. Additionally, you can maintain control with detailed production progress displays and integration with A+W Barcode Manager and/or A+W Production Terminals. By being able to scale and combine A+W modules, you have more control and understand of every process in your facility.
- Display machine capacities and utilization information
- Easy management of shifts, capacities, bottlenecks and workload
- Free, formula-based machine and work process restrictions
- Automatically transfer production dates when capacity is insufficient at dispatch
- Calculate delivery dates and processing timelines
- Automatic calculation processing dates, durations and costs during import
- Automatic load distribution on machines based on work processes
- Cost calculation for orders and quotes
- Management of reservations and campaigns
- Directly communicate information to the ERP system
Business Pro
A+W Business Pro is a professional and cost-effective entry-level solution for small and medium-sized companies where order processing and production planning are completely integrated.
Production
A+W Production is an extremely flexible PPS solution for complete rough and detailed scheduling for insulated glass, tempered glass, and laminated glass production. The system allows planning and control of even the most demanding multi-level production flows.
Thanks to A+W Production and A+W Barcoding, the shop floor as well as the A+W Business order processing system know the processing status of every sheet, any time. The staff can answer customers’ enquiries right away on the phone – our customers appreciate this!
With A+W iQuote, anything that is ordered can actually be built. The entire order runs through a restriction check based on master data stored in A+W Business. The customer transmits a technically correct complete order to us. There are no questions and time-consuming clarifications by telephone or e-mail. This is how we can achieve much greater efficiency in the entire order process.
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iShape
For the production of non-rectangular or extra-large shapes, glass processors frequently receive hand-drawn templates on paper, cardboard, wood, etc. from their customer. In order to fabricate these non-rectangular or larger shapes, modern CNC machines require digital data.
To solve this problem, A+W, in conjunction with Viprotron, developed a user-friendly, easy-to-operate app called A+W iShape.
With A+W iShape you can use your smartphone to photograph the template. The only requirement is A+W’s L-shaped reference objects that have to be placed on the template. Once photographed, the app will digitize the template by transforming the shape into an easy to edit outline, ready to be imported into A+W CAD Designer.
What makes A+W iShape special? In contrast to older solutions, there is no need to calibrate the camera! A+W iShape works with any quality smartphone camera.
- Place the L-shaped reference objects to automatically detect the template/photographed object.
- The L-shaped reference objects help correct any distortions when photographing a template.
- Once photographed, the iShape file can be imported into A+W CAD Designer, where further edits can be done.
- Transfer the DXF file to your CNC machine and start the production.
- Quick, reliable digitalization of templates
- Use of a good smartphone camera instead of an expensive, heavy digital camera
- Automatic import of the photo into the A+W CAD Designer
- Smoothing of the contour via the A+W patented smoothing process
- Output as DXF or A+W CAD format (SN) for use in A+W ERP and control of your machines with quick transfer to CNC machines
- Reliable compensation of distortions thanks to the reference object
- No calibration of the camera required
- Automatic import of the photo into the A+W CAD Designer
Business
A+W Business is a complete ERP system for small and medium-sized companies. This commercial solution allows not just the entry of quotations, orders, credit notes, complaints, delivery notes, and the management of purchase orders and inquiries, but also control of other company areas (e. g. stock, purchasing, dispatch, etc.)
Business Pro
A+W Business Pro is a professional and cost-effective entry-level solution for small and medium-sized companies where order processing and production planning are completely integrated.
Enterprise
A+W Enterprise is a fully-integrated multi-site-capable ERP system for corporate groups and upscale medium-sized companies in the flat glass finishing industry.
Production
A+W Production is an extremely flexible PPS solution for complete rough and detailed scheduling for insulated glass, tempered glass, and laminated glass production. The system allows planning and control of even the most demanding multi-level production flows.