Guardian Software System Announces Part Serialization & Traceability

Guardian Software Systems
Newsletter

October- Vol 4, Issue 2

In This Issue

Guardian Software System's Release 7.14.5000 Now Available

Alerts Sent to Cell Phones

Announcing Part Serialization and Traceability

A Lesson Learned by Texas Precision Metalcraft

Guardian Addresses Melt Loss

Guardian's Clients Certified

Guardian is now on Facebook

Quick Links

Guardian's Website

Guardian's Archived Newsletters

Guardian on Facebook

Visit Guardian Software Systems at Upcoming 2009 Events

ICI 56th Technical Conference and Expo

Indianapolis, IN

October 12-13

Visit with Steve Hoppe

and Jenny Gladczak

Non-Ferrous Founders Meeting

Henderson, NV

October 11-14

Visit with Jeff and Cindy Kroneberg

Guardian Releases Version 7.14.5000

Guardian Software Systems released version 7.14.5000 of the Guardian Foundry System. If you are under Guardian's Support Program, please check your version number and verify you have the latest release. To obtain this release, please contact Tim Borchardt at timb@guardiansoft.com. Assistance with installation is also available.

Alerts Can Now Be Sent To Cell Phone

Integrated into the Guardian Foundry System is a powerful real-time event driven or on-demand "Alert" messaging system, allowing managers and operators to communicate with the Guardian Foundry System.

Guardian has added the ability to send SMS messages (also known as text messages) to cell phones via email. No longer are you required to be logged into the Guardian Foundry System to view Alerts.

For more information, please contact Tim Borchardt

Hint of the Month

To quickly find the last serial number used for a given part number, a new field "Last Serial Number Used" has been added to the Casting Master.

Announcing Part Serialization and Traceability

Guardian Software Systems is pleased to announce the ability to assign serial numbers and track serialized parts throughout the course of the manufacturing process. This process can be used for any or all parts that need serialization or it can be limited to just the parts that deviate from the original process and are re-routed through production.

Serial Numbers can automatically be generated at the time a work order is created or serial numbers may be assigned when needed. The Guardian Foundry System also allows for the conversion of an activated serial number to a new serial number, such as a customer's specific serial number, while maintaining the link between the two numbers for traceability.

For more information contact Jenny Gladczak.

A Lesson Learned by Texas Precision Metalcraft

Brad DeSplinter, with Texas Precision Metalcraft in Sugar Land, Texas recently confirmed to Guardian that it is significantly easier to implement a new software system during these slower economic times than it was being busy with all the daily demands on his staff.

Brad told Guardian that when the economy was booming it was hard to dedicate resources to the implementation of Guardian, even though they knew that when the system was up and running, it would pay for itself in the end. Per Brad "We ended up starting and stopping due to other demands and we kept losing our momentum". He continued, "The fire at my feet was more urgent than the fire down the street."

Brad went on to say "However, once the economy slowed down a bit, we found that we could dedicate the time and resources we needed to make significant progress. I encourage anyone who is interested in putting in the Guardian System to ACT NOW and have the first couple phases of the Guardian System integrated as far as you can before things pick up again or you might find that you will not have the time to do it right."

Brad DeSplinter will be at the 56th Investment Casting Expo October 11- 14th. If interested in speaking with Brad, visit our booth and we will be happy to introduce you to him. He welcomes the opportunity to talk about his Guardian experience.

Guardian Addresses Melt Loss

The Guardian Foundry System now addresses melt loss by assigning a given melt loss percentage per part. This allows for tighter inventory control on alloy usage and additional details for costing purposes.

For more information, please contact Jeff Kroneberg.

Guardian's Clients Certified.

Join us in congratulating the following Guardian clients for successfully completing their certification process:

Premier Aluminum, Inc.

in Racine and Allenton, WI

ISO 9001:2000

certfied

Guardian Software Systems is now on Facebook

To access Guardian Software System's Page, go to www.facebook.com and search Guardian Software Systems or click here to be taken directly to Guardian's page.

What is Facebook and how will Guardian Software System's use it?

Facebook is a free-access social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook Inc. The website currently has more that 200 million active users worldwide. As of February 2009, Facebook is the most used social network by worldwide monthly active users.

Guardian Software Systems has created a fan page that will help us disseminate information to you in a more personal way. We encourage you to sign up on our fan page and help contribute to the success of this page with discussion boards, uploading pictures or videos and interactions with other Guardian fans. Guardian Software System's hope is that we can create a sense of community for Guardian's users and potential clients, where you can be heard, informed, and entertained.

Your facebook privacy will be protected by signing up as a fan. A fan is to a "page" as a member is to a "group". Guardian will not receive news feeds with updates pertaining to information about fans. Pages cannot see the profiles of their fans, they can only see their profile photo and their fan name. The only way for a fan to communicate with the Guardian page is via the discussion board, comments, or notes on Guardian's Page.

While on Guardian's Facebook page, check out Guardian's Favorites and visit Guardian's User Group page and the American Foundry Society's Page.

Jenny Gladczak
Guardian Software Systems

262.567.0341 ext 121