Business Pro
The complete solution for efficient business processes in the flat glass industry
Quickly ready for use
Fully integrated commercial and production technology solution
Versatile
Mapping of all multi-stage production processes
Flexible scheduling modes
Production plannable for speed or margin
Capacity planning
Integrated capacity planning for optimum machine utilization
About the Product
Characterized by swift operational readiness and flexibility, A+W Business Pro enables rapid production release and detailed planning via the wizard function (a.k.a. expert mode). You can also plan your production releases based on speed or profit margin and map the entire multi-stage production process.
Utilize A+W Business Pro to select, reserve, and book stock sheets, optimizing cutting per batch and glass type. Directly control your machines and enable production feedback to ensure accurate stock levels today and in the future.
Functionalities and Benefits
- Fully integrated commercial & production solution
- Expert mode allows for more detailed and optimized planning possible and faster production release
- Quick and easy output of production documents and NC codes for connected machines
- Merging of parts list items into production lots (multi-stage production)
- Selection, reservation, and booking of stock plates
- Cutting optimization per batch and glass type
- Pre-defined production lists and labels
- Direct machine control
- Manage batches for greater optimization
- Correctly layer inventory thanks to feedback from production
Versatile and expandable, this software solution accommodates your company’s growth needs. Benefit from comprehensive master data management and automated processes to streamline operations, all within an affordable software package that increases your business’ success.
Looking to grow? Add modules, such as A+W Rack Optimizer or A+W iShape, to enable greater growth and scalability of your business.
Find out more about A+W Business Pro now by contacting us!
Our Customers
A+W Clarity Reference
Glashandelsgesellschaft Profi
With the A+W Production system, we manage our complex product mix very flexibly. No more sheets are lost. And there are almost no complaints. We produce much greater quantities in the same amount of time. In addition, cutting has generally become more flexible and yield has increased significantly. The realtime optimization and automatic breakage pool also make a contribution here – poor sheets are remade immediately and can frequently still be delivered with the main order.
A+W Clarity Reference
Caamaño CZ
The installation was performed without any problems. The A+W consultants have supported and advised us reliably during the implementation phase. I especially appreciate the frequent consulting in case of technical questions, which is provided by our A+W sales consultant Peter Kénesy with plenty of competence and patience.
A+W Clarity Reference
Float Glass Industries
High-quality innovative products are just not enough to be competitive as a glass processor. Requirements such as adherence to delivery dates, flexibility and short delivery times are becoming more and more important, competing in this vein with factors such as quality and costs. Lean processes and far-reaching IT support by our A+W system, which we have been successfully working with for many years, contribute considerably to our success in a fiercely competitive market.
Most Popular Add-ons
Clarity
Furnace Optimizer
A+W Furnace Optimizer introduces an intelligent solution for toughened safety glass production that aims to maximize furnace bed utilization and energy efficiency simultaneously. By reporting the availability of sheets prior to the glass tempering system, A+W Furnace Optimizer facilitates dynamic and efficient furnace bed occupancy.
This software solution conducts real-time optimization directly in front of the oven, ensuring cost-effective production based on available sheets. Providing a graphical display of furnace bed occupancy and seamless access to booked sheets, A+W Furnace Optimizer offers a user-friendly operation.
Integrated into the production data acquisition system, this software solution furnishes real-time production progress updates, thus enabling precise control of the furnace bedto optimize production processes and maximize machine utilization. With its dynamic, customizable functionality, emphasis on quality assurance, cost efficiency, A+W Furnace Optimizer emerges as the ideal solution for glass industry firms seeking to streamline production processes and bolster competitiveness.
- Graphic display of the furnace bed assignment for efficient monitoring
- Batch-by-batch production and booking of the furnace bed
- Online optimization directly in front of the furnace, based on the available sheets on racks
- Direct access to booked sheets on racks and slot carts via A+W Barcode Manager or A+W Production Terminal
- Ability to save and evaluate batch information in connection with A+W IoT - Smart Trace
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.
Clarity
iQuote
A streamlined solution designed to simplify the process of recalculating quotations and orders. With A+W iQuote, your dealers’ customers can make changes themselves and add notes—such as different delivery addresses or requested delivery dates—depending on the order status.
A+W iQuote integrates seamlessly with your ERP system, ensuring that data is retrieved directly and in real-time from your database. This eliminates delays caused by emails or phone calls, and prevents issues with your dealers’ customers inquiring about non-buildable products. Your dealers and their customers will always see up-to-date products and prices online, which you manage through your ERP system. A+W iQuote adheres to the rules of your A+W ERP system, including the same prices and feasibility and plausibility checks you have established.
- Browser-based product configuration
- Online construction and price calculation
- Data directly calculated and saved in A+W ERP
- Products, prices and discounts from your A+W ERP System
- Integrated authorization based on A+W ERP
- Paperwork done by ERP
- Interface for touch screen
- Order history
- Attractive design
- Responsive Design: made for modern and portable devices (tablets)
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.
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.
Clarity
Capa View
Interested in monitoring your production capacity utilization or tracking the progress of individual orders and batches? A+W Capa View provides immediate access to production status information, while also seamlessly connecting to A+W Barcode Manager and/or Production Terminal for real-time updates.
A+W Capa View has a user-friendly interface offers clear and concise displays of production data, with detailed information available that’s just a double-click away. Customize views based on shifts or daily operations, and configure them according to your preferences.
A+W Capa View’s standout feature lies in its customizability, allowing real-time utilization overviews and views of configurable machine groups for enhanced production control.
- Status information per order and/or per batch
- Strong interconnection with A+W Barcode Manager and/or Production Terminal
- Individualized adjustable information display, e.g., shift-based vs. daily information
- Production completion feedback
- Integrated in A+W Business or stand-alone in order entry
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.)
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.
Clarity
Barcode Manager
Barcode scanning and tracking saves your employees and company time and money! A+W offers a wide array of functions to streamline production and process oversight.
Take charge of processing steps, keep track of machine utilization, and also record any breakage with ease using A+W’s barcode solution. This solution lays the groundwork for comprehensive evaluations and future planning, which are vital to your company’s current and future success. From status and storage location bookings (per user, station, machine, rack, item, and sheet) to precise processing entries and machine control via barcode scanning, our solution was designed to specifically meet your needs.
- Status and location bookings per user, station/machine, rack, item & sheet
- Machine start and control of processing via barcode reading
- Automatic reject handling (with implemented downstream concept)
- Statistical evaluations based on barcode readings (e.g. by using Crystal Reports or QLIK)
- Quality improvements based on breakage bookings
- Capacity updates based on barcode readings
- Printout of labels by A+W Production
- Flexible label design thanks to CR
- Centralized display of status information based on barcode readings by extension A+W Production Monitor and/or A+W Production Terminals
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.
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.
The A+W Barcode Tracking has taken our entire production organization to a new performance level. Only with it are we in a position to truly organize ourselves efficiently without long information paths, complicated inquiries, and time-consuming re-makes. Earlier, an employee frequently had to search for racks for hours in order to find a sheet if he was not sure whether or not it had been produced yet. Today, he just looks in the system – done!
The A+W software controls and checks all processes from entry of the order to control of the machines, on through to delivery of the finished products. Thanks to consistent barcode control and the A+W Production Monitors, we always know where each sheet is at any point in time. All commercial and technical data is available company-wide – and this without having employees running around all the time with folders and stacks of paper under their arms in order to determine what they must do with which sheet (…) All employees work productively! The focus is always on information, all the time and everywhere.