As part of our commitment to you we have developed a new and powerful costing tool to help you see your business in new ways, and allow you to build Cost Models that are a true reflection of your total business, not just a simple multiple of a payroll rate.

Our desire is to provide our clients with a powerful tool to analyze their business while keeping the functionality straightforward and consistent so the process itself does not become an ordeal.

We know that building a suitable Cost Model is a collaborative effort between finance, operations, and management. The model is meant to not only be a reflection of the company’s cost structure, but also provide a management tool that guides the value of individual orders, customers, types of business, and can drive a compensation program for the sales team.

With all of the coursework, training documents, and reference materials we have developed over the year, our consultants can provide you with a real understanding of how the Cost Model can be the driver to guide your business to greater success. The Amtech Cost Study is designed to give you a consistent, repeatable and reliable method to determine your costs and the relationship of cost and selling price as defined by senior management.

Amtech consultants are available to visit your location for enhanced Report Writing instruction and to assist with custom reports for any specialized needs. While most report instruction focuses on the tool (Crystal Reports, Excel, Access, etc.), we understand that becoming a good report writer requires an individual to understand the database behind the reports, in addition to mastering the various software packages.

Our report writing instruction is tailored specifically on understanding the database, and we will focus on helping you to understand the table structure of your ERP system and how to gather the data to create your own customized reports going forward. 

Our utilization review is divided by the following four categories, with subcategories for specific modules or functions.

General: The items in this section are not specific to a plant and are intended to create a method for ongoing education and updates (to keep fresh on software, costing and education)

• New Release Training
• Cost Manual Updates
• Continuing Education
• User Conference (bi-annually)

Sales and Customer Service: This section covers the entire process cycle of sales, design and customer service (to reduce cycle times and increase efficiency)

Production: This section covers purchasing, scheduling, inventory and plant reporting (to increase efficiency and accuracy and to automate processes)

Accounting: Shipping and invoicing are included in this section (to automate and enhance customer communications and reduce paper)

Today, when the world we live in is entirely computer driven, organizations of all shapes and sizes are busy building up huge amount of information related to their different operations. Database management is an often overlooked, but extremely important process that can streamline workflow and reduce operating expenses.

Amtech consultants have experience with databases utilizing all different varieties of Microsoft SQL Server platforms from 7.0 to SQL 2008. Our experts can assist with the management of all database activities including:

• Design and Development
  • Normalize data
  • Create easy to use interfaces
  • Guarantee accuracy of data
• Performance Tuning
  • Tuning database instance efficiency
  • Analyzing critical resources, such as CPU, memory and disk usage
  • Adjusting unit consumption
  • Adjusting capacity
  • Tuning SQL Statements
• Maintenance
  • Monitor availibility
  • Schedule the maintenance and backup of all databases
  • Database hardware
• Security
  • Ensure data integrity
  • Manage SQL Server security roles
  • Redundancy planning

Worried about losing your data from your outdated system when converting to Amtech?  Worry not!  We have know-how and experience from hundreds of past conversions to make a smooth transition to your new system and the experience in doing so painless. 

The conversion is a simple six-step process:

1. Build Key subordinate tables in Amtech (i.e. Sales Rep, Machines, Terms, Tax …)
2. Build Template records in Amtech (supplies tables with default and required values that may be missing in your old system)
3. Build Cross References Codes where necessary (optional)
4. Run our proprietary system converter to export data out of your old system
5. Move exported data to the Amtech server - or a system folder with Amtech access
6. Run our proprietary Import tool to populate your new Amtech database

Note that all information converted is reviewed with you prior to the actions noted above.  This assures accuracy in the conversion.  

Below is an example of the types of files addressed in a typical conversion:

• Customer Master
• Ship To Master
• Vendor Master
• Vendor Master
• Estimate File
• Quote History
• Order Invoice History
• Sales Summary
• On Hand Inventory
• Open A/R Invoices