optimize, control & manage your steel fabrication
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GRAITEC SAS Innovation capital de 3 425 000 € - RCS Evry B 433 719 002 – Code APE 4741Z – SIRET 433 719 002 000 19 – N°TVA Intracommunautaire FR 85433719002
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Optimize Control Manage
Steel fabrication production management software
In today’s busy and extremely competitive environment the key to running a successful and profitable fabrication
business is ultimate efficiency.
Having started the journey into the three dimensional world a long time ago, GRAITEC understands the accuracy
and commitment it takes to manage and share a true working model. GRAITEC is now capable of managing the
structural steel detailing models from Autodesk Advance Steel directly in production with GRAITEC Advance
Workshop software solution.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been first employed simply to transfer basic information to CNC machinery.
It's grown to benefit not only the machinery and production control software but is advancing into advanced
modelling, time estimating, project management, production optimization and field activities.
Big or small, automated or manual, GRAITEC Advance Workshop is the perfect solution for optimizing, controlling
and managing every aspect of your fabrication process, ensuring high-level accuracy and quality whilst increasing
your overall production capacity.
With direct links to import data from all major 3D Steel BIM software, including Autodesk Advance Steel, or from
Excel, ERP systems or even manually, combined with drivers for major equipment manufacturers, GRAITEC
Advance Workshop is an extremely versatile well-rounded fabrication management solution. Whether you’re a
multi-site enterprise looking to unify, optimize and manage your cross-site production, or a drawing office looking to
increase your project revenue by expanding the services offered to your clients, or a small WORKSHOP looking to
gain control of production, efficiently manage labor, stock and reduce waste or become more competitive, or all of
the above, GRAITEC Advance Workshop is the fabrication management solution to help your business succeed!
Seamlessly supporting a BIM-based workflow, design and construction information, images, certificates and
documentation from all project participants and suppliers can be stored in a single database to facilitate easy sharing
of information making GRAITEC Advance Workshop an essential and integrated part of the BIM process.
Advance WORKSHOP Key features:
Integration with BIM CAD systems, direct import from the available steel detailing Autodesk Advance Steel detailing systems.
Easy import and manual entry of BOM with automatic geometry definition.
Automated allocation and routing around the workshop according to the individual fabrication facilities.
Time assessment and workload calculation per operation and project.
Integrated stock management with material traceability and waste management.
Material optimization for beams and plates with material certificate registration.
Central management of all machines including ISO NC code generation and worksheet.
Project Planning
Multi User / Central data base access
Multi Language
Benefits
Using a single software solution for all production sectors, for all machinery and manual work
Easy to use with built-in function wizards which reduce your learning and saves you time.
Based on the latest .NET and SQL technology Advance Workshop by GRAITEC is user friendly, simple to learn, future proof and flexible, and easy to deploy.
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Information Manager With the ability to import data from multiple sources
including traditional manual entry, Advance Workshop
Information Manager makes it easy to load, sort and
manage your project data with ease right from the very
beginning.
Load data generated from any BIM/CAD system such as
Autodesk Advance Steel, Bentley ProSteel, Trimble
Tekla Structure, Aveva BOCAD, and many others, as well
as import NC, CMA, XML, IFC, BOM or Excel data or even
link directly to your ERP system to make Advance
Workshop an integrated part of your business workflow.
With the added ability to manage associated project
documentation, including supplier certificates, Advance
Workshop Information Manager plays an essential role in
managing your company’s quality and traceability across
whole fabrication process.
Key features:
Import and Manage Steel Fabrication Data
Download the NC file, DXF, CAM, DTSV …
Import BOM, XML, IFC, XSR, CAM files …
Association Documents as PDF, JPG, XLS, DOC, DWG, DWF,AVI …
Able to create a new Part or Modify an existing part
Edit Sketches
3D View (Parts and Assemblies)
Benefits:
Time Saving and Error Reduction with reduced import data with CAD importation and CAM Export
Easy to use : just import a files or use direct connexion with the key steps
Ready to Use : launch the software and click in 2 icons
User Friendly : simple, with nice Ribbon and Big Icons
Greater Profitability : Centralise the data and associated document
Traceability : Keep parts traceability and project data history in one unique central database.
Fabrication Manager
Advance Workshop Fabrication Manager automates the allocation, control, assignment
and routing of all jobs across the workshop production facility including CNC machines,
processes and manual work areas, such as for assembly, painting and loading.
Key features
Automatic sorting and WorkCenter assignment
Sending NC Data to Workstations (with the requested Advance Workshop modules)
Automatic or Manual single part or nesting result assignment (location and quantity)
Production Procedures Wizard to organize/set the workflow
Production time calculation of the work and operating period
Production Delivery Notes
Analysis of manufacturing time and calculation of the workload and operating period (with Advance Workshop Planer module)
Multi-projects Management
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Works Order List Generator and Barcode system
Ensuring your workforce receives clear and accurate information and instructions at the start
of their job are vital in minimizing disruption and errors whilst maintaining a productive and
efficient workshop. Provide dedicated instruction sheets for each manual process including
cutting, drilling, punching, welding, painting and vehicle loading according to your processes
with Advance Workshop Works Order.
Key features: Generating Work Orders for each Items (Issuing to Production)
Standard list (Position list, assembly list, and mark list)
Production Delivery Notes
Dedicated Sheet for each area (i.e. Welder, Painting, Manual cut and other)
List/Sheet editor integrated with Barcode system management
Work progress station
Receiving up to the minute status information from your workforce enables you to monitor every
stage of production across your manual work-areas and throughout your facility. Track your projects
status and make informed decisions as you manage your production capacity with Advance
Workshop Work progress station.
Key features :
Recording part/bars status : by machine by production order by area/people (According to right, and job definition)
Allows Partial unload of bar components
Allows to manage / associate the material certificate information
Information entered by the treated parts by action or task performed
Nesting Optimization
GRAITEC Advance Workshop automatically optimize your linear material efficiency and machine production
capacity with Bar Nesting. The advanced nesting functionality automatically selects optimum bars from stock and
produces detailed cutting plans to reduce both material wastage and manual time-consuming processes.
GRAITEC Advance Workshop can also, be connected with the main Plate Nesting software solution as ALMA,
LANTEK, WICAM or SIGMANEST. This maximizes material efficiency and machine through-put using advanced
nesting functionality that combines nesting benefits with the stock selection to reduce manual programming and
avoid time delays. Automatic Nesting will select the optimum plates available and produce detailed cutting plans to
reduce material wastage.
Key features : Import XLS file or define your own part component
Manual or Automatic positioning
Interactive part and nest mode tooling
Nesting according shape library and contour
Analyse waste percentage
Allows to mixt several order / project
Allows to create a Multi shape bar nesting (Several shape)
Allows using several cut angle on the same bar
Allows managing preliminary nesting, and updating for final production
Obtain the cut list, the bar list for stock, and labels with bar code for each items
Benefits Reduce your costs by piece and consume less material to the same result
Material traceability allows Advance Workshop to record which steel bars were used to produce each
component.
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Stock Manager
Managing multiple suppliers, materials and stock is easily with Advance Workshop Stock Manager. Centralize
inventory management into a simple interface and optimize your time and costs with integrated material, waste and
off-cut management and with full supplier certificate traceability. Advance Workshop can also be linked to your in-
house ERP system to create a seamlessly integrated workflow across your business delivering real-time Stock and
Production data for better visibility and order planning.
Key features
Managing Suppliers
Managing bars, sheets, bolts and generic components.
Managing commercial length and status (Waste, Commercial, Scrap …)
Integrated storage area location products
Multi Stock Location Management
Reserving material for component and project
Virtual Stock Part Management (Bar Nesting request, or Preliminary order)
Creating & Managing Purchase Orders
Sale order (for Service center activity)
Managing Inventory
Certificate association
QRcode / Bar-code reading integration
ERP connection
Production Planner
Get complete visibility of your production status and capacity presented in a simple
graphical interface with Advance Workshop Production Planner. The easy to
read time-phased graphical display tracks your entire workload by project, order,
phase, materials, processes, and resources and can even manage multiple sites or
track work supplied by external contractors, providing real-time transparency and
accurate forecasting, enabling you to make more informed decisions and prioritize
resources to better meet key project milestones and deadlines. Advance Workshop
Production Planner is an essential tool for any fast paced fabrication business
looking to optimize their performance and gain a competitive advantage.
Key features Sort by Project / lot / phase / WorkCenter
Multi-projects Planning
Creating interactive tasks
Manual and Automatic period assignment
Job Tracking and scheduling
Updated in real time
Advance Workshop Testimonial
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CAM Worcenter Driver
Advance Workshop CNC Driver is able to support CNC machines from all leading and local suppliers.
Advance Workshop CNC Driver uses the machines native code to interpret, manage control and transfer the
correct CNC data for the required process covering all aspects of production including sawing, drilling,
punching, coping and scribing operations for beams, plates and angle sections.
Key features :
Sending NC Data to Workstations in his own language,
Allows to manage combination of several machine,
Allows to manage cut, oxy cut, plasma cut, water jet cut, drill, punch, scribing, folding, weld preparation, milling and other …
Automatically adaptation of the feature definition,
Driver available for ALMA, AMADA, AUTOBI, FICEP, FOM, iMAC, INNOVATECH, JORNS, KALTENBACH, MAZAK, Peddinghaus, Vernet Behringer, VOORTMAN, and more …
CAM WORKCENTER progress link Advance Workshop CAM WORKCENTER progress link connects directly to each CNC machine
monitoring every minute of production with automated real-time feedback. Predefined formulas,
which can be fine-tuned, calculate and monitor the machines capacity to ensure optimum
performance is achieved giving you complete control of your production.
Key features :
XML feedback format for all machines / products
Database ODBC link custom built for specific machines
Machine specific file import *
Allows to Analyse Time with Graph and Comparison mode (Off mode, Total Time, produced time, single action time)
Allows to Analyse by day, week, month, period …
Export Graph file (single / global)
Export list or excel file
* Automatic feedback is subject to the capability of the NC machines - Many of the new NC machines are able
to transmit 'progress data' back to AW however this will require configuration, a driver and a new module to be
purchased. Please contact the Technical
Advance Workshop Partners
In addition to being an active member of the DSTV and DXF standard association GRAITEC plays an involved role
with our partners to ensure our software writes and interprets NC code that is 100% compatible with worldwide
machinery manufacturers. The following manufacturers have confirmed their full compliance to the DSTV standard
and are cooperating with us to further streamline your design to fabrication process:
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Find the right package the works for you...
GRAITEC’s new steelwork fabrication management system for the smaller/big fabricator containing all the key
features needed to run the fabrication workshop more efficiently and available at a budget low price.
Designed for a smaller fabrication team and with the features that smaller businesses need, Advance Workshop by
GRAITEC is the solution to deliver cost, time, process and productivity benefits together with efficiency and
traceability - all at a low price budget. Requiring no training and implementation from GRAITEC, Advance
Workshop is the out of the box answer to your steelwork fabrication needs.
If you thought that you could not afford a dedicated management information system or that the benefits were for big
companies only, think again. Now you can benefit too and compete using the same resource strengthening and
workflow advantages that many larger organizations enjoy.
GRAITEC Advance Workshop is available in five packages to meet the demanding needs of steel fabrication
business or steel service centre. Scalable options make GRAITEC Advance Workshop suitable for small business
whilst being adaptable to support the most ambitions business growth.
Customization & services
GRAITEC has significant experience of working with third party software, Accounting and other solutions, and
Advance Workshop software includes allocated development specification resource to enable planning for this
integration. Similarly, an extended training and implementation schedule is incorporated. You can benefit too and
compete using the resource strengthening and workflow advantages that many larger organizations enjoy.