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Gaining Valuable INSIGHT: How Kaymor Machining and Welding Uses E2 to Gain Valuable Business Insight

Company Size

11-200

Region

America

Country

Canada

Product

E2 platform

Tech Stack

Data Collection
Inventory Management
Quality Control
Scheduling

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing
Procurement

Use Cases

Inventory Management
Manufacturing System Automation

Services

System Integration

About The Customer

Kaymor Machining and Welding was founded in 2001 to serve the machining and welding needs of Alberta’s oil, gas, and forestry industries. When the shop opened, it had two employees. Today, Kaymor has a team of more than 40 people and the company serves a wide range of customers both in its facility and on customer worksites. The company was managing their entire operation manually, tracking inventory, scheduling, materials, and estimating with handwritten notes. They suspected that they were losing efficiency and profits because of their system.

The Challenge

Kaymor Machining and Welding, a company serving the machining and welding needs of Alberta’s oil, gas, and forestry industries, was managing their entire operation manually. Inventory, scheduling, materials, estimating - it was all tracked with handwritten notes. The company suspected that they were losing efficiency and profits because of their system. They realized that a change was needed. They began the process of looking for shop software and narrowed their search to Shoptech’s E2 platform.

The Solution

Kaymor chose Shoptech’s E2 platform as their shop software. The software was chosen because it seemed like it was made for a smaller, custom shop like Kaymor. The ease-of-use of the software was also a factor in the decision. Kaymor now uses E2 to manage a wide variety of shop functions, including costing, inventory management, quality control, scheduling, and data collection. E2’s data collection capabilities have helped Kaymor understand problems that they previously didn’t know they had. For example, they realized that their quoting wasn’t as accurate as they had thought. Although they hadn’t planned on using E2 for quoting and estimating, Kaymor decided to do so.

Operational Impact

Kaymor now uses E2 to manage a wide variety of shop functions, including costing, inventory management, quality control, scheduling, and data collection.
E2’s data collection capabilities have helped Kaymor understand problems that they previously didn’t know they had.
Kaymor realized that their quoting wasn’t as accurate as they had thought and decided to use E2 for quoting and estimating.
The support staff at Shoptech has also been a valuable asset for Kaymor.