Screwmatics of South Carolina, Inc. Case Study
Company Size
200-1,000
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- E2 Pro
- E2 Shop System
Tech Stack
- ERP System
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries
- Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Manufacturing System Automation
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
Screwmatics of South Carolina Inc. has been family owned since 1988. The Hogge family started it with just two machines, and it has grown to 130 people with well over 200 machines today. They’re a CNC Swiss and Screw Machine shop that does high-volume production machining. Their newest addition to the shop is the plating division. The main industries that they work with include medical, plumbing, power distribution and industrial equipment because they have medical ISO certification 13485 and specialize in lead-free brass. Billy Hogge is the Vice President and Operations Manager at Screwmatics, while his father still remains President and is the manufacturing manager. As well as his role as VP, Billy does sales and marketing.
The Challenge
Screwmatics of South Carolina Inc. was using JobBoss as their ERP system. However, they were unable to see costs and profits because they couldn’t run any relevant reports in JobBoss. It was too hard for them to keep track of everything in that system, and when they called support they couldn’t get a reply for a week. They had a large quantity of handwritten information and it used to take a long time to pull up an order because Screwmatics makes so many different parts with thousands of different part numbers. They had trouble in the past keeping track of the actual costs and sales of just the plating division.
The Solution
After trying and failing to work with the JobBoss system, it was time to look for a new solution. Hogge found E2 through an ad on YouTube. He reached out to Shoptech for more information and they sent someone to the shop to do a demo of the software. E2 was the only product they needed to see before making the switch from JobBoss. It was an easy changeover in the shop, despite having a large quantity of handwritten information. In 2012 Screwmatics started with E2 Pro, and later upgraded to the E2 Shop System. Initially, there was a bit of a learning curve and the implementation took time since they had to manually input all of their data from the previous system. A year after the initial implementation they had the full inventory running in E2.
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