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An der Schraube 21An der Schraube 21D - 03238 FINSTERWALDED - 03238 FINSTERWALDE

Germany Germany phone.: +49 (3531) 50 12 24phone.: +49 (3531) 50 12 24

fax: +49 (3531) 50 78 39fax: +49 (3531) 50 78 39mobil: +49 (172) 79 48 710mobil: +49 (172) 79 48 710e-mail: info@ferrotrade.dee-mail: info@ferrotrade.de

homepage: www.ferrotrade.dehomepage: www.ferrotrade.de

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* Planning and project development of foundries and associated plant and equipment

* Advice on foundry technology* Process optimization* Software and control solutions for foundries

◦ PPS FoundPlan ◦ Modules for the production automation and control ◦ Quality management and analysis ◦ Production data acquisition ◦ Documentation and visualization

* Procurement of casting capacities from China* Material efficiency advice* Management and strategy* Profitability analysis and financing* Enterprise acquisitions and disposal, and succession of operator

These are our areas of activities:These are our areas of activities:

A modern enterprise is increasingly an information-processing system.

Joint utilization of available, central data is modern company management.

This information concept is based on Production Planning Software (PPS). It is a revolutionary concept for the organization and control of

operational processes.

from incorporatingproduct-, model- and tool data and product working plans,

tooffers, calculations, incoming orders,

scheduling, planning, control,materials management,

quality control, laboratory,to

invoicing and creating delivery notes,with many helpful, practical functions.

fulfils all requirementsfulfils all requirements

has a modular design andis available in seven versions,

for:

Sand castingSMALL VersionSTANDARD VersionBIG Version

Permanent-mold casting-/die casting foundries Centrifugal casting foundries Blacksmith’s operations Processing plants

Always with or without subsequentmechanical processing

is build up from modules and can therefore be adapted effortlessly to particular operational structures.

is particularly suited to foundry-specific requirements.

functions with optimized data quantities, and is characterized by its practical software structure

comes with suitable interfaces in order to communicate with other software programs (FIBU; BDE; scale; laboratory).

Hardware - requirementsHardware - requirements » Intel Pentium III or higher» 3 GB RAM» 1 GB Hard Drive» Windows Server 2003» Windows Terminal Service

provides the following advantagesprovides the following advantages

1. Increased capacity up to 15 percent by optimizing loads

of machines and other plant

2. Improved delivery reliability by meeting delivery

deadlines

3. Reduced personnel cost up to 50 percent in

administration

4. Lowered reject costs by 1 percent, through effective

quality management

5. Improved traceability of customer orders

In the subsequent presentation, only the principal functions and modules of FoundPlan can be discussed.

*The data and names mentioned in the presentation are

fictitious examples and do not correspond to real, practical values.

*We would be pleased if this presentation has raised your interest, so that we can provide you with a quotation.

For this, we would demonstrate FoundPlan to you in more detail and within the framework of a more elaborate

presentation, free-of-charge.

the menu structure to single software modules

FoundPlanFoundPlanmenu structuremenu structure

FoundPlanFoundPlan

base data

master data

order administration

production

optional merchandise management

stock management

optional quality engineering

invoice/delivery note

statistics

help data

menu structuremenu structure

FoundPlanFoundPlan

over pulldown menu to further submenus

menu structuremenu structure

base database data

article data

work schedule

optional pressing tool only at pressure die-casting optional filling chamberonly at pressure die-castingmaterial

raw material

document archives

optional merchandise

menu structuremenu structure

base data base data

searching and filter functions

index cards with all relevant data

button for help forms

prints of reports table with all articles

articlearticle

base data base data

article data

pattern data

piece list

surchages

core work schedule

moulding work schedule

grinding/processing

offers

index cards with all relevant data

articlearticle

base data base data

assignment of more patterns or tools to an article

pattern status and availability

pattern plate-code

article * pattern/toolarticle * pattern/tool

base data base data

pattern data

automatic calculation of the pattern stand times

article * pattern/toolarticle * pattern/tool

base data base data

laying out cores

assigning machines

laying out work schedules to the machines

article * core datasarticle * core datas

base data base data

pattern with code

assigning machines

laying out work schedules to the machines

article * moulding datasarticle * moulding datas

base data base data

Recording of the material data

Depositing of recipe no. for an

electronic material

component composition

materialmaterial

base database datamaterialmaterial

Reference values as a base for the examining

testimonials

base data base data

Material component composition, in which is the circulation material as a difference on 1,000 kg per melt,

for until 4 recipe can be classed as. Calculation of the chemical analysis

material * components calculationmaterial * components calculation

base data base data

calculation for the liquid material costs

 per formula Base formula for calculation

is always recipe 2

material * components calculationmaterial * components calculation

base data base data

Calculation material price increase surcharge to hand of the current commodity prices for recipe 2

material * MPIS - calculationmaterial * MPIS - calculation

base data base data

List of everyone operations

Assigning to it cost centre and production group

Assigns, which operation shall be manufactured in

outsourcing.

work schedule listwork schedule list

master datamaster data

customers

suppliers

phone-no/standard letter

machine data

document archive customer

optional agent/commissions

menu structuremenu structure

master datamaster data

Searching and filter functions

prints of reports

index cards with all relevant data

table with all customers

customer datacustomer data

master datamaster data

customers data

shipping address

contacts

customer - article

offer - order

delievery - invoice

Change of price

surcharge

index cards with all relevant data

empties

customer datacustomer data

mater datamater data

Index card with customer - article relation

customer – article price

relation customer - articlerelation customer - article

master datamaster data

basic priceIncrease in price

new basic price

surcharges material price increase surcharge energy price increase surcharge

relation customer - articlerelation customer - article

order administartionorder administartion

offer with calculation

incoming orders

order backlog

menu structuremenu structure

order administrationorder administrationofferoffer

Searching and filter functions

index cards with all relevant data

table with all offers

order administrationorder administrationconvicting supply in orderconvicting supply in order

So a supply can be convicted in an order.

calculationcalculationorder administrationorder administration

order administrationorder administration

Searching and filter functions

index cards with all relevant data

table with all orders

incomming orderincomming order

order administrationorder administration

Assigning the articles of the customer to the order

orderorder * laying out articlelaying out article

order administrationorder administration

Selecting articles from the article list of the customer

orderorder * laying out articlelaying out article

production goods: Schulze & Schulze Co.KG

order administrationorder administration

Laying out delivery dates and quantity for the article

orderorder * laying out articlelaying out article

order aministrationorder aministration

Calculation of the output

Calculation of the production beginning for every operation/machine

calculation of the production beginningcalculation of the production beginning

order aministrationorder aministrationincomming orderincomming order

Sending the order confirmation by e-mail and storage in the document archives

Order data

All operations

Status moulding shop

Delivery notes

Invoives

The order status at a glance

order statusorder statusorder administrationorder administration

productionproduction

optional CORE - planning

optional CORE - accounting

MOULDING - planning

MOULDING - accounting

optional PROCESSING - planning

optional PROCESSING - accounting

optional outsourcing

Production status

menu structuremenu structure

SMALL-version cleaning accounting

productionproduction

Production day schedule with filter and sorting possibility to machine and material

production time period

molding box details pattern combinations in the box

MOULDING - planningMOULDING - planning

productionproduction

Order backlog with the production beginning already calculated for every operation/machine

Capacitive exploitation of the machinepattern repair status

Box combination pattern combinations in the box and change on another machine

MOULDING – fine planningMOULDING – fine planning

productionproductionMOULDING - planningMOULDING - planning

Report production schedule moldingseparated to molding lines/machines

productionproductionMOULDING - planningMOULDING - planning

Report production order with all technological details and manufacturing times

Run card to the order with photos

productionproduction

Box details with srap recording

Melt following

Accounting of the manufactured molding boxes

MOULDING - accountingMOULDING - accounting

LagerverwaltungLagerverwaltung

STOCK - cast

STOCK - shipment

STOCK - overstocks

Optional STOCK - KANBAN

MenüstrukturMenüstruktur

Optional STOCK - Konsi

Optional processing

warehouse managementwarehouse management

Table with articles these have a stock level.

Stock level with entrances and departures Assessment of the stock level

shipment stockshipment stock

Release/scrap

Article statistic

Scrap quota

Pattern status

Laboratory/analysis

menu structuremenu structure

Preparing testimonial

testimonial archive

QC – help data

quality controllquality controll

QC - releaseQC - releasequality controllquality controll

include scrapinclude scrapquality controllquality controll

Include the internal and external scrap

Table with articles with sorting and filter

function

Table with all srap to the current article with sorting and filter function to the fault ways

srap evaluation to time period

scrap – article statisticscrap – article statisticquality controllquality controll

Choice of the fault groups to be examined

Table with all srap to the current article with sorting and filter function to the fault ways

srap evaluation to time period

scrap fault - statisticsscrap fault - statisticsquality controllquality controll

melt - analysismelt - analysisquality controllquality controll

Melts

Analysis values to the melt

Mechanical values to the melt

compiling the examining testimonialcompiling the examining testimonial quality controllquality controll

Compiling the examining testimonial

delivery note and invoicedelivery note and invoice

Delivery note

invoice

Booking order up

Data export FIBUin finance accounting

menu structuremenu structure

delivery note and invoicedelivery note and invoice

Table with all delivery notes

Delivery note details

Empties departure

delivery notedelivery note

delivery note and invoicedelivery note and invoice

Table with all prepared to deliver orders

Delivery note details with order quantity, quantity which is delivered already and still open

laying out deliviery notelaying out deliviery note

delivery note and invoicedelivery note and invoicedelivery notedelivery note

Report delivery note

delivery note and invoicedelivery note and invoice

Table with all invoices with searching and filter function

Invoice details with all articles to the invoice

Invoice information with surcharges and reductions

The registrationIn-payments

invoiceinvoice

delivery note and inoicedelivery note and inoice

Table with all customers  with delivery notes already issued.

Invoices can delivery note details to the be prepared.

Calculation of the invoice amounts

laying out invoicelaying out invoice

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GermanyFerroTrade

An der Schraube 21D – 03238 Finsterwalde

Contact: Ulrich Wackernagelphone: +49 (0) 35 31 50 12 24

fax: +49 (0) 35 31 50 78 39mobile: +49 (0) 172 794 87 10

Skype: ulliwacke-mail: info@ferrotrade.de

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Contact: Ing. Marko Cicala phone: +39 (02) 261 113 07

fax: +39 (02) 283 403 80 mobil: +39 (335) 838 48 60 e-mail: mcicala@b4labs.com homepage: www. b4labs.com

Denmark & Scandinavia NORDIC-CASTING

Egevej 12DK - 8680 RY

Contact: Jorgen Rollmannphone: +45 (8689) 38 55

fax: +45 (8689) 31 00e-mail: Jorgen@nordic-casting.com

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