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Screwmatics of South Carolina, Inc. Case Study

Customer Company Size

Mid-size Company

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

E2 Pro
E2 Shop System

Tech Stack

ERP System

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Productivity Improvements
Cost Savings

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.

Operational Impact

E2 made running their shop easier. There was no paper trail before and they did all quotes manually. Now, the system has transformed the way they present themselves as a company when sending formal quotes, order acknowledgements, shipment notifications, etc.
Today, the software automatically tells how many pieces are in stock, and helps manage the materials better than before. This is nice when Hogge is on the road, he can pull up E2 from wherever he is and look up parts or order details. It’s all right there in his hand.
E2 shows what they’re doing and at what rate. All of those reports and the backlog are easily accessible. Many of the features in E2 were new for Screwmatics. Now they can better track their performance, employees’ performance, and their vendors’ performance.