Released on: January 29, 2008, 12:09 pm

Press Release Author: Thomas R. Cutler

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Trakware's ETO MES Strategic Alliance with Xora Forms Perfect
Fit for Custom Cabinet Manufacturer

Press Release Body: Trakware Systems is the worldwide leader in manufacturing
execution system (MES) solutions for engineer-to-order (ETO) and project-based
manufacturers maximizing both profitability and productivity. Trakware specializes
in lean business-critical functions such as estimating, advanced scheduling, job
costing, production management and labor as well as material shop floor data
collection. TRAKware software fully integrates with existing ERP systems, as well as
major software providers for financials, engineering design, optimization, payroll
and wireless interaction for mobile workers. Trakware recognizes ETO manufacturing
as a process and includes a wide range of industry sectors including Architectural
Woodworking, Cabinets, Store Fixtures, Doors and Windows, Furniture, Oil and Gas
Fabrication, Solid Surface, Metal Fabrication, Yachts-building, and Custom
Electronics.


Xora, a leading provider of location-based mobile workforce management solutions,
and Trakware Systems Inc., a leading provider of manufacturing and project execution
solutions for complex engineer-to-order environments, announced an integrated
release that enables advanced supervisor capabilities. Adams Bros. Cabinetry, Inc.
is the first customer to utilize the combined offering.

Adams has some unique challenges when capturing labor information from the field.
\"We required a robust and flexible solution that would allow us to capture time for
any member of our field installation crews on any supervisor\'s phone\", said Jonathan
Adams, Systems Administrator for Adams Brothers Cabinetry. \"This allows us to be
flexible with our scheduling of crew members so that we can exceed our customer\'s
expectations of man power requirements and service. With TRAKware and Xora, we have
the ability to achieve that and more.\" Xora\'s supervisor application allows any
individual to \"clock in\" from any supervisor\'s Sprint phone in the field. TRAKware
synchronizes this time with Xora at the press of a button, providing real-time
information on what field installation crews are working on. \"Simply put, we are
able to be flexible with our scheduling while reducing our administrative costs of
capturing time in the field.\"

Xora mobile workforce management applications enable businesses to track and manage
field staff via GPS-enabled mobile phones. Mobile workers use the phones to record
time sheet and job status information, including when they begin and end shifts and
jobs. Office staff access this information in real-time from TRAKware. Companies use
this information to ensure that workers are paid accurately, their customers are
billed appropriately and their productivity and profitability are both maximized.
\"MES technology solutions should include parametrics which go far beyond using
parameters only to represent coordinates,\" according to Randy Richel, CEO of
TRAKware, an MES provider. \"Coordinates should have the capacity to dynamically
adjust bills of materials, bills of labor, routings, costs, selling prices, and
sizes.\"



Founded in 1995, Trakware's partners include Microsoft, Oracle, ADP, Sage, and
SolidWorks, Dell and TouchSystems. TRAKware software allows any manufacturer with
unique requirements of a custom engineered-to-order business, in any industry, to
have total control of each and every order through the plant. Trakware is the
leader in delivering innovative Manufacturing, Planning, and Control (MPC) solutions
for project-based manufacturers.



TRAKware Systems Inc.
www.trakware.com
Randy Richel, CEO
info@trakware.com
800-370-1849



Web Site: http://www.trakware.com

Contact Details: TRAKware Systems
1120-13 Misson Ave
St.Albert, Alberta, Canada