Released on: July 14, 2008, 4:14 am

Press Release Author: Thomas R. Cutler

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Primary Standards by Optimation Reduces Cost of Measuring
Manufacturing Performance

Press Release Body: For thirty years Optimation® ( www.optimation.com) has been the
world leader in Part Nesting for Optimized Material and Labor utilization.
Consistently providing product advancement leadership to industry, the company's new
Nesting Technology, AxiomVE make previous nesting methods obsolete. The new
technology, Vision EmulationT, allows the system to "see" the shape of parts, just
as human eyes would view them. When a person looks at a part, they see the whole
shape and any special features on the part. This information is then used to
determine if the part will fit in an area of the nest. Vision Emulation eliminates
excessive trial and error as well as excessive rotation.
Optimation recently introduced Primary StandardsT which greatly reduces the cost of
measuring manufacturing performance. According to Michael D. Lundy, P.E., President
& CEO of Optimation, "Primary Standards enables a manufacturer to know how each part
produced contributes to the profitability of the company avoiding secondary
standards that mislead and cause wrong decisions. Nearly all businesses make
measurements and these measurements are intended to tell management about the
performance and health of the business. Often these measurements are secondary
standards such as square feet produced, tons shipped,
contracts signed, units shipped and many others. Managers use these
measurements with a false sense of security
that they are actually managing the company well."

The reason for this confusion is that the measurement in question was not designed
to reflect the profitability of the company. As an example, consider pieces-per-hour
as a measurement. Pieces-per-hour is a rate measurement designed to measure
efficiency of a machine or group of machines. There are many reasons why an increase
in pieces-per-hour may not cause an increase in profit. The first is the sales price
and therefore contribution may be lower for the product mix produced during the
month. Another is that raw material may cost more. In addition, there are a number
of costs that have nothing to do with productivity that may be out of control during
the month.
Optimation offers benchmarking against any other method of part nesting; recent
benchmarks have show improvements up to 15% in material efficiency alone. As lean
efficiencies are essential, the most advanced nesting technology guarantees the most
important parts are always nested in the next available machine, providing advanced
information to integrated costing, labor reporting, and material inventory systems.
Because Optimation is strong financially and has the most advanced technology; the
company offers direct financing from its own capital resources.

Optimation
www.optimation.com
Michael D Lundy P.E.
Opti1@optinest.com
877-827-2100




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

Contact Details: Optimation
704 NW Mock Street
Blue Springs, MO 64015
816-228-2100