How to Deliver On Time, Every Time
and Improve Your Margins

Hello,

If you'd like to deliver on time, every time, reduce stock levels and improve your margins, then this might be the most important letter you'll ever read.

Here's why:

Match-IT is breakthrough software for production control. Using it you will:

·         know (in less than 3 seconds) if you can make a delivery on the date promised.

·         be advised of the minimum cost plan for all the purchasing and work required.

·         see instantly what your gross margin will be.

·         be able to monitor every aspect of your ongoing jobs, including predicted delivery dates and costs.

Match-IT will automate almost all administration functions, for example it will:

·         create work-to lists and make entries in the diaries of the people who need to do the work. So it’s easy to see what needs to be done and when, and you don’t have to worry about things being forgotten.

·         react to progress and adjust work-to lists and diary entries to reflect what is actually happening. So you know your work-to lists are always up to date and everybody is working to the current priorities.

Your business and our customers' businesses are very similar. So you can gain the same competitive advantages that they have. Indeed, they have driven the development of the software.

Here is a typical comment we received from one current user:

“Within 6 months, we had reduced our late deliveries from over 45% to less than 10% and the improvement continued.” – Gary Sutton, Colbree Precision.

How You Will Save Money With Match-IT

Significant improvements to your sales growth and profitability are the primary goals of Match-IT. You will make savings, or gain new business, that pay for this software many times over. You have our 100% commitment to help you make these gains. Here are some of the ways you will make savings every day:

·         You will have a fully integrated stock control system with just-in-time ordering and automatic allocation to orders on a first-in-first-out basis. The just-in-time ordering will allow you to reduce stock levels; saving cash and storage requirements.

·         You will have automatic generation of all your business documents to your own designs using plain paper. So you don’t waste time preparing and printing documents and you will have a consistent and professional look. And all without the need to buy expensive pre-printed stationery.

·         You will have automatic cost roll-up from your production ‘methods’ taking due regard of materials and labour and sub-contracted operations and quantity breaks. So you always know what your costs are going to be, even at the quoting stage, allowing you to ensure you always make a profit.

Why Your Customers Will Be Delighted

To be profitable you need satisfied customers. An important element in customer satisfaction is to do what you say you will when you say you’ll will at the price you say you will. Here are a few of the ways you will be able to communicate reliable information to your customers:

·         You will have a sophisticated finite capacity planning system that creates achievable work schedules taking due regard of your capacity, loading, min/max batch size constraints, supplier lead times and much more. So you will be able to promise delivery dates to your customers and know you will achieve them.

·         You will have an integrated quality assurance system. Most actions in Match-IT require approval before they are confirmed, with checklists to enforce your quality control procedures. So you can control who is allowed to do what and you don’t have to worry about your quality procedures not being followed. A full audit history is kept so you can always see who did what and when, and you can easily prove you are following your procedures to your quality auditors and customers.

·         You will have an integrated quotation system with automatic price and delivery date calculation for any quantity break. So you can very quickly generate quotations with accurate prices and delivery dates you can trust.

·         You will have automatic generation of all dispatch documentation to your customer requirements. So your dispatch documents are always accurate and complete and contain all the information your customers demand.

The Ways Your Team Will Be Better Coordinated

To save money you need to be efficient and make sure everybody does what he or she should be doing when they should be doing it. Here are some of the ways you will have to achieve this:

·         You will have automatic ‘to-do’ entries placed in the diaries of the people who need to do the work. So you will have complete peace of mind because you know nothing will get forgotten.

·         You will have automatic generation of works orders (route cards, job cards, batch travellers). This means your works orders are always up-to-date and contain all necessary material and process information. So you know the right work will be done using the right material.

How You, Personally, Will Have Greater Control Of All Operations

Your time is precious so you need to spend it wisely. Here are some of the ways you will have to focus your attention to where it’s needed most:

·         You will have instant access to summary and detail reports on all the key areas of your business: production efficiency, delivery performance, sales analysis to name but a few. So you can quickly see how you are doing and quickly zero in on the areas that need you attention.

·         You will have automatic creation and maintenance of prioritised work-to lists for every aspect of your operation: purchase schedules, work schedules, sub-contract schedules, delivery schedules, and more. So you can easily see what your upcoming workload is and everybody knows what the current priorities are.

·         You will have an integrated reject handling system that logs failures from your suppliers, failed internal inspections and rejected goods from your customers. So you have complete control even when things go wrong. You will be able to decide what action to take about the failure and track what happened and why.

How Your Whole System Will Steadily Improve

Match-IT keeps everything forever, so you will steadily build a complete profile of how you are performing over time. You can use this information to analyse and improve critical areas. Here are just a few:

·         You will have all your history on-line right down to the individual transaction level. So you can quickly find the complete history of all transactions for a particular customer, product, process or whatever.

·         You will have full traceability forwards and backwards from any document or batch. So you can very quickly find all related information to any document and very quickly find where a batch of material was used or where it came from.

·         You will have automatic margin calculations on all quotations and orders, both estimated before completion and actual after completion. So you will know immediately you take an order if you are going to make a profit and you can easily check what actually happened after its complete.

Let us explain how and why we can do all these things.

Match-IT is a production control system that covers every aspect of your operation from an initial enquiry through to final invoicing. It was developed specifically for operations like yours and with the help of other companies like you. From the outset we realised that no two companies are the same and the environment you operate within is continually changing. Match-IT was designed to allow continuous and rapid changes without compromising its structure, our ability to support existing installations or your options on taking on new versions. This means we can introduce new features quickly with the minimum of fuss as our users request them.

This evolution from direct requests is fundamental to our philosophy and has been going on for many years. This means the product is now extremely capable and you benefit from the experiences of existing users. When you become a user, you too can contribute to its development.

Don't take our word for it.
Here’s what some of our customers say.

“(It provides) a level of quality and flexibility to give the most cost effective alternative to custom made manufacturing software.” - Stewart Court, SJC Engineering.

“The most intelligent software I’ve ever used.” – Julian Godfrey, Walton Engineering.

“One of the few software providers that listen to their customers and when they make promises, they keep to it.” – Martin Deards, Sub Rack System Products.

“AMC has recouped the capital outlay through improvements to our bottom line brought about by Match-IT.” – Jim Gilbey, Advanced Modular Computers.

“The Match-IT scheduling system performs resource load calculations and lead time estimates that are beyond the possibilities of traditional methods.” – Ian Binns, Precision Aerospace Component Engineering.

“If you spend all day every day sorting out the silly little details then use Match-IT (instead) and (use the time saved to) make the important decisions to move your company forwards.” – Gary Evans, Manroy Engineering.

“Yesterday we received our certificate for registration to BS EN ISO 9001:2000. We had been registered before but the update of the standard coincided with our installation and implementation of Match-IT and we let the registration lapse as we did not have the resources to do both. This turns out to be a good decision as our re-registration went straight through with a pass at the first assessment. Match-IT played a big, nay, huge part in our passing. The traceability and the procedures which Match-IT presents for tasks to be completed right through from enquiry, sales order, purchase order, production, dispatch and invoicing were more than enough to let our assessor give us a pass at the initial assessment stage. To quote our assessor "I am blown away by the information which the Match-IT system holds, it is so comprehensive".” - Howard Brown, J & A Kay Ltd.

Warning: Do NOT Consider Any Production Control Package
unless it meets the following 6 criteria

There is a lot of confusion surrounding production control systems. Here are 6 criteria you absolutely, positively must have in any solution you consider:

One: Is tailoring included? We’ve found that no two companies are the same, even when you appear to be in the same industry, serving similar customers to another, your procedures and practices will be significantly different. No fixed package will fit your requirement well enough to be useful. If the package cannot be tailored to fit you, your operation will be running less efficiently than it could.

Two: Is focused training included? The scope of production control packages can be huge and have a far-reaching impact on your operation. It’s important that the appropriate people are trained in the appropriate parts of the system and the training must be tailored to the way you intend to use the system.

Three: Are support and upgrades included? In our experience you need a lot of help during your first year of operation. It’s only when you’ve been using the system for real for a while that you discover the little things that you don’t know how to do, or the irritants you can’t live with. Ready access to experts and their willingness to tweak things is important if you are not to grind to a halt over something silly.

Four: Is an implementation plan included? To implement a production control system is never as simple as just installing the software and learning how to use it. In practice it’s going to take at least 3 months before you get any real value out of the system. During that time you need guidance and follow a logical plan to make sure you go live as quickly and efficiently as possible. Don’t believe anybody that says you can be up and running in 1 or 2 weeks, that may be true for a new start-up but never for an already running operation.

Five: Are all the modules you need included? Make sure you’re getting all the parts of the system you’ve been shown. Many packages are offered with optional extra cost modules.

Six: Can you try it before you buy it? The impact a production control system will have on your operation will be very significant. Choosing the wrong package could be catastrophic. There is only one way to find out if a package is right for you and that is to try it out before you commit. No amount of technical demonstrations or reading of documents will be enough; you need hands-on experience.

You get a complete solution, not just the software.

You need a complete solution, not just some software. Without proper training and guidance, the software itself is useless. We offer the complete solution, including an expert consultant that will take the time to understand your business and give advice on how to implement the system or modify your internal procedures or ask us to modify the system to make it an even better fit for you.

In summary, here's what you get:

·         The complete software suite, covering everything from enquiries to invoices

·         A complete set of manuals

·         Software installation on your network

·         Transfer of data from your existing system

·         Training in the document design system

·         Integration with your existing accounting system

·         A consultant to help in your implementation

·         Tailoring of the software to exactly fit your requirement

·         Training in using the software in your context

·         Full and unlimited support for 1 year

·         All new versions of the software for 1 year

·         Direct access to the software developers

Why not take a look at our system by asking for a no-obligation demonstration now?

Act immediately and you’ll receive the following

As we know it's 100% to your benefit to act right away, we want to give you every possible reason to ask for a demonstration today. If you respond immediately, you’ll get:

One: A full half-day of an expert showing you how the software works and answering your questions. And you don’t even have to move; we’ll come to you.

Two: A fully functional copy of the complete software installed on your system before we leave you. This will be the complete system with no restrictions except it will only allow a single user and it will stop working after 60 days. So you’ve got 2 months to evaluate the real system at your leisure.

Three: Free technical support while you evaluate the system. During your evaluation, you can use our technical support team to get your questions answered, either by telephone or email.

Four: A free copy of the amazing book: ‘The Goal’ worth £15.95! No, it’s not about football.

The Goal is a novel about a manager named Alex Rogo who runs a troubled manufacturing plant afflicted by a number of production bottlenecks, most of which are the result not of real capacity shortages, but of erroneous assumptions and poor policies on the part of management. Rogo's battle to save his plant is two-fold: first, to understand what's truly happening on the shop floor (and how the struggle for "efficiency" is creating a situation very much the opposite); and second, to orchestrate a process of organizational change that extends beyond the plant itself, all the way to corporate headquarters and even to customers.

This book is easy to read but delivers a very powerful message. You’ll never look at manufacturing in the same way again after reading it. We’re giving it away as a token of our appreciation for your time and also because we know you’ll love what you’ll learn from it.

You can't lose with our 100%
satisfaction guarantee

The book is yours to keep even in the unlikely event you decide not to go any further with us. But, if you like what you see in the demonstration (and we’re confident you will) we can give you an on-the-spot quotation and follow it up with a formal proposal that sets out precisely what you’ll get and a cost breakdown of each element in your solution.

We’ll also give you the names and telephone numbers of a selection of workings sites where you can arrange to visit and see for yourself how others like you are benefiting from the Match-IT system.

When you order, your satisfaction is assured through our 100% satisfaction guarantee. If for any reason, you aren't satisfied with your system, just tell us within 12 months of installation and we’ll fix the problem free of charge.

So you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. What can be fairer than that?

Match-IT - Production Control Software.
Here's how to book your demonstration right now!

Just call 0845 1300 510 to arrange a convenient date. To make sure we don’t waste your time, we’ll first ask you a few questions to confirm the software is suitable. Alternatively, fill out the demonstration request form or send a Fax to 0845 1300 610 or email enquiries@match-it.com with your contact details.

Best regards,

Dave Nichols

Managing Director, Match-IT Limited

P.S. You will actually see and feel the gains you make every day in efficiency, customer service and profitability. Don't hesitate to take up the demonstration offer. You could be making those gains NOW.

P.P.S. Our demonstration experts’ time is limited, so to get the date you want, call now to book it. Also, supplies of the book ‘The Goal’ are limited; ensure you get yours by booking your no-obligation demonstration now.