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Trade fabricator, Modplan has taken a complete Business Micros’ Evolution and EvoNET software package to deliver a more streamlined service to its network of installers.

Modplan’s IT manager Andrew Evans says the benefits to installers are being seen in terms of a new, fast and efficient online quoting and ordering system and for Modplan itself, there are improvements in production efficiency and access to better business information.

Evans estimates that on efficiency alone, Modplan achieved payback on its software investment within months.

 “The software is now embedded across all of our five separate manufacturing sites, linking them in a way that we never could before. We have barcode and document scanning in place throughout which means we can track every component and every element of every order, regardless of where it is being manufactured.”

– Andrew Evans 

IT manager, Modplan

Management tool

"We have complete real time visibility of all our factories and can interrogate the EvoNET system at will to review everything from output to quality performance making it a really powerful management tool," adds Modplan's Evans. "We have also been able to make significant improvements in batching and production planning. Unlike previously, where orders for windows, doors, bi-folds and conservatory roofs had to be split according to which factory they were being made in, they can now all be processed and tracked in one, which has massively reduced our paperwork and means just one simple invoice for the customer.”

For customers

The online ordering system uses Business Micros EvoSatellite system, linked directly to Evolution and EvoNET. Upwards of 100 Modplan customers receive a licence and can log in to quote and order any of the Modplan products from Veka, Halo and Liniar PVC frames to Leka conservatory roofs and bi-folds and flush sashes, as well as glass.  Customers get instant updates on stock availability and the EvoNET system ensures that any Just In Time components on any order are immediately visible within the software.

Picture: Modplan has taken a complete Business Micros’ Evolution and EvoNET software package.

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Article written by Cathryn Ellis
13th August 2021

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