In support of our business philosophy of developing a reputation as a "Company that delivers consistently high quality products on time, at truly competitive rates and to the highest specification", we have invested in Progress, a fully integrated company management information system, designed specifically for manufacturing companies who make & assemble to customer order.

Progress is a second-generation product and incorporates the latest 'best practice' manufacturing concepts to provide a business & production control system that will simply & efficiently automate and speed up business.

Significant benefits, including cost reductions which we pass on to our customers, can be achieved by tailoring Progress to our specific market, sector and individual customer needs.

• Progress provides management with instantaneous information for effective control in all areas of the business.
• Progress improves efficiency by saving time in every area of administration.
• Progress enables us to accurately monitor manufacturing cost in real time, ensuring that we operate within agreed budgets at all times.
• Progress reduces errors by keeping one central store of information.
• Progress helps the company to maintain an effective quality system.
• Progress gives us the tools to provide our customers with a better and more professional service.

More specifically we have achieved the following benefits and cost reductions since installing Progress:

Reduction in fixed overhead costs - As a result of using Progress we have reduced our administration personnel needs by one full time employee.

Measurable increase in shop floor/production efficiency - Progress has revolutionised shop floor/production efficiency because employees are now able to directly access drawings, 3D images, set-ups, fixtures as well as check on stock material availability and tooling directly from the shop floor and take immediate action accordingly.

Improvement in quality of customer service - The ability of Progress to offer complete traceability, from initial customer enquiry through to invoicing and final delivery, enables us to keep our customers informed on the progress of their order at all times . It also helped us to recently achieve BS EN ISO 9001:2000 accreditation. The BSI accreditation auditor commented that Progress was the best system of its type they had ever seen.