Also on offer are advanced CAD/CAM and

analysis tools to support manufacturing with

a software range including a hybrid surface/solids system that handles complex

tool design projects with many thousands

of surfaces and components.

Then there is the manufacturing software

specialist who has created a market leading

production management software that significantly reduces

manufacturing overheads

by integrating administration and production

control in a single system.

The system deals with prototypes to complex assemblies in industries including aerospace,

fabrication, electronics,

motor sport,

medical and construction supporting

approvals, where required, ranging from

ISO9000 to AS9100.

The modular software includes Job

Managment, Job Planning, MRP,

Production Control, Production

Management, Quotation and Scheduling

Software.

Yet another supplier within the GTMA supply chain resource

is a software design

company specialising in developing systems for manufacturers

who work to customer order

and it is suitable for both

repeat and one-off jobs. Its systems provide

greater speed and efficiency of the production process

and maintains greater control

of orders, jobs, workload, materials, labour

and quality. Its use results in very real cost

and time savings.

TRAINING AVAILABLE

There is also training and consultancy available. A leader in the field is Man and

Machine which has over 22 years of working exclusively within the digital design

community and is a leading upplier of

Autodesk software.

Highly qualified specialists offer product

knowledge, industry experience, support

and training to save you time and money.

Its Autodesk consultancy services, technical

experience and expertise cover all elements

of a project lifecycle so you get the most

out of your CAD software.

It can help with design process reviews,

project management, license compliance,

2D to 3D process transition, and implementing best practices. Among other services

it provides

CAD training (scheduled

courses and bespoke), CAD Mentoring

(where one of its CAD experts helps with a

specific project or looks over the way

you are working), Train the Trainer and

CAD/CAM Computer Software

CNC Simulation Software

Control Software

EDM Software

ERP Software

Job Management Software

Job Planning Software

Metrology Software

Mould Simulation Software

MRP Software

Plastic Simulation Software

Production Control Software

Production Management Software

Project Management Software

Quotation Software

Reverse Engineering Software

Scheduling Software

Shop Floor Data Capture Software

Shop Floor Management Software

Simulation Software

Time Capture Software

Time Recording Software

Workshop Management Software

AT THE HEART SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS

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GTMA

A-Z OF SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS

SOFTWARE PRODUCTS/SERVICES

COMPANIES

WHAT WE DO

Berkeley Myles Solutions

Central Scanning

CGTech

Delcam UK

Dutton Simulation

Edgecam

Europac 3Dimensional

Foregone Solutions

Indysoft Europe

isel UK

Man and Machine

Mastercam (4D Engineering)

Nikon Metrology

Progress Plus (Berkeley Myles)

PSL Datatrack (Prospec Systems)

Renishaw

Sescoi

SFJ Manufacturing & Scheduling Systems

TATA Technologies

Verisurf

Wenzel UK

Training Needs Analysis.

There are also companies who are using

the web to improve their software offering.

SFJ Systems provides software and services that target key production

issues and

uses web enabled technology to communicate between systems. This can reduce

costs and speeds up implementation.

New systems are implemented and tested

in parallel with the current system and with

fully trained personnel on the new system

this means a simple switch off the old and

switch on the new.

The packages that help logistical issues

across industrial sectors not only involve

planning, procurement and scheduling but

also focus on resource asset management

linked to these areas. Controlling the

resources for manufacturing is key to a

smooth running operation and using web

enabled Wi Fi with bar coding means this

control is paperless.

Within the software supplier base there is

also a strong commitment to R&D, none so

more than world leader Delcam which is

now the largest developer of product

design and manufacturing software in the

UK, with subsidiaries and joint ventures

across North America, Europe and Asia.

Delcam's software is used by more than

40,000 organisations in over 90 countries.

Customers range from multi-national corporations to independent designers, toolmakers

and sub-contractors, and come from

industries including aerospace, automotive,

electrical appliances, healthcare, motor

sport and packaging.

TECHNICAL LEADERS

Maintaining technical leadership across

this product range requires a significant

investment in research and development and

Delcam has the largest development team in

the CAM industry with over 230 staff.

To identify software suppliers to meet your

specific needs please call GTMA on 0121

601 6368, email admin@gtma.co.ukttp://gtma.co.uk" target="_blank" title="Visit gtma.co.uk">gtma.co.uk or visit

the website.

"Our software supplier resource is world

class for engineering and full of diversity,"

says CEO Julia Moore. "I am confident that

if your specific requirement is not mentioned here

there is very likely to be a

GTMA supplier who can help you."

www.gtma.co.uk