Madsen's Accelerates and Achieves Its FSC Certification Goals with TRAKware's 2012 Software for Custom Woodworking and Architectural Millwork Manufacturers
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Revolutionary platform provides manufacturers with a fast, effective and effortless way to obtain certification and significantly reducing their time and certification expenses, remain competitive and maintain profitability and productivity margins.
Edmonton, Alberta - Trakware Systems, a leading provider of profitability and productivity business optimization software for the unique requirements of small to midsize project/contract/ETO manufacturing, fabrication and construction companies, announced their new and innovative capabilities to enable their customers to accelerate and achieve FSC certification. Previous work to enhance TRAKware's capabilities to include demanding warehouse management business processes and reporting resulted in advanced, effective, efficient and accurate material and inventory tracking, control and best practice processes - all essential to being awarded an FSC code.
Kent Madsen, owner of Madsen's Group, stated "the ability to bid on projects is increasingly requiring the manufacturer to have FSC certification. We had been working on ways to get our FSC code for nearly two years now, and rather than continue to look outwards for advice on how others were doing this with massive process changes and paper trails - we decided to leverage our current business management tool - TRAKware. We upgraded a few modules this past summer - invited the FSC auditor, and had our code 30 days later." Madsen further stated "I think it is important to mention that the auditor led me to believe that in nearly 400 previous applications that he'd handled, Madsen's was the first that required no (zero) changes to process or procedure. We attribute this directly to our use of TRAKware. Our success in business is very much dependent on becoming aligned with the strategy of sustainable management of forests, and we are proud to be a part of this global initiative."
FSC certification tracks products from the forest to the shelf. All FSC products are verified by third-party Certifiers to meet FSC's rigorous requirements through the FSC Forest Management (FM) and Chain of Custody (CoC) certification systems. Every FSC certified company receives a unique FSC code. A unique FSC code is found on every FSC product and can be tracked back to the company that produced that product. Only FSC-certified companies are able to make and sell FSC-certified products, which are identifiable by the FSC logo. Banks, insurance companies, retailers and governments recognize FSC in procurement policies as the BEST choice for healthy forests and communities. See: www.fsc.org/certification.html
"This certification achievement by Madsen's with our software is testament to our business solution's capabilities and benefits - which were innovated from the ground up within a custom manufacturing environment.", mentioned Norman Fink, Executive Vice President at Trakware. "Our customers can experience immediate competitive advantage as they do not require months and months of custom development nor custom configuration nor radical changes to their business processes - it is inherent in TRAKware."
The FSC can be found in over 50 countries, and includes environmental and social groups, progressive forestry and wood retail companies working in a balanced partnership to improve forest management world-wide. Its members include some large important players such as Sweden's Assi Doman (the worlds largest private landowner), Home Depot and B&Q (the largest do-it-yourself chains in the US and UK respectively), as well as many smaller companies, community forestry groups, indigenous peoples organisations, unions and environmental organizations.
FSC and TRAKware can be found west to east, in Canada and the USA. For example, Stephenson Millwork Company, a TRAKware customer based in Wilson, NC, USA, has also obtained their FSC code of excellence. Stephenson is a premium grade architectural millwork manufacturing company specializing in the design, production, and installation of millwork products for the commercial, residential and institutional markets. A few of their key projects can be found at: Duke University, Seymour Johnson Air Base, Time Warner, University of North Carolina, North Carolina Museum of Natural Science.
www.stephensonmillwork.com
Randy Richel, CEO of Trakware Systems, remarked "Changing business processes - business process management and optimization - lean manufacturing (optimizing discrete processes) combined with leveraging a multitude of disparate software applications often found at manufacturing firms, is mind boggling, even to the experts. Our evolution on the custom/project shop floor over 17 years, combined with cooperation and collaboration with innovative 'business process' partners like Planet Group's Workpoint (http://planetgroupinc.com/workpoint/workpoint/overview ), ensures that we can quickly, efficiently and effectively deliver measureable value to our customers."
About Madsen's
Since 1962, Madsen's Custom Cabinets has been providing premium quality architectural doors and millwork, commercial furnishings, custom veneers and cabinetry throughout North America. We consistently complete projects large and small on time and on budget, while maintaining a level of quality unsurpassed in our industry. Tour just a few projects: Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research, Shaw Convention Centre, Colt Engineering Edmonton Office, TD Canada Trust, Enbridge, Trans Canada Pipelines Executive Floor, Royal Glenora Club, Epcor Tower, Wynn Encore Lobbies - Las Vegas.
http://www.madsensmillwork.com
About Trakware Systems Inc.
Founded in 1995, Trakware Systems specializes in business management solutions for custom manufacturing, fabrication and construction environments to improve their ability to consistently manage expectations: profitability, productivity and communication. TRAKware software empowers business-critical functions such as estimating, scheduling, project management, business process management / workflow and optimization, job costing, production management, inventory, capacity management and planning, shop floor and field installation labor/material data collection. TRAKware integrates with existing, and leading software providers for financial accounting (Intuit QuickBooks, Sage, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Oracle Financials), engineering design, optimization, payroll and wireless.
TRAKware's innovative and proven parametric configuration engine provides leading benefits to engineering, estimating and manufacturing, throughout the entire manufacturing process. The advanced data exchange interface enables import/export of text files to spreadsheets as well as ODBC compliant databases, and comprehensive XML open standard capability. TRAKware benefits all custom / contract / project manufacturing environments, such as: Oil and Gas Engineering and Metal Fabrication, Store Fixtures, Architectural Woodworking and Millwork, Plastic Injection Molding, Cabinets & Casegoods, Doors & Windows, Furniture, Solid Surface, Equipment, and Electronics.
www.trakware.com
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT INFO:
Kent Madsen
Madsen's Group
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(780) 454-6790
Randy Richel, P.Eng.
Trakware Systems Inc.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(780) 264-6838
