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Networking

We have multiple solutions for your industrial networking needs. Network your office with the outside shop floor and create a seamless way to send down product to your machines and keep track of your production.

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Modules

CONNEX™ is a Web-Based Enterprise Software

Connex multi-user, Enterprise Solution to link your Office to the Plant Floor. Features include job scheduling, coil tracking, customizable reports, ability to import/export to your existing ERP software, and much more.  Connex makes it easier for users to run metal forming lines in a quick and efficient manner by allowing you to download the orders you are trying to fill directly from the Connex Jobs page into your Beck Automation SII controllers. Connex will help you make your entire process from order to production paperless.

Multi-User
  • Ability to setup each user with specific Roles and Permissions limiting
    • what they can and cannot do
  • Web-Based developed using HTML5
  • *Remote login via laptops, smartphones, and tablets from virtually anywhere

    • Multi-Facility
  • Corporate wide database
  • Ability to view Multiple Facilities at one time
  • Allow Users to view specific locations
  • Allow Users to setup regional access
  • Ability to change location of Jobs from any location

    • Production Scheduling
  • Ethernet utilized to communicate to SII controllers.
  • Manual (send jobs to machines with the click of a button)
  • Automatic (set date/time and jobs will be sent to machines automatically at that time)
  • SII Controller can Request/Download jobs manually from Connex
  • SII Controller can Auto Request jobs from Connex
  • Select machine at the time of download to the controller
  • Allows machines with different attributes (i.e. datum line, left to right vs. right to left, leg up vs. leg down, etc.) to run the same job
  • Necessary modifications can be applied at the time of downloading to the machine

    • Generate Custom Reports
  • Track Production, Coil Inventory, Scrap (by reason), and Downtime (by reason)
  • Create Custom Reports and Save Templates for future use
  • Include User Defined Fields (i.e. Customer info) in reports
  • Export reports to an Excel Spreadsheet to easily manipulate the data

    • Coil Inventory Tracking
  • Enter coils into Connex and view inventory by Material
  • Provides real time data for Required (for Jobs currently in Connex), In Stock (All Coils consisting of that Material), and Remaining footage (footages left after required footage is ran) as jobs are completed
    • Coil Validation
  • Coils selected at the SII are validated in Connex to confirm Material matches job requirements

    • QB-Elite

    Interface your QuickBooks Enterprise software with our Connex system using QB-Elite. Produce sales orders directly in QuickBooks and they'll automatically be pulled down into the QB-Elite system. Then make any changes before sending jobs directly down to Connex and producing the product.

    Features
  • Enter Sales Order in your web browser from any computer.
  • Uses existing data from your QuickBooks for Customers, Items and Pricing.
  • Calculates length totals based upon the quantity and length of parts, eliminating manual entry errors.
  • Allows Customer specific pricing structure.
  • QB-Elite pushes data to QuickBooks for accounting functions and to SmartComm™/Connex™ for production functions.
  • Orders can be entered or modified in either QuickBooks or QB-Elite
  • Coil inventory can automatically be deducted from QuickBooks
  • Builds required for inventory maintenance can be generated automatically

    • SmartComm Production Software

    SmartComm is multi-user, Enterprise Solution to link your Office to the Plant Floor. Features include job scheduling, coil tracking, customizable reports, and much more. SmartComm makes it easier for users to run metal forming lines in a quick and efficient manner by allowing you to download the orders you are trying to fill directly from the SmartComm Jobs page into your Beck Automation SII controllers. SmartComm will help you make your entire process from order to production paperless.

    Download Jobs
  • Schedule One Job, One Day, or an Entire Week’s Worth of Production
  • Machine Operator can Request Jobs

    • Production Data Uploaded
  • Produced Goods Information
  • Machine Downtime
  • Employee Tracking
  • Scrap Tracking

    • Controller Backup
  • Controllers Memory Backed up for Storage (Setups, Parts, Tools)
  • Generate Production Reports
  • Production Report
  • Material Tracking Report
  • Coil Inventory Report
  • Access .mdb File Format to Easily
  • Create Your Own Reports

    • Entire Factory Communications Support
  • Multiple Machines All Communicating Simultaneously
  • Real-Time Job Status Update

    • Import and Export to a Mainframe
  • Import Job, Part, and Coil Data
  • Flexible Import Protocol
  • Export Production Information

    • Translators

    Our translators help you take an existing ERP or in house building software and interface down to the line. Imagine creating a building in your CAD software and being able to send that directly down to your machines for production. Our translators do just that and we've already interfaced to many different softwares.

    ERP/Accounting Software
  • Oracle
  • ABIS/Adjutant
  • QuickBooks
  • Sage
  • Peachtree
  • Paradigm
  • Eagle Business Software
  • SAP

    • Design Software
  • MBS
  • StrucSoft Solutions
  • Vertex/Argos
  • Keymark
  • Tekla
  • Loseke

    • Optional Modules

    We have multiple optional modules and features that will allow you to handle nearly any rollforming press system with ease and boost your productivity.

    Trim Optimization
  • Reduce time and scrap by creating cut-lists for trim components or automatically program jobs to run on your slit/cut-to-length lines. With a Ghost controller parts can be remulted or merged as necessary. Scrap pieces slit off can be recorded as good pieces.

    • Ghost Controllers
  • Operator can access Connex for job/production
  • After manually programming controller based on this production, they can record completed production (tracking good and scrap usage) for machines without Beck Controllers
  • Reports can then be ran for these machines

    • Machine Maintenance

  • Create a preventative maintenance plan that can be monitored and tracked in order to keep your equipment running at its optimum performance. Maintenance can be based on the OEM’s suggestions and can be tracking by lineal feet/meters, time (hours, days, weeks, months), or press cycles. Notifications can be setup to notify personnel when items are due or past due and reports ran to hold personnel accountable.

    • KPI Screens

  • Monitor Key Performance indexes to track production, runtime/downtime, or other key attributes necessary to keep your business running at its peak ability. These attributes can be displayed in real time on an in-plant monitor for viewing

    • Custom API Reports

  • Create custom reports leveraging the production data in Connex using its powerful API. Reports can be created by the customer or request Beck Automation to build the report per company specifications.