Affordable IT

FourQuant provides custom software solutions to small and medium sized companies - services that would often be unaffordable if they were procured from less agile, more traditional IT consultancies.

• factory floor automation and ERP system integration,
• business processes automation,
• Custom enterprise software - desktop, Web, Web API's, cross-platform mobile applications (iOS, Android),
• SQL Server based or Azure based data storage and database migration and management.

Automated Electronic Kanban (E-BAN)

• We have developed an Electronic Kanban system that can integrate with your existing Enterprise software,
• Kanban Call-Off's result in an automated email to your supplier with a link to Kanban Card,
• Suppliers can confirm and manage Call-Off's electronically,
• The E-BAN system is "self-maintaining", e.g. suppliers are automatically notified if e-Ban cards are late for confirmation, delivery. etc.,
• This frees your purchasing Team from having to manually manage and monitor Kanban Call-Offs,

Business Process Automation example video

Electronic Purchase Orders (e-PO's)

An e-PO’s system that can be plugged into your ERP/Enterprise system to achieve maximum automation of materials procurement from Suppliers.

Full integration with your Enterprise system can be achieved, such as EDI or pulling in production schedule and component demand details to automate Purchase Order Change request approvals.

Additional customisation options available based on your ERP system and business needs.

Securly expose Purchasing requirements to your Suppliers and eliminate manual handling of Purchase Orders.

Mobile Inventory Management

FourQuant designed and implemented mobile applications that drive Inventory processes in the warehouse and on the factory floor at a leading British cosmetics manufacturer.

The application can run on any Android or iOS device in any form factor, from a mobile phone to rugged mobile computers.

The applications communicate with in-house ERP systems via secure Web API’s written by FourQuant in the latest .NET Core standard.

Sample applications

• Automated driving of Inventory picking processes. The application looks at current manufacturing requirements and tells users which components to pick and from which locations. Users follow instructions on the display and scan Inventory out of stock and into WIP locations.
• Barcode scanning of pallets prior to shipments to collect pallet data such as weight, dimensions. Taking photos of pallets and attaching them to related Manufacturing Orders and Shipment records on the ERP system,

Mobile ERP Example - Labour Transactions

FourQuant created and implemented a mobile application that let a leading British electronics designer and manufacturer record labour transactions from the factory floor.

The application allows shopfloor staff to select which manufacturing orders they are working on, which led to more accurate costing of the labour component of manufacturing processes.

Fully ERP-integrated and cross-platform (iOS, Android and Windows) the application improved data accuracy, with the system self-managing with push notifications.

Benefits

• Accurate costing of projects and products,
• “One touch” work breaks feature eliminated staff queuing at PC terminals,
• in-house ERP integration with custom API Web Services allows easy extensibility to gather other shop-floor information, such quality and traceability data,
• Improved data accuracy: push notifications to minimize possibility of staff forgetting to book on or off manufacturing orders.

Factory Floor data

We created a bespoke shop floor inventory management application for a major British cosmetics manufacturer.

The application is installed on factory floor tablets and used to retrieve detailed inventory data and print product labels.

Fully ERP-integrated and with intuitive and practical user interface, the application enabled real-time inventory status retrieval, such as available quantities, stock locations or inventory pallet ID’s.

The application is also used to print different label types (laboratory labels, pallet labels, etc.) on printers allocated to specific manufacturing areas.

X-Rays control Application Example

We designed and wrote a desktop application for a major British X-Rays generators manufacturer.

The Windows application allows users to control X-Ray generators from within a computerized environment.

The application allows users to define operating parameters for radiographic exposure such as the X-Ray tube kV settings, mA setting and exposure duration as well as generating X-Rays in constant source mode so that fluoroscopic inspection can be accomplished while using real-time equipment.

ERP plug-in Example

We created an ERP plug-in for automation of printing GHS labels (international standard of labelling hazardous chemicals) for a British pharmaceutical company.

The plug-in is integrated with the manufacturer’s in-house ERP software and retrieves manufacturing order details, such as batch and serial numbers, and generates GHS-compliant labels which are sent for batch printing on the shop floor.

The plug-in allows easy GHS label configuration per product through an intuitive user interface - accessible directly from client’s ERP software.

Long term focus

To guarantee projects long term scalability, support and maintainability, we only use the latest technologies. We offer expertise in the cross-platform .NET Core stack, including: