Confident increase in efficiency

When Ramage Trade Windows doubled its output from 130 to 270 windows per week during the pandemic, the process was made easier thanks to its investment in Business Micros EvoNET software, the company said.

Ramage Trade Windows had previously bought in around half of its volumes but, when it started to suffer significant supply shortages, it took the decision to invest in new machinery and new software so that it could reduce its reliance on other fabricators.

The company, which supplies Eurocell windows throughout the northeast of England, had been a Business Micros Evolution software user for many years. While it was only manufacturing a hundred or so windows per week, it was easy to manage things like production batching and despatch manually, but when volumes started to increase, the Ramage team wanted to ensure that they stayed as efficient as possible.

And the company has reported that the integration of EvoNET into the business has helped to make Ramage more efficient, giving them much more control.

Director Andrew Ramage Jnr said: “The payback on the software was almost instant. A year after it was installed, we are producing double the number of frames, but with no increase in the amount of time we spend on admin.

“We now have barcode scanning stations throughout the factory which gives us total visibility of what is being produced and we can see the status of every job via the in-built dashboard. We can batch production using EvoNET to optimise material and labour efficiency and generate reports instantly on everything from output per fabricator to quantities of remakes.”

Ramage Trade Windows included the EvoAssist module within its EvoNET set up so that it can automatically send order confirmations and invoices to customers via text or email.

Andrew said: “We have streamlined our entire operation while also reducing our reliance on outside suppliers. The addition of EvoNET means we can confidently grow our volumes still further and know that we won’t have to compromise on efficiency or customer service.”