TTC Informatik

Basic Modules

Quotations

Create price calculations and quotations (including feasibility analyses)

  • Provision of all customer information

  • Quotations can be sent in various formats

  • Automatic notification when due for review or upon expiration

  • Extensive search functions and convenient data transfer for job recording

Jobs

User-friendly recording/management of jobs and preparation for further processing

  • Support from the AMS expert system

  • Importing job data or scanning of the worksheet possible

  • Search criteria and job research

  • Access to all process-relevant documentation and job history

Charging

Creating, editing, and documenting loads from job items (production data capture)

  • Separation of jobs into production-appropriate load sizes

  • Numerous documentation and control functions

  • Linking through TAM with process control systems for data transmission and process documentation

  • Management of samples and load media

Further information
Expert System

With the help of customer specifications, the AMS expert system determines a suitable workflow including heat treatment with required process parameters.

  • Required material quality, target strength, treatment instructions, and work instructions can be set

  • Specifications are stored in the administration and used in AMS modules

  • Recording of customer-specific series parts possible

  • Cross-departmental use as a know-how database

Pick-up Service Job

Recording transport jobs or pickup jobs including customer data and contacts

  • Planning and coordinating goods pickup

  • Data such as material type, quantity, date, etc. can be configured

  • Easy compilation of delivery lists and pickup lists

  • Search functions available

Credit Note

Creation and editing credit notes

  • Assignments to the relevant invoices

  • Extensive search functions

  • Marking redeemed credit notes

  • Various list functions and evaluations

Hardness Converters

Converting hardness values into other units according to the following methods:

  • DIN 501500:2000-10

  • DIN EN ISO 18265:2004/14

  • ASTM E 140

  • ASTM A 370, among others.

Prices

Create and store prices for time-saving semi-automatic and fully automatic invoice processes

  • Standard and special conditions possible

  • Prices definable according to industry-relevant criteria

  • Date-related validity ranges can be configured

  • Formula editor, etc.

Quality Test

Verify the required material strength before creating shipping documents

  • Connection to testing devices through numerous interfaces

  • Graphical evaluation as SPC control chart (optional)

  • Create delivery notes and test certificates according to DIN EN 10204

  • Archive load tests, in-process samples, etc.

Invoice

Manual, semi-automatic, and fully automatic billing run

  • Customer-specific criteria such as invoice types, minimum invoice amounts can be configured

  • Cancellations, corrections, and changes possible at any time

  • Permanent file archiving

  • Various accounting interfaces can be connected

Invoice Processing

Check incoming pecks and unpaid invoices as well as create dunning notes

  • Book incoming payments and assign invoices

  • Various deductions (e.g., discounts, credit notes) can be configured

  • Four-stage dunning note system

  • Block goods receipt and/or delivery possible

Statistics

Evaluations and analyses of sales, equipment utilization, punctuality, etc.

  • Grouped sales distribution according to defined criteria

  • Graphical evaluation in various charts or as customer documents

  • Export and list functions for further processing

  • Statistics on delivery punctuality, equipment, processes, etc. available

Consumptions

Check manual working for production jobs

  • Times for services such as painting are verifiable

  • Simple control function

  • User-friendly view

  • Enter times via the PDC module

Dispatch

Organize shipping and delivery after carrying out work instructions and QM checks. Also available as a mobile application

  • Create delivery notes, dispatch documents, as well as loading lists and transport manifests

  • Pickup jobs can also be configured

  • Graphical shelf management, among others, with barcode scanner (optional)

  • Direct connection to logistics portals such as LetMeShip or Trackpilot possible through interfaces

Administration

In the AMS administration, all necessary records for use in other modules are created and managed.

  • Capture customer master data, contacts, and define workflows

  • Create document templates and templates

  • Set up settings for automatic invoice processes

  • Define questionnaire, etc.

An Overview of AMS Premium Modules and Functions

PDC

Document work processes directly on the production floor

  • Access to the modules jobs, image generation, dispatch, and charging

  • Data entry via touchscreen or barcode

  • Detailed load management

  • Numerous control and suggestion functions

Further information
Ordering System

The module organizes material management and simplifies ordering processes.

  • Support for the ordering process through statistical evaluations

  • Control functions for quantities, prices, and dates

  • Order search and inquiry search available

  • Special marking for hazardous materials possible

Image Generation

Digital image documentation of incoming goods and outsourcing

  • Record parts and packaging for incoming goods for secure identification of customer components

  • “One-finger” or alternative data entry options

  • Quality control by documenting delivery condition

  • Documentation of load structure is also possible

Questionnaire

Support for employees in the correct execution of work steps through individual questions and answer options

  • Question catalogs for the modules jobs, quotations, charging, PDC, maintenance book, and mobile applications

  • Feasibility analyses for quotations can be created

  • Various answer types and follow-up actions definable

  • Storage of answers for process audits

Further information
Stock Keeping

Visual and clear representation of the warehouse and management of goods stocks, empty packaging, and jobs

  • Queries about the location of job items including shelf compartment and job ID

  • Warehouse information can be accessed in various other modules

  • Graphical representation of warehouse areas facilitates assignment and information retrieval

  • Use with barcode scanner possible

Messages

Communicate with employees and customers via email or AMS messages

  • Read and receipt confirmations in real-time, priority messages can be configured

  • Automated messages e.g., about approvals or shipping readiness

  • Time-controlled email dispatch of order confirmations possible

  • Archiving and automated conversion into PDF documents (optional)

Planning Table

Plan optimal equipment occupancy and cross-departmental information transfer

  • Monitor production dates for all active jobs in ongoing operations

  • Query status of individual jobs in real-time (TAM connection)

  • Graphical representation in Kanban style

  • Search and filter

More information
Complaint

The module is divided into two areas: complaint creation/editing and evaluation.

  • Document complaints and assign order items, create 8D reports

  • Search and list functions

  • Assign causes and measures

  • Status marking as "Finalized" or "Rejected"

Maintenance Book

  • Create and manage maintenance tasks for facilities and document the required working hours

  • Information about the responsible employees via the AMS messaging system

  • Completed work must be acknowledged

  • Safety-related work can be counter-signed as proof

  • Permanent storage of the completed work for audits or as a reference guide

AMS for In-house Hardening Shops

TTC Informatik GmbH offers special version of the AMS software for in-house hardening shops (AMSCHS), specifically tailored to the requirements of these company departments.

In-house hardening shops are just one department within large manufacturing companies. Therefore, they require a customized connection to overarching ERP systems as well as specific functions for the efficient management of goods that are to undergo heat treatment within a manufacturing process. The integration of such a department is often not sufficiently considered in most large ERP systems: this is where the order management system AMS comes into play, taking over the transfer and administration of the hardened goods from the overarching ERP system.

The functions of AMSCHS include among other things, the management of charging and job items, the determination of cost shares, and the seamless transfer to the overarching invoicing within the company. Another central aspect is the permanent assignment and archiving of process documentation, which is crucial for quality management and customer audits. Thanks to the connection to the process control systems (TAM), the monitoring and documentation of the heat treatment processes for the equipment occurs in real-time.

Vacuum furnace in a company hardening shop

For flexible data exchange with the overarching ERP system (e.g., SAP), powerful interfaces are available to ensure smooth integration.