New System Saves Time

Now data is input by employees via seven collection stations on the production floor. When customers ask about their jobs, they can be given up-to-the-minute reports instead of having to wait for someone to walk into the shop in search of their job.

"It saves us all kinds of time," notes Bradshaw.

A recent flood forced the system to be shut down for a few days, giving the in-plant an unexpected return to the past. But as for returning to the days of handwritten paperwork for good, the in-plant is not interested.