E2 Shop System

Data Collection

With E2 ERP software, gain complete transparency into your largest expense items, including material, labor, and more. Access your data quickly so you can make fast, informed decisions while managing your resources.

E2 ERP software eliminates the guesswork from your most important decisions. With E2, harvest information from employees, work centers, and even your materials and products in real-time.

• Track job costs, pieces, and scrap with up-to-the-minute precision
• Eliminate hard-to-read manual time tickets
• Guarantee accurate job costing with bar-coded job travelers
• Prevent time from being posted to wrong or closed jobs
• Compare time in the building with time spent on jobs
• View routers, drawings, and other attachments online — create the paperless shop floor
• Use Work Queue so employees can see the next job to run

Employee Data Collection (designed for a mobile device)

Registered to a specific employee, so you know exactly what job the employee is working on. Geo-fencing technology for accurate time and attendance. Real-time information on job status and costing. Eliminate hard-to-read time cards. Post inventory directly to a job.

Data Collection

Designed for tablets. Gain up-to-the-second information on job statuses and updates. Designed for use by multiple employees on the shop floor. No longer manually track time or waste time entering into E2.

Bar Coding

Employees can also post material at the data collection clocks or PC. Barcode your material and have the employee post the material as it is used. Automatic break buttons so that employees can go straight to lunch without having to walk over to the clock to log out of jobs. Prevent employees from logging on to steps if the previous steps haven’t been worked on. Eliminate user error by making sure the right time goes to the right step. All of this time entry is real-time so that when a customer calls looking for their job, all of the information is up to the minute.

Bill of Materials

E2 manufacturing software can handle multiple levels of BOMs, both purchased parts and manufactured parts. E2 also has material calculators to help calculate how much material is needed to fulfill job requirements for customer orders.

Handheld/PocketView

PocketView is real-time labor reporting, Hot Spots, messaging, inventory transfers, and inventory adjustments all rolled into one. The PocketView software runs on a Pocket PC handheld device. PocketView gives users the ability to walk the shop floors yet still have access to critical business information.

Inventory Control

Whether you need raw materials or finished goods, the E2 Shop System handles inventory and purchasing in a snap. Each part or material number can be stored alpha, numeric, or with special characters. In addition, each inventoried item can be stored in multiple bin or lot locations. When inventoried items are allocated to a job or finished goods are sold from inventory, the E2 Shop System stores the history of where the raw materials or finished parts were pulled from. This eliminates the guesswork when quality control becomes an issue.

Inventory Management

E2 can help manage all of your material with reorder levels and multiple bin locations with costs at the bin level. Tracking inventory can be managed from a LIFO, FIFO, Standard, and Average Cost basis. Inventory adjustments can also be made through our count sheets or our mobile application, PocketView.

Lot and Serial Control

E2 ERP system has lot and serial tracking for both raw materials and finished goods. Serial numbers can be populated throughout the system. Lot traceability can be added at any point in the system as well.

Material Management

Whether you need materials or finished goods, the E2 Shop System handles inventory and purchasing in a snap. Each part or material number can be stored alpha, numeric, or with special characters. In addition, each inventoried item can be stored in multiple bin or lot locations. When inventoried items are allocated to a job or finished goods are sold from inventory, the E2 Shop System manufacturing software stores the history of where the raw materials or finished parts were pulled from. This eliminates the guesswork when quality control becomes an issue.

Order Entry

You’ve received the go-ahead from your customer. Now you have to get the order into the system and out to your shop floor. The E2 Shop System allows you to turn a quote into an order within a matter of seconds with​“Point and Click” ease. Any job documents required for the job can be attached to the order with the same​“point and click” convenience, allowing you to create a complete job folder.

Quoting/Estimating

Accuracy is the key element in ensuring your profitability. The E2 Shop System takes the uncertainty out of estimating by utilizing pre-set rates for:

• Burden Rate
• Labor Rate
• Quantity Breaks
• Set-up Time (Up to 10 Different Rates Available)
• Run/Cycle Time (Up to 10 Different Rates Available)
• Outside Services
• Sales Commissions

Any estimate you create in the system will automatically use these pre-set values. Do you have a rush order or special needs on a job? Simply change these rates​“on the fly” to fit those special needs. Future estimates will default to the pre-set values.

Vendor Returns

E2 by ShopTech manages vendor performance with regard to all vendor activity:

• manage vendor returns
• tracks % on-time performance
  

Accounts Payable

E2 can handle all of your financial reporting, including Accounts Payable functions, Vendor Invoices, Check Writing, Aging Summaries, Checkbook Registers, Bank Reconciliations, and many other A/P reports.

Accounts Receivable

E2 can handle all of your Accounts Receivable functions, including billing, cash receipts, sales summaries, deposit summaries, customer statements, and many other A/R reports.

Budgeting and Cashflow

• Budgeting
• E2 has budgeting based on multiple criteria.
• Bank Reconciliation
• Bank reconciliation is integrated into the A/P system.

Multi-Currency

E2 handles multi-currency, and multiple currency codes can be set up with different bank codes.

Cash Flow

Cash flow is integrated into the G/L. The user can also incorporate their payroll, A/R, and A/P into their cash flow.

Executive Overview

• A customizable reporting mechanism that enables the shop owner to access strategic data and make critical business decisions in seconds.
• Are jobs shipping on time?
• Are my employees and work centers performing as expected?
• Am I making a profit on my jobs?
• How many quotes am I winning?
• Are my vendors supplying me with quality materials and services on time?
• What is the value of my inventory?
• What is my sales backlog?
• Which employees were late today or didn’t show?

General Ledger

E2 has a totally integrated General ledger module with journal entries, trial balances, income statements, general ledger summaries, cash flow analysis, and audit trails.

Payroll

E2 has a completely user-friendly and integrated payroll module called Centerpoint, so data does not have to be entered more than once. E2 payroll can handle multi-state and direct deposits.

Interfacing with QuickBooks

The E2 interface will re-create your E2 invoices directly into QuickBooks, eliminating the need to manually re-enter this detailed information to run your accounting. You have a choice of either using our Real-Time sync, which automatically re-creates the invoices from E2 into QuickBooks, or you can choose to run the batch process.

The E2 Shop System handles all of your Quoting, Scheduling, Job Costing, Performance Analysis, Purchasing, Inventory, Bar Code data collection, Shipping, Quality, and Contact Management. The E2 Shop System is the leading shop management system for repetitive and discrete manufacturers on the market today. Since 1984, E2 has helped over 4000 job shops become more profitable by taking control of their shop floor with streamlined shop floor management manufacturing software.

E2 manufacturing software is designed for job shops, machine shops, mixed-mode manufacturers, and make-to-order manufacturers that need help on the Shop Floor and want to keep using their QuickBooks. E2 is the only shop management provider that gives shop owners two options when it comes to interfacing with QuickBooks. The first option is the real-time option, where everything automatically syncs up without any extra keystrokes. The second option allows the user to review everything first before syncing up. We give you the option of deciding which choice is best for your business. E2 also has its own A/R, A/P, G/L, and Payroll for those job shop owners wanting everything in one system.

FAQ’s

Can I keep using QuickBooks for my accounting and just use E2 ERP System for the Shop Floor?

Yes. E2 has a number of customers that do not want to part with their QuickBooks but are looking for something more for the shop floor. E2 can handle all of their quoting, scheduling, barcode data collection, job costing, and inventory, and QuickBooks can handle all of their accounting. Clients can get the best of both worlds, the best Shop Floor Control system handling all of the shop’s needs and QuickBooks handling all of the accounting needs.

How long will it take me to get up and running on E2?

Since Shoptech can convert your QuickBooks base data, there is no need to manually enter any data. When you get the CD from Shoptech, your QuickBooks data is already pre-loaded. So you never experience any downtime and are able to hit the ground running.

Is there any double entry required between E2 and QuickBooks?

No double entry is needed. The data goes right from E2 straight into QuickBooks. 

What Does the Gold Certification mean?

QuickBooks Gold and Silver developers have undergone an extensive testing and approval process to ensure that the software products seamlessly integrate with QuickBooks.

Advanced Scheduling

Our Scheduling Whiteboard, which is accessed through our​“Quick View” feature, allows you to view a snapshot of job schedules and machine availability in a matter of seconds. Online, real-time monitoring capabilities give you up-to-the-minute status of:

• which machines are occupied
• which are idle
• which machines will be needed to finish parts already in production

Job Shops Management

Managing a job from start to finish, from comparing estimated vs. actual, job costing, material usage, etc. is handled in E2.

Order & Job Costing

Job and order costing is the heart and soul of the E2 System. E2 is based on activity-based actual costing. E2 captures labor, burden, material, and outside service costs.

Quality Management

E2 Quality is a fully integrated quality system that manages specific areas of engineering and supply-chain activities for the sole purpose of improving business performance and profitability. E2 Quality addresses quality assurance and activities with regard to customers, vendors, employees, work centers, tooling, and document numbering and control.

Rapid Documentation System

Shoptech provides the following quality system documentation:

• Quality Manual
• Procedure for Control of Documents
• Procedure for Control of Records
• Procedure for Internal Audits
• Procedure for Control of Nonconforming Product
• Procedure for Control of Corrective Actions
• Procedure for Control of Preventative Actions
• Production Process Maps
• Internal Audit Program, Plan, Forms, and Report

Shipping/Receiving

• Improve your on-time deliveries and collect your money sooner.
• Am I meeting customer due dates?
• What is my percent on-time delivery?
• How often am I early? How often am I late?
• How many shipments did I make today, this week, or this month?
• What is the value of those shipments?
• Analyze your deliveries by the customer, part number, product code, or work code.

Receiving

E2 has a fully functional receiving module for both raw material purchases and outside services.

Job Shop Floor Control

The E2 Shop System is based on Shop Floor control. From job tracking to scheduling the shop floor, machine loading, labor reporting, and data collection, all shop floor control functionality is covered in E2.

Advanced Scheduling

Eliminate the bottlenecks and guesswork from your scheduling, and see your shop from any perspective with the E2 Supply Chain Management Scheduling module.

• Avoid machine bottlenecks using whiteboard scheduling
• View your shop by machine, employee, month, week, day, or hour
• Create​“what-if” scenarios to take the guesswork out before committing to due dates
• Choose from Infinite or Finite scheduling by machine, or entire shop
• Flag high-priority​‘hot jobs’ with minimal disruption
• Generate precise delivery dates with confidence

Demand Forecasting

The E2 MRP screen handles all of your demand forecastings from a finished good as well as raw material standpoint.

Executive Overview

• A customizable reporting mechanism that enables the shop owner to access strategic data and make critical business decisions in seconds.
• Are jobs shipping on time?
• Are my employees and work centers performing as expected?
• Am I making a profit on my jobs?
• How many quotes am I winning?
• Are my vendors supplying me with quality materials and services on time?
• What is the value of my inventory?
• What is my sales backlog?
• Which employees were late today or didn’t show?

Inventory Management

Whether you need raw materials or finished goods, the E2 Shop System handles inventory and purchasing in a snap. Each part or material number can be stored alpha, numeric, or with special characters. In addition, each inventoried item can be stored in multiple bin or lot locations. When inventoried items are allocated to a job or finished goods are sold from inventory, the E2 Shop System stores the history of where the raw materials or finished parts were pulled from. This eliminates the guesswork when quality control becomes an issue.

Purchasing/Receiving

Purchasing

You can easily generate your Purchase Order with​“Point and Click” convenience. If you want to shop around for the best prices, you can issue an RFQ to a variety of vendors to determine your best price.

Receiving

E2 has a fully integrated receiving module for both raw materials, finished goods as well as outside services.

E2 Contact Management is a completely integrated tool that improves customer service through the sharing of information, including:

• Sales Forecasting
• Webview/Mobile

Sales Forecasting

E2 has a sales backlog which shows the sales dollars of jobs that are due to ship in the next 30, 60, and 90 days.

Webview

WebView utilizes the power of the internet so your customers can check on quotes, jobs, shipments, and all other business-critical information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. WebView can be incorporated into your website and customized to fit your exact specifications.

Time and Attendance

The​“Time Ticket” feature built into the E2 Shop System allows users to record time information about a job. Through​“Point & Click” convenience, users can enter:

• Employee ID or code
• Job number
• Step number
• Workcenter
• Set-up times
• Cycle times
• Pieces Good/Pieces Scrapped

Crystal Reports

All E2 reports are in Crystal, providing the ability to customize any report in E2 with Crystal Reports.

Data Conversions

E2 custom development is typically able to perform data conversions so customers can hit the ground running without having to key in their old information. Please discuss your specific data conversion with your E2 representative.

Document Capabilities

The E2 Quality system can handle all of your document control along with tightened security, so only certain users are able to attach documents, approve and release documents, etc.

Quick View

• Quickview provides you the ability to view everything that is going on within your shop
• Quickview is read-only
• Quickview is driven by the data you are entering into E2
• Through security, you can decide who has access to what type of information in Quickview.
• Quickview will not take up any of your concurrent seats; simply create a shortcut to your desktop.

Account Manager

Dedicated account managers are given to every new customer. As your point of contact, your account manager will ensure a smooth implementation of the E2 Shop System so your business is up and running. 

Classroom Training

This 3‑day course outlines how to get E2 running in your shop by focusing on the key elements of the software from start to finish and is an integral part of the overall implementation process.

E‑Learning

The E‑Learning training videos are available 24⁄7 to assist in learning the system. This convenient and thorough training system assures all users are comfortable and practiced with the E2 Shop System user interface upon implementation.

Onsite and ISO Consulting

On-Site training is tailored specifically to meet your needs in your own shop.

ISO training prepares your organization for an ISO Certification Audit. On-site and classroom training is available by RABQSA Quality Management System Auditors to enable your organization to perform its own Internal Audits.

• Learn the requirements of each ISO clause.
• Determine the implementation methodology necessary to comply with each clause.
• Identify the objective evidence required to demonstrate compliance during a Certification Audit.
• Provide evidence from within the E2 Shop System and the Quality Management System Documentation generated by the Rapid Documentation System.

Phone Support

The Shoptech Technical Support department is uniquely qualified to answer questions on all of our products and job shops in general.