Katrix - Automation

AUTOMATION

Introduction

Katrix has assisted customers in a lot of fields through the implementation of programs and databases to automate a variety of processes in the fields of accounting, sales, manufacturing and logistics operations. The use of programs and databases not only can speed up jobs, like generating accounting reports, by up to ten folds. It can also eliminate errors cause by manual processes to meet quality system requirements. Its implementation provides one of the best returns in IT application for small and medium business.

Accounting

Accounting no doubt has the biggest room for the application of automation through the use of databases. No surprise that majority of small and medium businesses in North America are still using spreadsheets plus some proprietary account system for their daily operations. Data from different sources and programs creates difficulty in the effective merging data for storage, analysis and reporting. Through the use of programs like Microsoft Access (and SQL database server in case of a larger scale in data magnitude), the merging of data can be made easy and processes like payroll, inventory, invoicing, etc. fully automated.

Logistics

Logistics provides another big area for utilizing databases and program automation. The generation of ship orders, labels with bar codes, packing lists and commercial invoices.

The use of bar coding in receiving and shipping can ensure correct products and accurate quantities are received and shipped. The scanning of serial numbers on incoming components and outgoing products also provides tracing capability down to where and when a failed component came from or a possible problematic product shipped. This will help your company in meeting quality system requirement like those of ISO 9001. Katrix has once helped a customer to reduce their shipping error rate from an average of once a week down to almost zero.

Sales

Good sales depend on a well maintained customer base. All info of customers (region, nature of business, buying history, contacts, etc.) is of paramount importance to your future sales. Tracking of your opportunities are also important in the deployment of your sales force. All these analytical and reporting power can be easily provided through database programs.

Manufacturing

From the generation of work orders to the completion of a product, there are numerous valuable data like inspection records, testing results and failure analysis reports that require storage and analysis. Periodical report can be generated from these data for assessing suppliers, design, manufacturing processes and quality control performance.

Today's Applications

Modern database applications facilitate simultaneous updates and queries from multiple users located in different parts of the world. You can find databases working everywhere behind the scene. No matter you are shopping in eBay, booking a movie ticket or visiting your doctor at the medical center, there's a database working silently serving you.