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Engineering - Metal
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12 General Engineering
EDS Engineering (Brisbane)
"Empower Software has reduced our labour times and labour costs on jobs by an average of 30%, which is massive.
Our return on investment (ROI) with Empower is very high.
We looked nationwide and internationally before deciding on Empower Software and are convinced that it is the best possible labour management and job scheduling tool available by a long shot, even the big software brands did not have what Empower has.
Support from Empower office is comprehensive and amazing”
Gareth Webster, Co-Owner
+61 7 3881 0223
23/04/2018
13 Sheet Metal
Express Sheet Metals
"We were a small 10 man business manufacturing ducting struggling from job to job at $1 mill revenue per year. 4 years later we were doing $6 to $7 million per year, and now 9 years later we are employing as many as 200 staff and doing as a guide $15+ mill revenue per year. We could not have managed and controlled our growth without Empower.
Empower Software has transformed our entire business operation. Our factory staff culture has become very positive and committed to meeting and beating the times on all our jobs.
Our jobs are taking on average 25% less time to complete [ie. a 33% increase in factory productivity].
With 25% less labour time and less labour cost we are highly cost competitive in the market place which has lead directly to our increasing sales and increasing production. We love the Empower system and certainly would not be without it."
Mike Arcari, Director
+64 9 276 8238
11/07/2019
14 Stainless & Alloy Fabrication
Manta Marine
“We have witnessed a minimum 30% reduction in labour times on jobs therefore 30% labour cost on jobs. If we turned off Empower today our labour time on jobs and labour cost on jobs would increase 30% which would have a massive negative impact on our Job profitability and ultimately our sales and production levels.
We definitely would not operate our business without Empower.”
Steve and Louise Pribicevich, Directors
+64 9 620 71027
12/3/2021
16 Car Trailers
Compass Trailers
"We have achieved an estimated 30% increase in our workshop productivity...
Our advice is threefold, if you are a manufacturer or engineer make sure you chose only workshop labour management software where:
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100% of client users of the software are manufacturers and engineers
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The software has been around for 10 or more years and
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The software has written case study proof of the significant workshop gains that many clients have achieved using the software"
Hamish Campion, Managing Director
+64 21 228 3735
07/07/2020
17 Truck Bodies & Trailers
Duralloy Truck Bodies (Queensland)
"I estimate using touchscreens and Empower, our labour times on jobs are 20% less.
Previously we used the archaic system of manual time sheets. We invested in technology of touchscreens on workshop floor for our workshop staff use and the Empower Software App back in 2017 and never looked back"
Deana Thornton, Administration Management
0061 7 3293 2923
20/5/2024
18 Agricultural Equipment
Landquip Engineering
"Our previous manual time sheet system was very expensive in lost production hours per workshop staff member per day by our 15 staff and our administration time per day approximately $90 per workshop staff member per week so our 15 workshop staff was costing us $1,350 per week and costing us $67,500 per year.
We are confident that using touchscreens on the workshop floor, TV in the workshop and Empower Software we will secure the following:
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20% or more reduction in manufacturing times
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50% or more reduction in all forms of our downtime"
Calie de Nysschen, Production Manager
13/05/2024
19 Industrial Equipment
Global Pumps
"Conservatively we have reduced our labour time on jobs by 10%
Empower is our workshop productivity and scheduling software and MYOB Exo is our accounting software, which interface seamlessly with each other. All New Jobs when entered into MYOB Exo and when saved go straight to Empower and at intervals throughout the day job times…
Workshop staff have long list on Tasks and Jobs ahead of them on Empower on their workshop devices. This keeps workshop staff fully: aware, engaged, time and job focused and therefore highly productive…
Empower enables management, production management and workshop foreman to all be involved in scheduling and assigning Tasks and Jobs. This makes for far more accurate and effective scheduling of forward work… Empower Software saves us practically a full time scheduling management role and associated cost, in scheduling area alone…"
Pru Seeley, Project Co-Ordinator, Global Pumps
Pru.Seeley@globalpumps.com.au
12/10/2023
20 Mechanical Components
Tricon Drilling Solutions
"We have witnessed a conservative 20% reduction on times on jobs and labour cost on jobs
Key Points we have found using the Empower Workshop Productivity and Scheduling Software App:
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Easy, quick and enjoyable for workshop staff and management to use
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Transparency of times on jobs and job status in real time is highly valuable
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Real time reporting of times on jobs and job status is highly valuable
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Good for scheduling
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Good for improving our budgeted labour time and labour cost in our quotations
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Good for staff performance reviews
Anyone is welcome to contact me regarding Empower"
Diovian Luwandri, Technical Services Manager
+61 8 9477 2666
18/5/2023
21 Aluminum Windows and Doors
Versalite Windows and Doors
"Using Empower our staff and factory productivity has increased by 40%, saves us around $96,000 per year in wage cost and has brought about a significant and real positive culture change to our factory floor…
Over time labour has become our single biggest production cost it also has the most amount of liability and waste - thanks to Empower we have been able to significantly reduce this cost.
Our management team heavily rely upon daily reports from Empower to track labour throughout our factory operations and keep this cost under control…
We have been using Empower Software for 13 years to date, since 2011"
Michael Myers, Managing Director
+61 4 2960 9568
20/11/2024
22 Steel Windows & Doors
Crittall Arnold Windows
"Across our 18 factory staff we have achieved an estimated 130.5 additional production hours per week, which is enormous. This is an estimated 22% increase in our factory productivity"
Darren Arnold, Managing Director
+64 9 296 5520
28/02/2017
23 Alumnium Boats
Makaira Boats
"My goal is to reduce non value added labour through continuous improvement of process and line set up and empower is a critical tool to evaluate our improvement. Since we invested in Empower we have improved some procedures by 50% in man hours.
In 2017 we invested in Empower Workshop Productivity & Scheduling Software to manage our staffs time keeping and production tracking, we installed 55 inch TV Screens in workshop presenting our Jobs, Staff and all Times in real time this investment in technology 6 years ago has helped Makaira Boats to:
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Increase from 6 to 26 workshop staff
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More than sixfold our production
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Purpose design and build a new production lines for typically 8 to 10 metre boats to flow through our production cells
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Achieve and maintain substantial boat orders worldwide…
I believe we have world class software in the Empower Software tool
Allan Shaw, Director Makaira Boats
7/8/2024
24 Campervans and Caravans
TrailLite Motor Homes & Caravans
“We employ 70 staff…We are building 90 motor homes a year and the price range of each motor home is $250,000 to $350,000
I like the technology of tablets on workshop floor and Empower Software App which provides us accurate to the minute job times, task times and individual staff times on tasks and real time reporting
The reduction in job times and labour cost using the Empower Software App have been and are significant.
We are very happy with the Empower Software App, it is an important reporting tool in our business that we would not be without”
Shaun Newman, General Manager
PH: +64 9 238 6869
13/11/2020
26 Building Products - Metal
Smart Shelters
“We estimate that using touch screens on the workshop floor and Empower Software we complete our jobs in 20% less time…
We previously used an electronic time on job capturing system, that gave us two reports namely: Hours Worked for Payroll and Labour Job Cost, total time on each job. In comparison to our previous electronic time capturing system Empower Software does enormously more for us…
The Empower Software program itself is progressing and improving significantly all the time.”
Jim Cottle, SmartShelters
