Case Studies
Lean Consultants / Production Experts
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Bruce Pollock
ERP Software Advice
"Empower is unique and world class."
"Labour and labour productivity is every manufacturer and engineer's core business.
You can not have accurate labour time and labour cost on jobs and down to necessary process level without the Empower Software App or equivalent technology.
Empower Software is the only Add On Software that I am aware of suited to and proven to work highly successfully for manufacturers and engineers for workshop productivity and scheduling. Empower is unique and world class.
Empower is everything that Lean Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Digital Manufacturing and Advanced Manufacturing is all about. Empower is a 20 year proven tool that should be used by every manufacturing and engineering business in Australia and New Zealand”
Bruce Pollock
14/12/2022
Roshan Gallage
PM International
"We consult to, and advise all forms of Manufacturing and Engineering Industries.
Small and Medium Scale Manufacturers and Engineers throughout Australia and New Zealand are currently broken into 4 Groups, as to how they manage and attempt to manage their Labour have seen and used a number of factory floor data collection software tools over the years both here in Australia and the UK, none as good as Empower Software.
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Those who don’t track their staff times on Jobs at all. This is negligent management of their core business, which is Labour
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Those who track their staff times on Jobs using manual time sheets. This is 100 plus year old system providing poor reporting and does not make individual staff time on jobs performance transparent and in any way accountable
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Electronic time recording of individual staff on Jobs. This is little better than manual time sheets, above
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Empower Workshop Productivity & Scheduling Software or equivalent is the complete labour management Software…"
Roshan Gallage, Director
14/12/2022
Marcus Ward
Lean Manufacturing Australia
“I have seen and used a number of factory floor data collection software tools over the years both here in Australia and the UK, none as good as Empower Software.
Using Tablets on workshop floor and Empower Software a 20% to 40% Reduction in Job times is expected for the substantial majority of manufacturing and engineering clients…”
Marcus Ward, Director, Lean Senior Consultant
25/09/2018
Jeff Tuffnell
Jupiter Lean Manufacturing Advisor
“May 2020 I attended a training session on what I now see and conclude to be an exceptional and world class labour management system in the Empower Workshop Productivity & Scheduling Software App. Empower Software perfectly suits SME and larger jobbing manufacturers and engineers
Using the Empower Software App and tablets on the workshop floor I expect the substantial majority of jobbing engineering and manufacturing clients will achieve production increase of 20% to 30%”
Jeff Tuffnell, Director,
+64 21 392 855
jeff.ams@xtra.co.nz
24/08/2020
David Lawrence
Lean Manufacturing Ltd.
"In 3 full time production management roles for 3 businesses that I have worked for in the last 16 years I have increased each business’s factory productivity by in excess of 100% using Empower Software.
Of the 130+ joinery, engineering and other manufacturing clients' businesses that I have consulted to and implemented Empower Software over the last 6 years, the substantial majority of my clients have secured factory productivity increases of between 20% and 40%.
Any manufacturer or engineer not tearing down their current manual, highly inaccurate and ineffective: production processes, labour management and scheduling and rebuilding them using Empower Software is a dinosaur”
David Lawrence, Owner Manager - Lean Manufacturing
+61 4 0014 5222
dlleanml@gmail.com
09/07/2019
Peter Allen
Management Accountant
"Tracking factory productivity at an overall company level is useful, but tracking productivity at a person by person level, live using factory PC's and labour management software, is vital for understanding what's really going on in the business.
I have seen Empower Software in use on manufacturing and engineering client sites over the years and it always “blows me away” the substantial productivity gains that are achieved. I expect the majority of manufacturers and engineers using tablets on their workshop floor and Empower Software to conservatively achieve a 20% to 40% reduction in their job times, therefore a 20% to 40% reduction in their labour costs”
Peter Allen, BCom ACA MInstD, Director, Business Torque Systems
30/03/2017
Bill Holt
Manufacturing US, Arizona & California, USA
"In order for US manufacturers and engineers to be cost competitive on labour cost PCs on the factory floor and factory productivity software is now mandatory... Absolutely, there are no reasonable software solutions on the market for joiners, engineers and other manufacturers to match the capabilities, completeness, and low price point that Empower Software features. Empower is a weekly subscription based payment easily justified with high production and financial returns.
Using Empower Software and Empower-equipped tablet computers in the work environment, I anticipate a substantial majority of engineering and manufacturing clients will achieve a 25% to 75% reduction in Time-to-Complete for each task, depending on the complexity of the process and the required degree of oversight or production management”
Bill Holt, Executive Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality Consultant.
holt.bill@gmail.com
21/03/2016