Pressure Vessel & Tank

Fil-Trek

Cambridge, ON

Features: Job Costing - Production Management - ShopFloor

Fil-Trek transformed from a small shop to a 73-employee enterprise and needed better control.

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The implementation team was quite knowledgeable, especially on the custom manufacturing side — where we had a lot of questions.

Tim Salihu
Engineering Supervisor
About the Company

The company

About

Operating out of a 68,000-square-foot facility in Cambridge, Ontario, Fil-Trek designs, manufactures, and delivers products to the filtration industry in a wide variety of markets.

Industry

Fil-Trek is a comprehensive PV & tank manufacturing company for the industrial filtration industry. They offer both standard and custom products to the filtration industry and focus on creating products that respond to their customers’ specific needs.

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Genius ERP Highlight

“With the implementation of Genius, we’re able to see things in process, and we’re able to keep histories of job profitability. We know much more now than we ever did.”

Jim Hodges CFO
The Challenge

The challenge

Fil-Trek prides themselves on their entrepreneurial spirit, as well as their ability to be agile and offer their customers competitive prices — but the company was struggling to manage their growing business effectively.

“We were at a point where we needed more information in order to manage our business more effectively,” explained Jim Hodges, CFO at Fil-Trek. “I think we were at the point where we hit a ceiling in terms of infrastructure and our use of information that would have prevented us from growing further, and we were at a point where we had to get better control of our systems.

Top requirements

Integration

The ability to keep track of all job information in one place and to easily share information between departments

Visibility

The ability to see what is happening across their entire operation, including the status of jobs on the shop-floor

Better operational management

A comprehensive system that provides real-time data to help Fil-Trek better manage all of their operations

The solution

The solution

“With the implementation of Genius, we’re able to see things in process, and we’re able to keep histories of job profitability,” said Hodges. “We know much more now than we ever did.”

Fil-Trek and Genius worked together closely during the implementation process, with Genius implementation specialists on hand for any questions Fil-Trek had. “They had quite the knowledge of our company and spent time with each of our departments in order to understand our struggles,” explained Tim Salihu, Engineering Supervisor.

Fil-Trek gained greater control over operations thanks to Genius ERP. They developed an improved process for information sharing from the engineering department, as well as more effective control over timesheets.

“We’re able to identify jobs before they’ve shipped or before they’ve completed fabrication, and we can find issues in-process when there is still time for us to correct them,” Hodges concluded.

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Key Features

Key features

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Key features

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Shop Floor

Greater connectivity and visibility across their organization have helped them improve their communication and share information across departments

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Job Costing

Handles complex prepayments with ease, and connects accounting data with the manufacturing side of operations

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Production Management

Accurate costing, from material to labor overhead—paired with inventory tracking—makes forecasting easy

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Industry Insights

Pressure Vessel and Tank Manufacturers

Pressure vessel and tank manufacturers build high-strength containers to hold gases or liquids at high pressure. These vessels are used in industries like oil and gas and chemical processing. Manufacturing pressure vessels and tanks requires adherence to strict safety standards, such as ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) regulations, to ensure the products can handle extreme conditions without failure.

This type of manufacturing is characterized by its rigorous testing protocols, complex fabrication processes, and the need for high-quality materials. Navigating regulatory compliance, managing the testing and documentation required for certification, and ensuring that vessels are built to precise specifications make this type of manufacturing challenging.

An ERP system is essential in helping PV and tank manufacturers manage these challenges. With built-in functionality for quality assurance, material test reports, and regulatory compliance, an ERP ensures manufacturers can efficiently meet industry standards. An ERP also bridges design and production by integrating with CAD software, streamlining product development and reducing the risk of errors. ERP systems provide visibility into off-site installations and help align operations, allowing manufacturers to track production, manage resources, and ensure projects stay on schedule and within budget.

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