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Miller Welding and Machine Co. (www. millerwelding.com) is a third-generation welding and machining company that specializes in heavy steel industrial fabrication - from 1 lb. to 40,000 lbs.
The company has two facilities in Pennsylvania, a 98,000-squarefoot plant in Sandy Lick, and a 134,000-square-foot plant in Maplevale.
In addition to producing parts, Miller Welding and Machine also is an industrial refurbisher that revives parts to working order.
The company focuses primarily on inventory control to keep its overhead costs in line, and it relies on a software program - from Global Shop Solutions - to do that.
Eric Miller, IT manager for Miller Welding and Machine, said his company, has kept its costs closely in line with the program.
As with most job shops Miller Welding and Machine performs a number of processes in the front office and on the production floor, and it saw that many of those processes are interrelated.
Take for example order entry, raw materials purchasing, production scheduling and finished goods shipping that link the front door with the back door in the shop.
However, most shops tend...