TUBE MILL

tube mill

INVEX software built for tube mills and service centers
focused on pipe as well as tube production

The INVEX cloud-based metal software offers comprehensive functionality for metal and steel tube mills and tube producers. INVEX enables tube mills to quickly take, produce, and ship orders with minimal screens and steps. Common business cases to produce tube from slit coil can be handled quickly and out-of-the-box.

Tube mills, which included welded pipe and ERW tube mills, produce and carry a wide range of products which includes round, square, and rectangular tube products.

Inventory can be searched by grade and shape of the tube, with additional searches by OD, ID, and wall for round tube.

In addition to viewing the heat and chemistry of the tube or bundle of tubes, the various mechanical tests that may have been taken during tube production can be viewed from the stock screen as well.

CASES HANDLED:

Fast entry of quotes and orders
Fulfill pick and ship orders quickly
Ability to enter orders for repetitive parts
Single or multi-step multi-plant processing
Handles the process to consume coil and produce slit coils
Handles the process to consume slit coil to produce tube
Handles the slit coil charging process at the tube mill
Record test results of produced tube produced from a coil-heat batch

Weight for Coil Heat Batch can be set by Grade
Customer consignment
Receive inbound coils while in-transit from the mill on a vessel, truck, or barge
Handles tube to pipe conversion process
Outside processing for processes such as galvanizing a bundle of tube
Non-Conformance function for complaints and claims

TUBE PRODUCTION

INVEX includes a highly optimized set of special production recording functions that include slit charging and tube production recording. This is designed to accommodate the fast paced manufacturing process normally associated with pipe and tube mills.

TESTING

A fully integrated test entry function enables test results to be recorded for pipe/tube bundles produced from a coil-heat-batch. Accurate and valid test results are assured through validation against metal standards.

PIPE & TUBE INVENTORY

INVEX tracks the cross section and length of the tube as well as the shape, such as round, square and rectangles. Each bundle in inventory displays the Length, Pieces, Weight and total footage of a bundle.

out of the

box solution

Tube mills can streamline their tube processing from
start to finish using the INVEX metal ERP software

INVENTORY

FEATURES:

Products can be tagged for full traceability
Flexible stock search features to search by grade, cross section, ID/OD, or length
Drop (remnants) can be viewed in the same inquiry as stock material
Bar, pipe, and tube can maintain a fixed, mill, or random length designation
Track the various finishes of the tube such as flash control, stencil, indented, or bead rolling
Fittings can be controlled per piece
Inventory Replenishment functions and tools

FLEXIBLE STOCK SEARCH

Search by spec (ASTM, ASME, etc.)
Conditions, holds, and quality codes
View substitute products
Wild card grade and finish codes
View the test certificate from the mill

SALES

Fast entry of quotes and orders with real-time access to inventory and pricing information makes all the difference.

FEATURES:

Fast quote to order conversion
Short cut entry mode to speed up quote entry
Enter quotes for prospects
Source a single order from different warehouses
Ability to enter the pieces per bundle for the sold tube item
Integrated metal price book
Duplicate a quote or order
Multi-currency pricing

ORDER STATUS

A highly advanced and integrated Sales Order Status Desktop enables sales and customer service staff to view a comprehensive status of a customer order. Consolidated in a single, clear view, the INVEX Sales Order Status includes production planning, scheduling, shop floor progression, outside processing status, ready-to-ship designation, and logistics status.

PRODUCTION

FEATURES:

Value-add costing
Production Scheduling
Multi-step processing (slit, produce tube then saw)
Item route can be across multiple warehouses (multi-plant, slit in warehouse A, tube production in warehouse B
Item route can include outside processing steps
Planning function to group multiple orders onto the same Production Job
Add slit coils to the Job as they are mounted
Calculates the number of bundles that can be produced from the slit coil
Combine production from two slit coils into a single bundle
Handles standard, customer or order-specific bundling sizes
Heat/Lot control for Test Entry
Record the run, setup, and down time
Record picking of coil, slit coil, or tube on a mobile device

PICKING

Picks can be recorded directly on the shop floor with a mobile device. The picker can scan the material being picked, print a shipping label, and if required package the material in a box directly from the mobile device. A label can be printed for the remaining bundle of material.

post tube production – mechanical testing

After Tube Production, the bundles can be passed through a Quality & Testing Process that enable the quality staff to perform mechanical tests on the size and heat. The quality staff can apply the new test results to all bundles of the same size produced from a single heat.

FEATURES:

INVEX produces a test tube which is used to cut for testing
Testing frequency can be stored based on the customer, grade, size, or OD
Validate results against industry specifications
Approved bundles can be shipped (Optional)
Test Certificates will include original mill chemistry plus new mechanical test results
Tube bundles are held for shipping until they pass testing

SHIPPING

INVEX shipment planning is completely online. A comprehensive multi-layer inquiry to view sales orders and inter-warehouse transfers can organize and summarize orders by delivery route or shipping zone for better load consolidation.

FEATURES:

Transport lineup shows all planned delivery loads by scheduled date and time
Shipping staff can view available capacity and route information
Loading List can be printed to help load the truck
Print a Packing List or Bill of Lading
Sequence the stops
Copy of the original mill cert or company certs are auto-printed and/or emailed
Plan a load with multiple warehouse pick-up points
Finished goods can be staged or live-loaded onto the truck

LOAD VERIFICATION

This function verifies that the material that is being loaded or has been loaded on a vehicle is the correct material and that the transport includes all the items that were planned for delivery. Using a mobile device, the operator scans the barcoded Shipping Labels attached to the material that has been loaded.