As we’re heading into the 2019 Festive Season, we’d like to take the time to reflect on the year that was and highlight our top 10 most popular articles of 2019. It should come as no surprise that news of launching Deployment Platform tops the list.
Take a look at the ten most popular articles of 2019 below:
1. Soft Tech Launches Deployment Platform
Soft Tech launched the new Deployment Platform in March to systems supplier customers working on V6 v3.6 and above. For systems suppliers in the window and door industry, the Deployment Platform is a cloud hosted web platform that is used to seamlessly and securely manage fabricator network updates…
2. Using Soft Tech V6 to it’s full potential
Right now, the biggest issue companies face is a labor shortage. There is a desperate shortage of reliable, qualified and skilled people to fill open roles within their business. Simply trying to “find” more staff doesn’t work anymore. And, if you do get a good hire, it is very difficult to keep them…
3. Industry 5.0
Where are we now, and what awaits us in the future with Industry 5.0? These are all big and fascinating questions, particularly because we are in the midst of what is being called the 4th Industrial Revolution or 4IR. You only have to look around yourself to see what this means: every one of us has a pocket-sized device which can deliver, on demand, the totality of the world’s knowledge…
4. Soft Tech NZ is on the move
From humble beginnings in the 1980’s, Soft Tech has grown from strength to strength over the past 3 decades, and this week marks another milestone in the journey. After nearly 20 years based out of an office in Albany, Auckland, we’ve just this week moved to a new office space located in Smales Farm, Takapuna, Auckland…
5. New Appointments – UK
As of Tuesday 1 October 2019, Robert Murdoch will be joining Soft Tech as an Implementation Consultant, along with Jonathan Murdoch and Jordan Hewitt who will both be joining the company as specialist Soft Tech V6 Consultants…
6. Congratulations Win-Vent Architectural Windows – 20 years
March marks 20 years since Win-Vent Architectural Windows moved into a partnership with Soft Tech. During this time Win-Vent and Soft Tech have experienced a lot of change and progression in both our software and services, and the daily functioning and improved processes within Win-Vent’s manufacturing facility…
7. The future of manufacturing with EFS
With the professional assistance of Soft Tech, Envirotech Façade Solutions (EFS) has equipped itself to easily work with manufacturers using the latest CNC machining tools for the creation of custom architectural aluminium fenestration solutions. In a project lasting several months, Soft Tech developers have added milling operations for window systems into EFS’ database, allowing the Australian company to expedite its supply chain while readying for the manufacturing of the future…
8. Opening the door to change
There is routinely an aversion to technology in our industry. Many business owners feel that there is no need to introduce new technology when things already work ‘just fine’ as they are. Others feel that the problems they face are unique and insurmountable. Some just can’t find the time to do it. And still others just don’t want to introduce technology to their production lines because it is scary…
9. Top Tips to maintaining an efficient factory floor
We all know the top priorities for a window and door manufacturing facility is to fill your orders quickly and accurately and deliver these within the required time frame. Often, we are so focused on this that tidying the factory floor, maintaining the facility equipment and reviewing software and systems isn’t high up on the list of things to do. Managing an efficient factory floor will help with your output…
10. Soft Tech increases business profile in the UK
With the announcement issued last year of changes to the senior management team at Soft Tech, Anne Coulter, Soft Tech European Business Director, will be making introductions into the UK market over the coming months…
And… That’s all from us!
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