Effective Materials Management is an
essential part of any project, starting with the critical requirement to
accurately define all required material components, and estimate the
associated construction man hours. QuantimaX is a modular
Material Take off system that satisfies this requirement, catering for
disciplines.
QuantimaX is a powerful system for Material Take-Off that allows
takeoff based on entering item characteristics. These are automatically
matched with an existing parts catalogue, with the option to
automatically generate new part numbers as they occur. This simplifies
the process of producing Bills of Materials for projects of any size or
complexity. Comprehensive estimating functionality is included to allow
man hours to be obtained on an on-going basis as the MTO progresses.
QuantimaX covers all major disciplines Piping, Structural,
Electrical, Instrumentation, Architectural, Mechanical and HVAC. All
modules also support Bulk MTO, detailed MTO and the piping module
supports spool level MTO as well as Isometric MTO.
Like all the modules in the Matrix suite a consistent user interface is
provided with discipline specific variations based on required
functionality.
QuantimaX delivers:
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Automatic Part catalogue lookup and
creation – this avoids manual errors, duplication and
inconsistency when identifying part numbers. |
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A seamless interface with
Purchasing/Material/Pricing (ReqmaX /
ProcuremaX) by automatic export of the BOM. |
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Ongoing adjustments and
recalculation of requisition Quantities through Bulk MTO, detail
MTO and revisions. |
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A wide variety of reports and
options to query the MTO details. |
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Interface to planning systems and
material control systems (ControlmaX). |
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Fast, accurate estimates, generated
automatically from the bulk or detailed material and quantity
take-off. |
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A modular style which is applied to
provide functionality relevant to each of the operations described
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QUANTIMAX MTO
Items are "coded" with
"mnemonics" set up for each discipline e.g. for piping MTO; e.g. CS,
45L, BWF, 2 IN, SCH80. The methods adopted enable fast, accurate data
entry and provide a comprehensive, unambiguous description in a
consistent format.
Part numbers can be created either manually or automatically and
subsequently linked with the material mnemonic set. Bulk drawings can
be created to kick start the procurement process.
The take-off line items can be consolidated by part number into a Bill
of Materials that can then be loaded into a procurement application for
pricing and / or purchase (e.g. ReqmaX / ProcuremaX).
As the MTO builds up, tables of norms can be set up to provide estimates
on an ongoing basis.
The QuantimaX take
off modules include a number of standard reports including:
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Take-off details by Drawing Number |
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Take-off details by Mnemonic Number |
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Take-off details by Part Number |
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Take-off details by Part Description |
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Drawing History |
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Take-off coding errors |
Information is available for system interfaces in a similar manner to
Structural MTO since the data can be developed to cater for links to
Planning and Material Control (e.g.
ControlmaX) as well as the Procurement and Estimating
links described above.
All QuantimaX
modules and disciplines contain numerous standard features that maximise
efficiency and enable deployment in any size of organisation:-
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Previous MTO's can be copied |
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Historic data library for data
re-use |
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Revisions are tracked |
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System Security is managed
effectively and easily |
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Information is easy to access
through special selector choices |
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On-line listings can be sorted and
customised per user |
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Various inquiries are provided |
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Interfaces with any mixture of
existing systems e.g. Procurement, Project Material Control,
Estimating, Planning, Document Control |
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Comprehensive Reports / Inquiries
supplied · Filter facility allows Reports and Displays to be
reduced down to show major areas of interest |
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Export facility allows information
to be exported to Excel Spreadsheets (or other formats) |
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Filter facility allows Reports and
Displays to be reduced down to show major areas of interest |
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Multi User |
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Multi level Security options |
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ODBC compliant database means that
additional reports can be developed externally if necessary |
All the QuantimaX modules interface
with
EstimaX to enable the take-off man-hours to be easily and
efficiently pulled into the tender document where further estimating and
management analysis can be applied.
QuantimaX interfaces to
LoadmaX for weight control and
centre of gravity processing and calculations. QuantimaX also
interfaces to
AssuremaX to assist in the
identification of welds and inspections.
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