Metal Fabrication for Construction Industry

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Sounds like you need to make the stringers, pans and railings and then
send them off as a kit rather than as a single part. Then you can
partially ship the kit (or part of the kit) if necessary.



From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Edward F. Fox, Jr.
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:44 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Metal Fabrication for Construction Industry



Does anybody out here use Vantage for a Metal Fabrication business? We
are
a machine manufacturer and Vantage works very well in our industry;
however,
we recently purchased a misc. metals fabrication company that serves the
construction industry and are having a hard time dealing with them in
Vantage.

As an example, a we may have a job to fabricate stairs and railings for
a
building. To simplify things lets say we are making stringers, pans and
railings. They are all subassemblies of a job or jobs. Where we run into
problems is when we partial ship, and yes it happens all the time. A
simple
solution is to do a completely itemized sales order and a job for each
item,
but that is not desirable because we quote a complete job and don't care
to
show the customer a detailed breakdown.

The issues are larger than I have explained but I didn't want to bore
you
all. If anyone has experience with Vantage and the construction industry
I
love to gain some insight from you.

Thanks



Edward F. Fox, Jr., CPA

Controller

Maxson Automatic Machinery Company

Phone 401-596-0162 Fax 401-596-1050

www.maxsonautomatic.com <http://www.maxsonautomatic.com/>

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Does anybody out here use Vantage for a Metal Fabrication business? We are
a machine manufacturer and Vantage works very well in our industry; however,
we recently purchased a misc. metals fabrication company that serves the
construction industry and are having a hard time dealing with them in
Vantage.

As an example, a we may have a job to fabricate stairs and railings for a
building. To simplify things lets say we are making stringers, pans and
railings. They are all subassemblies of a job or jobs. Where we run into
problems is when we partial ship, and yes it happens all the time. A simple
solution is to do a completely itemized sales order and a job for each item,
but that is not desirable because we quote a complete job and don't care to
show the customer a detailed breakdown.

The issues are larger than I have explained but I didn't want to bore you
all. If anyone has experience with Vantage and the construction industry I
love to gain some insight from you.

Thanks



Edward F. Fox, Jr., CPA

Controller

Maxson Automatic Machinery Company

Phone 401-596-0162 a Fax 401-596-1050

www.maxsonautomatic.com <http://www.maxsonautomatic.com/>




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