Yes, Caesar IS alive and well!
His products are excellent and we are very happy to provide on-site visits
to demo the products.
They have been very busy adding enhancements to their existing products and
coming up with some new ones as well.
The Data collection module has many more options than Epicor's and it
handles suspending jobs on the fly without clocking out the employee just
fine!
There are many more good features but I don't want to sound like a
billboard. :-)
As for the secret knock... you just need to call the right people!
Kevin Kadamus
Intelligent Systems Integration, Inc.
58 Wolf Den Lane
Wheelock, VT 05851
802-626-9219 (Phone and Fax)
330-283-0725 (Cell)
"Helping business make intelligent use of technology"
-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley H. Graver [mailto:shirleyg@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:57 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
We've tried to contact Caesar too, and not gotten a response, I'd like to
evaluate their products since I've heard so many good things about them.
(Perhaps there's a secret knock?)
Shirley H. Graver
Sys Admin
Rubber Associates Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Shallbetter [mailto:dans@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:46 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
I have left numerous voice mail message for Caesar development. No calls
returned. I had assumed they went out of business. Can anyone verify?
Thanks
Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.
-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Mann [mailto:dmann@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:33 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
Steve,
Did you get any kick backs for that inspirational ad. ;-)
I'll second what he says, we use it also and are very happy. Hi Mark!
Regards
Darren
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Sanders [mailto:ssanders@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:03 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
Brian,
Caesar Development's Data Collection product has the ability to suspend work
on all jobs for one employee. We use this feature to handle lunch for
production workers. They get a 20 minute lunch while they are still on the
clock. The suspend feature is two button clicks (including an "Are you
sure" dialog box) and suspends time on all open jobs for that one employee.
When lunch is over, one button click starts the clock on all open jobs!
This also comes in handy if there are mechanical problems that prevent the
employee from working on the product; they simply suspend their time until
the machine is back up and ready for production.
I can't say enough good things about Caesar's Data Collection product! Very
reliable; great features; easy to use. Supports bar-code data entry; even
supports one barcode scan for the job number, assembly and sequence values!
You might want to ask others their opinion of the product before looking
closer, but my experiences have been nothing but positive! Of course,
coming from the world of TT-5 data collection and two years of wailing and
the gnashing of teeth, it was hard not to be thrilled with anything
different!!
======================
Steve Sanders
Delta Centrifugal Corp
-----Original Message-----
From: bstenglein@... [mailto:bstenglein@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:20 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
Jon,
Thanks for your response. I am aware that breaks do not affect the
cost of the job, but we can not use the breaks without affecting
pay. There needs to be a way to establish breaks for the purpose of
job costing and efficiency reporting, without it affecting payroll
hours. A simple trigger for "Paid Lunches" would do the trick.
Right now the best option is for us to have employees punch out of
their jobs for lunch and break, but that is a big waste of time.
Another option is to have someone edit everyones time every week to
add back the break time, another big waste of time. Frankly, I'm
surprised this hasn't been a bigger issue for other shops. We must
be in the minority for paying lunches. It seems this option would be
available in such a widely used software package.
Brian Stenglein
Clow Stamping Company
His products are excellent and we are very happy to provide on-site visits
to demo the products.
They have been very busy adding enhancements to their existing products and
coming up with some new ones as well.
The Data collection module has many more options than Epicor's and it
handles suspending jobs on the fly without clocking out the employee just
fine!
There are many more good features but I don't want to sound like a
billboard. :-)
As for the secret knock... you just need to call the right people!
Kevin Kadamus
Intelligent Systems Integration, Inc.
58 Wolf Den Lane
Wheelock, VT 05851
802-626-9219 (Phone and Fax)
330-283-0725 (Cell)
"Helping business make intelligent use of technology"
-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley H. Graver [mailto:shirleyg@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:57 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
We've tried to contact Caesar too, and not gotten a response, I'd like to
evaluate their products since I've heard so many good things about them.
(Perhaps there's a secret knock?)
Shirley H. Graver
Sys Admin
Rubber Associates Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Shallbetter [mailto:dans@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:46 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
I have left numerous voice mail message for Caesar development. No calls
returned. I had assumed they went out of business. Can anyone verify?
Thanks
Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.
-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Mann [mailto:dmann@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:33 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
Steve,
Did you get any kick backs for that inspirational ad. ;-)
I'll second what he says, we use it also and are very happy. Hi Mark!
Regards
Darren
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Sanders [mailto:ssanders@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:03 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
Brian,
Caesar Development's Data Collection product has the ability to suspend work
on all jobs for one employee. We use this feature to handle lunch for
production workers. They get a 20 minute lunch while they are still on the
clock. The suspend feature is two button clicks (including an "Are you
sure" dialog box) and suspends time on all open jobs for that one employee.
When lunch is over, one button click starts the clock on all open jobs!
This also comes in handy if there are mechanical problems that prevent the
employee from working on the product; they simply suspend their time until
the machine is back up and ready for production.
I can't say enough good things about Caesar's Data Collection product! Very
reliable; great features; easy to use. Supports bar-code data entry; even
supports one barcode scan for the job number, assembly and sequence values!
You might want to ask others their opinion of the product before looking
closer, but my experiences have been nothing but positive! Of course,
coming from the world of TT-5 data collection and two years of wailing and
the gnashing of teeth, it was hard not to be thrilled with anything
different!!
======================
Steve Sanders
Delta Centrifugal Corp
-----Original Message-----
From: bstenglein@... [mailto:bstenglein@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:20 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Paid Lunches
Jon,
Thanks for your response. I am aware that breaks do not affect the
cost of the job, but we can not use the breaks without affecting
pay. There needs to be a way to establish breaks for the purpose of
job costing and efficiency reporting, without it affecting payroll
hours. A simple trigger for "Paid Lunches" would do the trick.
Right now the best option is for us to have employees punch out of
their jobs for lunch and break, but that is a big waste of time.
Another option is to have someone edit everyones time every week to
add back the break time, another big waste of time. Frankly, I'm
surprised this hasn't been a bigger issue for other shops. We must
be in the minority for paying lunches. It seems this option would be
available in such a widely used software package.
Brian Stenglein
Clow Stamping Company
--- In vantage@y..., "Jon Hellebuyck" <jhellebuyck@s...> wrote:
> I don't know about the breaks set up in "Additional Breaks," but
the period
> set up on the shift for lunch is not added to the cost of the job.
I should
> tell you that we use Data Collection for labor, but I would think
this would
> be the case whether you use Data Collection or not.
>
> Jon Hellebuyck
> Stremel Manufacturing
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> sentto-20369-22620-996507595-jhellebuyck=stremel.com@r...
> [mailto:sentto-20369-22620-996507595-jhellebuyck=stremel.com@r...
> .com]On Behalf Of bstenglein@c...
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 10:39 AM
> To: vantage@y...
> Subject: [Vantage] Paid Lunches
>
>
> Our production area runs 3- 8 hour shifts. These employees get a
20
> minute paid lunch and a 10 minute paid coffee break. When you
set up
> shifts in Vantage you can set up break times, but they are unpaid
> breaks. If we don't have breaks set up they get paid correctly
but
> the job costing is off. There should be a way to have breaks set
up
> that don't affect pay, but do affect job costing.
>
> What is everyone else doing? I had our name added to the following
> enhancement suggestion, but it has been sitting around quite a
> while. If anyone else faces this problem please call and add your
> name to it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Stenglein
> Clow Stamping Company
> ************************************************************
> *** Page ID: 171.2107
> *** Status: Suggestion
> *** Created On: Aug 27 1997
> *** Changed On: Feb 23 1998
> *** Added By: Tammie Fuerstenberg
> *** Product: VANTAGE
> ************************************************************
> SUMMARY: Customer pays employees for lunch. They do not want
their
> employees tohave to clock out, but do want them to be paid for the
> full time
> period of their shift. Also does not want time to go against job
> they are
> working on.
> SOLUTION: Add flag to shift setup to say yes or no to paid lunch.
>
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