WHY DENKO DESIGN? WHY CIMCO SOFTWARE? Cimco Software company has a great reputation with over 100,000 licensed users worldwide. If you make the necessary review on our website, you can see that many CNC machine manufacturers and CAD/CAM software companies collaborate with Cimco Software for product development. Another advantage of working with Cimco Software is its experience and knowledge in integrating MDC reports into MRP/ERP software. Working with a reliable company will make it easier for you to plan the subsequent stages in such system installations. By using Cimco MDC-Max software; you can track all machines (CNC controlled and/or universal machines) in the factory environment in real-time, generate daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports, create statistics about machines and operators, and most importantly, receive data related to OEE-General Equipment Efficiency in real-time. This way, you will be able to see machine, shift, operator working times, track reasons for waiting (part attachment, cutter change, breaks, material waiting, maintenance, preparation, breakdowns, etc.) in real-time, monitor your OEE data to see your efficiency, automatically send warnings to designated authorities via SMS & Email for issues such as breakdowns, long waiting times, etc., and easily track differences between operators and shifts. With this information you obtain, all idle times will be under your control, and you will be able to report all of them. And most importantly, you will be able to transfer this information to MRP/ERP software and use it. With the product of Cimco Software, the Cimco DNC-Max software, you can transfer NC Codes to CNC machines from a single center (server). With Cimco Edit software, you can automatically generate NC Codes from 2D drawings in your archive or from your own drawing program, write NC Codes manually, watch the simulation, perform collision tests, and transfer it directly to the CNC machine with DNC software. With Cimco Filter software; you can shorten the program by 40% by editing the NC Codes, thus reducing machining time and extending cutter life. With Cimco NC-Base software; you can archive all NC Codes in a single file manager (database), add visual images to programs (finished state of the workpiece, how the piece is attached to the mirror or table, etc.), automatically generate the tool list to be used, obtain their running times and archive them all. Our company, which has been the distributor of Cimco Software in Turkey since 2008, has earned an important place in its sector with the pride of offering you the best solutions. The article by Mr. Şamil ÖZOĞUL, President of UKUB (National Mold Manufacturers Association), in the April 2012 issue of Basma Mold magazine best explains the importance of MDC system installation. First Efficiency Then Investment... Efficiency is the key to profitability and an indicator of the success degree of the enterprise. Enterprises must definitely keep up with technological developments and reduce the inputs used for unit production. Technological developments are the biggest factor in increasing efficiency. However, before embarking on new investments to keep up with technology, we must very accurately analyze how efficiently we use our current capacity and business resources. While about 7% of the mold production process is the actual operation time, about 2% is transportation, about 2% is measurement-verification, and a very large proportion like 89% is the waiting time between operations. Here is where the potential for improvement and capacity increase is hidden in this 89% time. In a global competitive environment, since all businesses face similar prices, the increase in enterprise profitability depends on the decrease in input costs, decrease in business costs, in other words, increase in efficiency. Efficiency rates and measuring efficiency should be used by business managers as an effective control tool. In this way, even managers who are not familiar with economic issues other than technical issues will be able to solve both technical and economic problems and manage their businesses in a balanced manner. To correctly calculate our labor, machine, material, and capital efficiency, we must accurately determine our man-hour and machine-hour capacities, our total investment values. We must constantly collect the production information, record it, convert the recorded information into data for improvement efforts by analyzing it. We must record all inputs supplied for production project by project, swiftly switch to cost accounting system, integrate step by step MRP and ERP software into our businesses, and implement lean production, 6 sigma work systems in our mold workshops. After all these works to correctly calculate whether there is a need for a new investment, we must carefully re-examine our technical goals, research in detail and make the most suitable and correct investment for our business. While making machine investments, let's not forget the fact that about 50% efficiency is obtained from CNC machines due to reasons such as the failure to properly select CNC machines used for mold processing in our country; failure to properly select or use CAM software, cutting-holder tools; training deficiencies. Stay with love, Şamil ÖZOĞUL UKUB (National Mold Manufacturers Association) President Tekiş Mold Method. Ass. Pres.