Effective supply-chain management ensures the delivery of materials on time, in sequence to the correct location
> MODS Connect Materials gives the ability to premeditate bottlenecks, avoiding delays so you can keep projects on time and on budget. <
> MODS Connect Materials
MODS Connect Materials is a comprehensive inventory solution that enables real-time tracking of your materials, equipment and components throughout their transformation value chain, from fabrication through to installation and beyond.
The cloud-based database is accessible from anywhere and at any time, ensuring access to real-time status for planning purposes. Full material archives provide transparency and accountability.
> Materials management challenges <
Current processes that rely on paper-based printouts and spreadsheets involve high manual intervention levels that inevitably lead to errors, causing losses, mistakes and delays.
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Delayed materials
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Lost or misplaced materials
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Materials at incorrect locations
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Schedule and project changes
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Managing paper-based systems
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Lack of real-time information on inventory
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No accountable tracking on returns or repairs
> Digital materials management improves <
> Cost
> Integrity
> Productivity
> Traceability
> MODS Connect Materials benefits
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Clearer, more accurate reporting
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Reduced administrative burden
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Fewer business disruptions
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Greater regulatory compliance
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Enhanced productivity
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Better project quality
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Increased project ROI
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Project schedule on time
> Digitalize your materials management
Digital transformation in the construction, maintenance and upgrades of industrial assets is becoming a non-negotiable for EPC businesses and operators to remain competitive. Materials management in construction processes is a notorious pinch point that compromises project outcomes.
With digital materials management, unanticipated delays, human errors and lack of accountability are a thing of the past. Reclaim transparency of your inventory throughout the value-chain from fabrication through to installation with real-time, cloud-based materials management that is accurate, comprehensive and readily accessible.
> Connect inventory for global collaboration
Staying connected in a geographically dispersed business with a remote or home-based workforce requires information to be available and up to date, immediately, from any location.
With MODS Connect Materials, you can conduct synchronized inventory management online from any location, anytime, saving valuable project time and overall costs.
> Real-time updates regardless of project location
MODS Connect Materials works on mobile devices as well as in remote physical locations, including offshore. Live data is saved in a centralized database, assuring that access to review your information is instant and accurate.
> Technology drives focus on materials
MODS Connect Materials advances your digital transformation so that you can be more competitive. With our software, you can quickly create, adjust and manage your warehouse inventories to align with your work-front planning while executing projects. MODS offers a multi-user, online environment with a flexible, user-friendly web and mobile interface, offering different administrative privileges across the organization.
Our focused materials management system brings everything together through modern processes and QR code tracking technology. MODS Connect Materials is the complete inventory management solution for the construction, maintenance and upgrades of industrial assets. It is the perfect fit for EPC business and operators seeking to avoid bottlenecks through the digital transfer of materials management information.
> 3D visualization with MODS Reality
MODS Reality offers real-time 3D visualization and progress status of onsite construction execution, maintenance and upgrades of industrial assets.
This gives EPC groups, contractors and operators a comprehensive look at the asset. On-the-ground status and demands are clear, enhancing management and oversight of your industrial asset.
"We started using MODS software for controlling materials in 2012. Before using MODS, we used Excel in managing our inventory, a complicated warehouse inventory process that could often be very time consuming. We partnered with MODS to start our digital transformation and have used the system to manage our project's inventory ever since. MODS Connect Materials has great functionality that helps us better plan, receive, distribute, and track in real-time. A great feature we like is the reporting, which gives us insight into how materials are being aligned with the work fronts we have planned within a specific period. The MODS team has also been invaluable at evolving their system regularly to adapt to the ever-changing needs of their customers, adding new and efficient elements to help solve bottlenecks and make the experience better.”
Dwain Guidroz
Senior Project Manager
> Digitalize your materials management processes
for operational excellence <
As flexible as it is comprehensive, the cloud-based MODS Connect provides an affordable and easily adaptable, automated solution to the lifecycle management of your industrial asset. MODS Connect Materials is designed to enable users to interact directly with the online inventory database to efficiently track each material, reducing costs and institutionalizing operational excellence.
The system provides cost savings you cannot ignore, delivering transparency and accountability in pursuit of operational excellence through the following:
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Materials tracking
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Materials allocation
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Global collaboration
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Dependable traceability
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Remote work enablement
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Tracking technology
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Efficiently handled returns
> MODS Connect Materials functions <
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3rd party system integration (purchasing) and auto-population of materials from existing ERP systems
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Delivery tracking and advance delivery notification
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Access control
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Asset tagging
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Asset photo management
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Automatic report generation
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Availability Indicator
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QR - generation & scanning
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Container and equipment management
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Allocation to MODS Connect WorkPack
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Multi-departmental / and multi-project capabilities
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Perform materials management by work pack/job card
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Photographic functionality for easy identification
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Document management
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Manifest creation
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Mobile/handheld app
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Real-time reporting
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Receiving
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Requisition management
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Rentals cost management
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Schedule and communicate the readiness of materials
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Shipping management
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Space management & visualization
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Stock and spares’ management
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Transfer tools & materials
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Warehouse management and restrictions
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Weight reports
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Data import/export
> Materials: Frequently asked questions
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How does MODS Connect Materials use QR codes and barcodes to manage materials?
MODS Connect Materials supports the use of both barcodes and QR codes, which can be used separately or in conjunction to digitalize the management of materials. Built-in tools enable the system to automatically formulate both barcodes and QR codes, which can be utilized throughout both MODS Connect Materials and the entire MODS Connect system. There is also an option to create & print QR/barcode labels directly from the system which are then applied to individual items or a group of items.
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Does MODS Connect Materials work with handheld devices?
Yes, MODS Connect Materials comes with a handheld app. The use of handheld devices streamlines the stock-picking process by reducing the picking failure rate, providing improved inventory visibility and mitigating redundant stockpiling, which reduces project costs. The warehouse staff receive clear instructions from handheld devices, eliminating manual paper-based operations.
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How does MODS Connect Materials reinforce Lean Construction principles?
Both Lean Construction principles and MODS Connect Materials approach processes in as time-and-cost efficient a manner as possible by streamlining workflows, cutting out waste, saving time as well as materials, thus reducing embodied carbon in materials and increasing project ROI.
MODS Connect Materials enables accurate planning of warehouse operations around both impending and ongoing projects, from storage forecasting to resource deployment, using workfront planning and real-time warehouse inventory information to maintain fidelity to project timescales.
> We would love to talk to you about
our digital materials management solution <
Part of the flexible and comprehensive MODS Connect suite, MODS Connect Materials drives automation in your warehouse inventory processes, helping you better align with construction phases within your projects. MODS Connect Materials gives you the ability to link with third-party systems for inventory population, including receiving, purchasing and invoicing. You will have live access to critical information that, if not managed or updated correctly, could delay or increase the budget of scheduled works.
Contact the MODS team to arrange a presentation on how MODS Connect can help your organization.
> USE THE FULL MODS CONNECT SUITE FOR HIGHER ROI <
> MODS Connect Materials
MODS Connect is the overarching suite of software built for the challenges faced by EPC groups and operators during the construction, operations, maintenance, upgrades and decommissioning of industrial assets. As part of the MODS Connect software group, MODS Connect Materials completes this integrated offering, removing any doubt of data silos.
MODS Connect Materials also functions as a stand-alone software that can integrate with your existing systems. For a significant return on investment, we recommend looking at the full MODS Connect suite offering for the complete lifecycle management of your industrial assets.