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MetalTrace®

MetalTrace® is Mill Test Report, Mill Certificate or Material Test Report (MTR) and other metals industry specific document management and traceability software. Developed in DOT.NET, Microsoft’s® newest programming language, it was specifically created for the metals and steel industries to provide 100% traceability of MTR and other documents. MetalTrace® is true metals industry / steel industry MTR software. MetalTrace ® was designed from the ground up by experts in Mill Test Reports (MTR), mill certification and other metals industry documents.

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Click on some MetalTrace® customer websites:

Westlund Howell Pipe AGS Group DIX Metals Unified Alloys CE Franklin

Midfield Supply Koons Steel Van Leeuwen Ryerson M&Z Industrial Hydril

Breaking News... You asked for it... Now you have it.. Trace Applications added more products to the MetalTrace® suite, the world's #1 metals industry Mill Test Report MTR traceability software. Trace Applications now integrates with several ERP systems. MetalTrace® LogiLink™ links to SAP, JD Edwards, Navision, AIMS and Trend to reduce labour costs and human error. Use MTRCreator™ to make MTRs that can be electronically sent to customers and MetalTrace®. Use BarCodeTrace™ to process thousands of barcoded documents a day. Use MetalTrace® products to save time, reduce human error. Call 1-866-429-7007 for details.

JobDataReport™ Trace President, Ted Power says, "Now our customers can easily manage multiple document types for a single project or a project with multiple phases. In just minutes, instead of days or weeks with manual or other other systems, JobDataReport™ groups documents, whether MTRs, CAD drawings, travel sheets, hydrostatic test reports, etc. and arranges them to enable logical viewing and searching. Additionally, JobDataReport™ puts full reports on CD or DVD thus eliminating paper." Combined with the existing flexibility in Trace's flagship product MetalTrace®, JobDataReport™ ties into a customer's business workflow easily. VP Sales, Dave Lewis comments, "Trace Applications continues to push the technical envelope for its customers and its customer's customers. JobDataReport™ will truly revolutionize how projects of any size are managed."

No other company has employees and partners with as many years of metals industry expertise combined with the number of successful document management installations for Mill Test Reports / Material Test Reports / Mill Certificates as Trace Applications Inc. Take a look at the best and easiest to use MTR Mill Test Report software in the world today, MetalTrace®.

MetalTrace® is a complete environment for document management over the Internet and runs on all Windows platforms including XP. The database platforms are the most robust available, Microsoft MSDE or SQL and Oracle.

Features & Benefits:

MetalTrace® enables user-defined document traceability including Mill Test Report (Material Test Report) (MTR), Welder Certs, Certificates of Compliance, Travel Sheets, Drawings and Correspondence (including email).

ScanStation™ with OneStepIndex. The fastest way to index MTRs regardless of the number of Pages, Items, Heat Numbers,Product Descriptions, Project Codes, etc.

BatchQuery capabilities allow the retrieval of multiple documents and reports regardless of the number of pages, items and Heat Numbers.

TraceBack allows the user to associate line items with ongoing jobs, orders and projects creating a retrievable historical record should you ever need to trace Mill Test Reports, Material Test Reports (MTRs), Items, Welder Certs, Certificates of Compliance, Travel Sheets, Drawings, Correspondence and more.

MetalTrace® software stores vendor information databases and product/item number databases eliminating redundant data entry and errors.

OneStepSend is the ability to print, fax, email, or create CDROM/ DVDs for an entire order from any user desktop.

DocSummary page is an itemized listing of all MTRs searched found with Heat Numbers, Items and Descriptions presented in the order in which they were found.

OneStepInput is the ability to accept documents via fax, e-mail or CDROM/ DVD (XML compliant) directly from your vendors - eliminating the need to handle paper.

TraceDashboard presents individualized user-defined input/output MTR statistics in real-time to executives, managers and users in a friendly dashboard-style interface.

LogiLink integrates with your accounting or transportation logistics software for a seamless P.O./Invoice/MTR data merge to a single output.

Job Data Report™ enables you to effortlessly link multiple document types to multiple documents to a project with multiple phases, have it arranged to enable logical viewing and searching and export the files in PDF format to a variety of media (print, fax, CD, DVD, and/or Email). Job Data Report™ is the information package required to be created when a project is finished. Depending upon the size of the project, manually assembling the documentation can take hours, days or months. With MetalTrace ® you can produce Job Data Report™ for your customers in minutes.

Enables concurrent online metals industry document retrieval by customers, vendors and/or field personnel at multiple locations worldwide.

Full bank-level password-protected login security with 128-bit encryption.

Industry standard Crystal Reports ad-hoc reporting capabilities.

Ability to integrate with existing e-commerce systems.

Document Import Utilities - quickly index and migrate files or folders of Mill Test Reports (MTRs) and other metals industry documents from your existing network into MetalTrace ® using the proprietary import utility.

Roles Based Security - access to any file or folder can be quickly and safely restricted to individual or groups of users.

Document Usage History - track Mill Test Report and other metals industry document usage and version history by system users.

Search and Retrieval Tools - ensures Fast and Accurate Document Library Searching.

Search Security - ensures users can only search against the documents they have access to. This prevents unauthorized information from being searched and retrieved.

Fast User Account Creation - quickly create new system user accounts with optional NT Domain, LDAP and MS Active Directory support. Users are then quickly sorted into groups based on their role in the company.

Access Via Web Browser - access Trace Applications using a standard web browser over the Internet or through their LAN or WAN. SSL and VPN support further secure remote system access.

Integrated Help System - context sensitive help system shortens the learning curve and accelerates system adoption.

Web-Based Training - although many of our customers report no need for training, a series of web based multimedia training videos are provided. These instructional web presentations provide an excellent overview of how to use Trace Applications document management for both users and administrators.

Industry Links:

    - Steel Industry Links
    - Association for Iron and Steel Technology
    - WESTLUND
    - Howell Pipe
    - AGS Group
    - CRANE Supply
    - DIX Metals
    - Unified Alloys
    - The Engineers' Club - Online Resources