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Order management: The Integrated Backbone of Steel Operations
IOM connects order entry, production planning, metallurgical specs, quality compliance, inventory, and financial close into one seamless workflow. No fragmentation. No manual handoffs. One source of truth that keeps your sales team and operations moving fast.
Built to Integrate Into Your Existing Infrastructure
Supported Technologies List
- Databases: SQL Server, Oracle (backend flexibility)
- Protocols: OPC UA, Modbus, REST APIs (modern standards)
- Data Formats: EDI X12, XML, JSON (industry-standard data exchange)
- Reporting & BI: SSRS, Power BI, Tableau, Crystal Reports (your choice of analytics layer)
- Identification & Tracking: AIAG labeling standards, barcode, RFID (traceability at every touchpoint)
Your infrastructure is unique. IOM doesn't force you into a corner. We support the standards your mill uses (databases, protocols, formats) and integrate cleanly with your existing investments.
Order Entry & Planning: From Quote to Production Schedule
- Optimized capacity planning (constraints, bottlenecks, bottleneck modeling)
- Recurring order automation (recurring contracts, auto-orders)
- Customer spec validation (automatic comparison against customer specifications and tolerance)
- Custom order templates (repeatability, reduced entry errors)
- Automatic spec validation (catches mismatches before production)
- Status tracking workflow (draft → confirmed → in production → shipped)
- Real-time visibility for sales and operations teams
Faster order acknowledgment. Shorter lead times. Better customer response. Customers commonly reduce order acknowledgment cycles from weeks to hours, enabling compressed lead times and a stronger competitive position.
Metallurgy Management: Grade Control & Traceability
- Transformation step management (heat, cool, roll, anneal sequences)
- Raw material specs and sourcing (chemistry, strength, ductility requirements)
- Product capacity by grade (what your mill can produce, constraints per grade)
- Steel grade families and variants (classification, compatibility)
- Metallurgical annotations and traceability (full audit trail from raw material to finished coil)
- Automatic grade verification (compliance at each step)
- Alloy tracking (chemical composition verification)
Designed to support metallurgical compliance at every production stage. No shipped product misclassified. No customer rejections due to spec mismatch. Full regulatory readiness for automotive and infrastructure markets.
Quality & Compliance: IATF/VDA Ready
- Centralized quality data repository (all test results, MTRs in one place)
- IATF - aligned workflows and traceability
- VDA-aligned workflows and traceability (European automotive standards)
- Automatic reclassification based on test results (with proper setup and configurable quality rules)
- Test code group management (systematic defect tracking)
- Mill Test Report (MTR) integration and generation (automatic population, signature workflows)
- Audit trail completeness (full compliance documentation at your fingertips)
Customers typically see significant reductions in audit preparation time (often 40–60%).
All POs, invoices, credit/debit memos, shipping documentation, certifications, and test records are accessible in IOM. Auditors find what they need in minutes — not days — with IATF/VDA compliance evidence maintained and demonstrated efficiently.
Inventory Management: Real-Time Coil Visibility
- Real-time coil and slab tracking (weight, chemistry, location)
- Remnant management (scrap returned to inventory, sellable remainder)
- Multi-location tracking (on-site storage, off-site warehousing, customer premises)
- Customer-owned inventory (consignment tracking, separate accounting)
- Receiving and receiving verification (barcode/RFID integration)
- Raw material traceability (supplier → smelter → your mill → customer)
- Inventory optimization insights (usage patterns, reorder recommendations)
- Complete inventory visibility. Confident control.
Know exactly where every coil is, its grade, and its disposition. Reduce “missing inventory” emergencies and lower carrying costs through better planning and turnover visibility.
Logistics & Fulfillment: Flawless Shipments
- Carrier management (truck, rail, barge, multi-modal routing)
- Bill of Lading automation (BOL generation, formatting per carrier requirements)
- Electronic driver signature (mobile kiosk sign-in at gate)
- Self-check-in kiosk for drivers (reduce administrative friction)
- Incoterms and packaging code management (standardized, error-free shipping terms)
- Shipment status tracking (real-time customer visibility)
- Dock scheduling optimization (minimize wait times, optimize throughput)
Consistent, accurate shipments. Confident customers.
Reduce BOL mistakes, carrier disputes, and “never received” claims through complete shipment visibility. Every shipment is clearly tracked, documented, and verifiable.
Finance: Automated Invoicing & Accounting Integration
- Automated invoice generation (triggered by shipment or milestone)
- Real-time GL posting (financial close accelerated)
- Contract-based pricing logic (automated per-customer pricing rules)
- Market-indexed pricing (CRU, LME, commodity index integration)
- Sales commission calculation (automatic based on contract terms)
- Multi-currency and multi-entity support (global operations)
- Full audit trail for every transaction, supporting SOX compliance
Accurate billing. Clear margins. Confident close.
Manual entry is dramatically reduced between order and invoice. Pricing is applied consistently based on contracts and index rules, delivering clear margin visibility and faster, more predictable financial close cycles.
