KESTREL GIVES CUSTOMERS THE CHOICE
August 2013

Birmingham based Kestrel Aluminium Systems has become the latest supplier to make its databases available in the LogiKal software system, alongside its existing Soft Tech V6 option.

The move means existing users of Business Micros Aluminium’s LogiKal software can now add Kestrel profiles to their product portfolio with minimal changes to their software set up.

Similarly, fabricators already manufacturing shopfronts, curtain walling, doors and windows in Kestrel profiles and using V6 for processing and estimating can now benefit from the additional capabilities of LogiKal.

Dean Hodges, Managing Director of Business Micros Aluminium says that, for systems companies like Kestrel who are now offering their databases in LogiKal, it is all about giving customers greater choice.

He says: “Increasingly, we’re seeing a shift amongst suppliers to partner with us so that their customers can choose the manufacturing and processing set up which is right for them. We now offer more than 25 system databases within LogiKal which means that fabricators always have the option of using the software which meets the specific requirements of their business.

“LogiKal is very much a complete package encompassing everything from estimating and quotations to procurement, production and even CNC and standard machining links; and systems companies are recognising that more and more fabricators want to apply that single solution not just across all the functions within their business but also across all the separate profile systems they fabricate.

“Many also want to be able to expand the scope of their software in the future and of course LogiKal gives them the potential to be able to do that.”

The tie up with Kestrel is the result of a year-long project by Business Micros Aluminium to put together a comprehensive database which satisfies Kestrel’s requirements and also delivers a satisfying customer experience in use.

Importantly, Business Micros Aluminium has ensured that the Kestrel database behaves in the same way as other databases within the software so that fabricators already using LogiKal can, for example, process a bi-fold door or a shopfront in Kestrel profile exactly as they would in any other system.

Business Micros Aluminium will be providing support on line, on the phone and in person to Kestrel customers who want to switch to LogiKal or run the software alongside V6 to ensure that they maximise its benefits.

Business Micros Aluminium also now has Smarts and Comar databases available within LogiKal for companies fabricating a mix of products in multiple systems who want to use a single software package, or who require the CNC functionality which it offers.

LogiKal, for example, links to a vast range of machines enabling users to build CNC preps as the positions are processed and potentially to manage and control CNC functions at the point of design. There is no requirement to create machining macros, instead LogiKal creates integrated CNC preps for each project.

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