An industrial ERP centralizes customers, items, bills of materials, routing, purchasing, sales, warehouse, quality, costs, and finance. In metal manufacturing, it manages materials by grade and thickness, batches, certificates, and remnants as usable stock. It controls pricing, taxes, currencies, and documentation from quotation to invoicing.

With Lantek Integra, all departments work with a single master data structure and defined processes. This reduces errors, accelerates financial closing, and provides visibility of margin per order and customer.

Lantek ERP solutions allow fast and precise quotation generation. The system integrates with CAD/CAM to access historical data, simulate nesting, and apply different cost calculation methods. These methods can be configured for each customer and order. Both Lantek iQuoting and Lantek Integra Quotes provide clear and relevant information to support commercial decisions and improve margin control.

The ERP calculates cost based on material consumption by batch, labor hours, scrap, and indirect costs according to defined rules. It compares these values with standard costs and sales prices to determine actual margins.

Lantek Integra updates costs when each order is closed, using real consumption data and current material valuation. This provides continuous visibility of profitability and supports pricing adjustments.

The ERP provides key metrics such as margins per order, product line, and customer. It tracks price evolution, average discounts, quotation conversion rates, stock coverage by material and thickness, scrap turnover, and purchasing deviations.

In Lantek Integra, these reports are available and exportable, supporting purchasing decisions, pricing adjustments, and sales prioritization.

A generic ERP covers sales, purchasing, and finance. In sheet metal manufacturing, it often lacks support for thickness management, scrap handling, certificates, and batch traceability. A sheet metal ERP is built around the real production flow. It understands nesting, mixed cutting and bending routes, material traceability, and direct integration with CAD/CAM and MES systems. This allows manufacturers to calculate the real cost per order and per part, manage remnants as reusable stock, and avoid duplicate data entry across systems. 

​​Lantek Integra was developed specifically for the metal industry. It manages batches, remnants, and thickness-based bills of materials, while connecting natively with Lantek Expert and Lantek MES.

An ERP for sheet metal manufacturing should include sales and quotations, purchasing and MRP, warehouse management by batch, production routing, quality, costing, and finance. It should also support pricing by material and thickness, tooling management, and certification tracking.

Lantek Integra includes these modules, linking stock and production to the same order and material data.

The ERP calculates material requirements based on orders, lead times, and minimum stock levels. It generates requests for quotation, compares supplier conditions, and creates purchase orders. During receiving, it manages batches, certificates, and quality checks.

Lantek Integra suggests purchases based on confirmed demand by material type and thickness, reducing stock shortages and excess inventory.

The ERP links drawings, revisions, instructions, and certificates to items, batches, and orders. It ensures correct documentation is delivered with each shipment and allows traceability for audits.

In Lantek Integra, documentation follows the material throughout the entire process, reducing internal communication and errors.

The ERP manages orders and planning. CAD/CAM provides nesting and estimated times. MES executes production and returns real data such as completed parts, scrap, hours, and material consumption.

Integration is achieved through APIs or connectors with a shared master data structure for items, materials, customers, and routes.
With Lantek Integra, the process is continuous. Orders are sent to MES, production data is collected, and stock and costs are updated automatically.

The best ERP is one that fits your machines, materials, and delivery requirements. It should include batch traceability, scrap management, cost calculation, and integration with CAD/CAM and MES.

Lantek Integra meets these requirements, supporting processes such as laser cutting, punching, bending, plasma, and waterjet.

Start with master data preparation for customers, materials, and items. Then implement quotation and order management. Continue with purchasing and warehouse management. Finally, add production control, costing, and finance.

Lantek Integra supports phased implementation, allowing companies to start with commercial and stock processes and gradually expand.

An ERP eliminates duplicate data entry and reduces errors. It provides accurate stock by batch, aligns purchasing with production, and calculates real costs per order.

In metal manufacturing, it reduces scrap losses, prevents material shortages, and simplifies audits through full traceability.

With Lantek Integra, companies gain visibility of margins, manage stock reservations, receive real production data, and close orders with accurate cost information.