Industry News
VA Tech Appoints Jeremy Hughes to Lead US Technical Operations
VA Tech (USA) has appointed Jeremy
Hughes to head up the Technical Dept at the Cleveland facility. Jeremy was formerly Director of
Engineering at Zagar Inc and holds a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Cleveland State University and MBA from Baldwin Wallace College. VA Tech strategy is to provide the
best technology backed up with the best technical service, and Jeremy therefore heads up the Technical Support Team in Ohio, as well as taking on the Project Engineering responsibility for VA Tech Shellroom Systems and equipment throughout US. “This is an exciting time for us
and I am delighted to be part of the VA Tech team. We have great strength in innovative solutions, and a highly talented technical team ready to deliver the very best to our US customers. I look forward to being part of the Investment Casting industry and helping to keep it at the forefront of metal shaping processes “ .... said Jeremy. The new appointment is a further
step in VA Tech’s commitment to keep Technical Support and Customer service at the heart of its operations and to ensure its US customers receive the highest quality local US support when they need it.
B&L Hosts Odyssey Classes B&L Information Systems, global
leader in ERP for metalcasters, has announced the 2018 Odyssey Boot Camp and Crystal Reports class list for Odyssey users. Additionally, B&L will be hosting several specialty classes over the summer as well as Spectrum, the Odyssey users’ conference, in the fall. Crystal Reports is a commonly
used platform which expands the reach of data. B&L offers quarterly Odyssey Crystal Reports classes to help Odyssey users in: creating basic reports using data from Odyssey; modifying existing Odyssey reports to create new Odyssey reports; as well as to navigate and understand the Odyssey database structure. Crystal Reports classes will be hosted at the B&L office on: February 5th – 6th, May 23rd – 24th, August 16th - 17th, and November 7th – 8th. Odyssey Boot Camp is ideal for getting new staff off to a productive start or to transition staff over to Odyssey’s Web User Interface (UI). Over the course of two days, B&L implementation trainers demonstrate hands-on methods used to work in the Odyssey ERP system and assist students with company- specific questions, as well as provide a high-level overview of the integration of the entire Odyssey software system. All classes are taught using Odyssey’s browser-based Web UI. Odyssey Boot Camp will be hosted: February 7th – 8th, May 21st – 22nd, August 14th - 15th, and November 5th – 6th. In early summer, B&L will also be hosting two on-site classes aimed at
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helping current Odyssey users do more with their Odyssey ERP system:
• Web Transition is a two-day session hosted April 11th – 12th focused on helping the administrators of current Windows Odyssey companies’ transition to Odyssey’s new Web User Interface
• Inventory Control is a one-day class hosted July 25th with a focus on maximizing the tools within Odyssey that help with maintaining inventory records B&L’s annual users’ conference,
Spectrum, will be in Nashville, Tennessee on September 16th – 18th. During this conference, B&L’s expert staff leads classes on a variety of Odyssey and related software topics at the largest gathering of metalcasting ERP users in the country. Designed to give users a “taste” of different areas and functions of the Odyssey ERP software, the conference is planned with ample industry networking time. New for 2018, B&L will also be
hosting a special one-day Executive Conference on May 24th. Designed for C-level management at Odyssey using companies, this event will include on-site discussions with B&L senior management and networking time at the Senior PGA Tournament. Due to space limitations, advanced
registration is required for all hands-on classes. Registration information for all B&L classes and Spectrum may be found at the website:
BLInfo.com/BLClasses.
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