RedAnt computerised production control software is being offered free to single users in small businesses.
The only conditions attached to this offer related to a two-day training programme and a one-year support contract, priced in total at just over £1100 + VAT. A continuation of an existing offer, Stone Technology’s Mark Coleman says it has attracted several new users, some have already upgraded to full networking systems.
A further eight RedAnt systems have been installed since June 2007 – when more than 40 systems were in operation on UK sites – and others are in the process of being installed, with further orders in the pipeline for 2008.
Along the way the scheduling module has been upgraded, a new MRP feature introduced, a new product sales order system developed, and the system’s reporting capability expanded. Users with a valid support contract get every upgrade free of charge.