I-MATRIX

Automated Concrete Batching System

OPERATION MANUAL
Document Version: 1.0
Last Updated: 17 July 2011

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................................................................................ii
1 I-MATRIX ENVIRONMENT..................................................................................................4
1.1 LOGGING-IN TO I-MATRIX......................................................................................4
1.2 I-MATRIX MAIN SCREEN.......................................................................................4
1.3 BACKUP DATA...................................................................................................6
2 SETTING SYSTEM PARAMETERS AND OPTIONS.........................................................7
3 INPUTTING INGREDIENTS................................................................................................13
3.1 VIEW INGREDIENT LIST......................................................................................13
3.2 ADD NEW INGREDIENT.......................................................................................14
3.3 EDITING/DELETING EXISTING INGREDIENTS..............................................................16
4 ADJUSTING DISCHARGE FORMULA.............................................................................17
4.1 VIEW DISCHARGE FORMULA.................................................................................17
4.2 ADD A NEW DISCHARGE FORMULA.........................................................................18
4.3 EDIT OR DELETE EXISTING DISCHARGE FORMULA.......................................................20
5 DEFINING DESIGN MIXES.................................................................................................21
5.1 VIEW DESIGN MIXES.........................................................................................21
5.2 ADD A NEW DESIGN MIX....................................................................................22
5.3 EDIT OR DELETE EXISTING DESIGN MIX..................................................................25
5.4 IMPORTING DESIGN MIXES..................................................................................25
5.5 EXPORT DESIGN MIXES TO AN EXCEL FILE................................................................28
6 ADJUSTING SYSTEM PARAMETERS..............................................................................29
6.1 AGGREGATE MOISTURE.......................................................................................29
6.2 FREEFALL.......................................................................................................30
6.3 TRANSPORTER DELAY.........................................................................................31
6.4 CHOPPING TIME...............................................................................................31
6.5 MIXING PARAMETERS.........................................................................................32
6.6 CEMENT PROPORTION........................................................................................32
7 CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT.............................................................................................33
7.1 ADD A NEW CUSTOMER......................................................................................33
7.2 VIEW CUSTOMER LIST........................................................................................38
7.3 SET CUSTOMER OPTIONS....................................................................................40
8 EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT.............................................................................................41
8.1 EMPLOYEE LIST................................................................................................41
8.2 EMPLOYEE BOOK-IN/BOOK-OUT............................................................................43
8.3 EMPLOYEE MODULE OPTIONS................................................................................45
9 TRUCK MANAGEMENT......................................................................................................46
9.1 VIEW AND MANAGE TRUCKS.................................................................................47
9.2 ASSIGN DRIVERS TO TRUCKS...............................................................................48
9.3 TRANSPORT COMPANY AND COST CENTRE.................................................................49
9.4 SET TRUCK OPTIONS.........................................................................................50
10 INVENTORY & SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT...............................................................51
10.1 SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT......................................................................................51
10.2 INVENTORY ORDER MANAGEMENT..........................................................................53
10.3 INVENTORY MAINTAIN........................................................................................57
10.4 INVENTORY & SUPPLIER OPTIONS..........................................................................59

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11 ORDER AND DELIVERY MANAGEMENT..................................................................60
11.1 ADD AND EDIT ORDERS.......................................................................................60
11.2 DELIVERY SCHEDULE.........................................................................................62
11.3 DELIVERY SCHEDULE AND BATCHING PROCESS...........................................................64
11.4 ORDER AND DELIVERY OPTIONS............................................................................66
12 BATCHING SCREEN.........................................................................................................68
12.1 THE BATCHING SCREEN......................................................................................68
12.2 CONTROL BATCHING PROCESS..............................................................................70
12.3 POP-UP DIALOG BOXES......................................................................................73
13 PRINTING REPORTS........................................................................................................76
13.1 PRINT REPORTS...............................................................................................76
13.2 CHANGE REPORT SETTINGS.................................................................................77
14 SETTING UP USER GROUPS AND SECURITY RIGHTS...........................................79
14.1 DEFINING USER GROUPS....................................................................................79
14.2 ASSIGNING EMPLOYEES......................................................................................81
14.3 Changing User’s Password...............................................................................82

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11 I-MATRIX ENVIRONMENT

1.1 Logging-in to I-Matrix

When the I-Matrix application starts, the first dialog you

will encounter is the Log In dialog.
 Type your IC/FIN and password, and click [OK] to log-
in to the application.
 Clicking [Cancel] will exit the application and go back
to Windows environment.

 Note: For initial log-

in, please use the IC/FIN and password given by
our Service Engineer

1.2 I-Matrix Main Screen

Main Menu

After logging-in, you will come to I-Matrix Main Screen. The main buttons are organised into
two groups:
(i) Operations (left-hand-side) - includes functions which are operated daily; and
(ii) Setup & Administration (right-hand-side) – includes functions to change system
configuration, options and settings.

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To exit I-Matrix or to switch to another user,
click [Exit >>].

After the Exit Menu appears:

 To switch to another user, click [Log off]
 To shut down the PC, click [Shut Down]
 To cancel and back to main menu, click [Cancel]

Top Bar

The top of the application is Top Bar. The top bar includes information of the company and the
Quick Menu.

Here are the descriptions for each button of Quick Menu

 Delivery Schedule (Alt + D): opens the Order & Delivery Screen.
 Batching Progress (Alt + B): jumps to the Batching Screen. Enabled only when batching is
on-going.
 Inventory Level (Alt + I): opens the Inventory Level Screen.
 Truck In (Alt + T): Set the status of select truck to ‘Return/Standby’
 Print DO (Alt + P): Clicking this button brings up the ‘Print Delivery Order’ dialog
shown below for quick re-printing of Delivery Orders.

The square box at the top right corner of the top bar indicates whether the batching system has been
connected to I-Matrix HMI. Green indicates CONNECTED and grey indicates NOT
CONNECTED.

Setting System Date and Time

Double click on the date and time display on the top-right hand corner of the Main Menu calls up a
screen to set the date and time.

Select the correct date and time, then click the ‘OK’ button to set.

I-Matrix System Short cut Keys

F1 : Display Shortcut Help

Alt + D : Open Order & Delivery Screen
Alt + B : View Batching Progress
Alt + I : Go to Inventory Level
Alt + T : Go to Truck Status
Alt + P : Print historical DO.

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  Note: Pressing F1 at all screens will bring up a short-cut key
list.
1.3 Backup Data

It is recommended that data be backed-up into an external storage media, e.g. thumb-drive, portable
hard-disk, etc. after each day’s batching.

To display the back-up dialog, click on the ‘Backup’ button above the ‘Exit >>’ button. You will
see:

Click on the ‘Browse’ button to select another drive or folder to save to. Click on ‘Backup’ if the
destination path is correct.

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22 SETTING SYSTEM PARAMETERS AND OPTIONS

To set the system parameters and options, from the system menu, click [System Options]. The
Option screen is displayed as follows:

To set/change system parameters, click on a button of the menu.

To go back to the main system menu, click [Back to Main Menu].

Aggregate

To set aggregate parameters, click [Aggregate] on system option menu. Aggregate options and
parameters are categorized into 3 groups:
 General parameters
 Weighing Rate parameters
 Discharging Rate parameters

 Note: It is compulsory to enter data for the fields in blue colour

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  General parameters:
 Vibrator On/Off intervals: The vibrator will do a start/stop cycle according to the intervals.
If ‘Off interval’ = 0, the vibrator will be activated all the time when rate is slow.
 Zero-band: Discharging is considered complete if the amount stuck in the aggregate
weighing hopper is less than this zero band (can select either in ‘kg’ or ‘% of target
amount’).
 Adjustment ranges: Operators are allowed to adjust batching parameters within the ranges
specified by Supervisors here. If adjustment range = 0, it means that the corresponding
parameter is not allowed to be adjusted. For aggregate, users can adjust these following
parameters:
- Ingredient Moisture
- Compartments’ Freefall
- Transporters’ Delay
- Compartments’ Chopping time

 Weighing/ Discharge rate parameters:

I-Matrix allows for 2 separate groups of parameters for weighing and discharging. The parameters
are described as below:
 Slow Rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered ‘slow’.
 Jam Rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered to have
‘jammed’.
 Slow Time: If speed of weighing/discharging is below ‘slow rate’ for this period of time, the
vibrators will be started (if the option System activation of vibrators is selected).
 Jam time: After the vibrators are started and the ‘Jam time’ elapsed, I-Matrix will report
‘weighing/discharge jammed’ the moment speed falls below the ‘Jam rate’.
 Normal time: I-Matrix will report speed being back to normal if it is higher than ‘Slow rate’
for this period of time.

After inputting all the parameters, you can either click [OK] to save the settings or click [Cancel] to
discard the new settings.

Cement

From System Option Menu, click [Cement], the Cement Option screen will be shown.

Similar to Aggregate Options, Cement Options are categorised into 3 groups:

 General parameters
 Weighing Rate parameters
 Discharging Rate parameters

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  General parameters:
 Interval blowing: Select this option to start the vibrators/air-blows regardless of weighing
and discharging speeds.
 Air-blow on/off intervals: The vibrator will do a start/stop cycle according to the intervals. If
‘Off interval’ = 0, the vibrator will be activated all the time when rate is slow.
 Zero-band: Discharging is considered complete if the amount stuck in the cement weighing
hopper is less than this zero band (can select either in ‘kg’ or ‘% of target amount’).
 Adjustment ranges: Operators are allowed to adjust batching parameters within the ranges
specified by Supervisors here. If adjustment range = 0, it means that the corresponding
parameter is not allowed to be adjusted. For cement, users can adjust these following
parameters:
- Silos’ Freefall
- Transporters’ delay
- Silos’ chopping time

 Weighing/ Discharge rate parameters:

Rate parameters are used to control weighing / discharging rate. We have two separate groups of
rate parameters for weighing and discharging. The parameters are described as below:
 Slow rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered ‘slow’
 Jam rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered to have ‘jammed’
 Slow time: If speed of weighing/discharging is below ‘slow rate’ for this period of time, the
vibrators will be started (if the option System activation of vibrators is selected)
 Jam time: After the vibrators are started and the ‘Jam time’ elapsed, I-Matrix will report
‘weighing/discharge jammed’ the moment speed falls below the ‘Jam rate’.
 Normal time: I-Matrix will report speed being back to normal if it is higher than ‘Slow rate’
for this period of time.

After inputting all the parameters, you can either click [OK] to save the settings or click [Cancel] to
discard and go back to option menu.

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Water

To open Water Option dialog, click [Water] on Option Menu.

 General parameters:
 Chopping adjustment range: operators can adjust the chopping time within this range
 Free fall adjustment range: operators can adjust the free-fall within this range

 Weighing/ Discharge rate parameters:

 Jam rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered to have ‘jammed’
 Jam time: If the speed falls below ‘Jam rate’ for this period of time, I-Matrix will report that
weighing/discharging had jammed.
 Normal time: I-Matrix will report speed being back to normal if it is higher than ‘Jam rate’
for this period of time.

After inputting all the parameters, you can either click [OK] to save the settings or click [Cancel] to
discard and go back to option menu.

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Admixture

From Option Menu screen, click [Admixture] to change the settings of admixture. Admixture
parameters are similar to those of water.

After inputting all parameters, click [OK] to save the changes. If you want to discard the changes,
click [Cancel]

Plant Options

Clicking on the [Plant Options] button on Option Menu calls up the screen below.

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  General Parameters:
 Time from jam to prompt swp : Time to prompt out a dialog box for user to swap
compartment.
 Manual Batching : This option will only be selected, if then deliveries has be batched
manually outside of the system. The delivery information can be entered through the
Manual Batching Dialog. (pg 66)
 System auto batching: If this option is selected, when discharging phase is ready, system
will automatically discharge all ingredients into mixer/truck. If this option is not selected,
users will start discharging phase by clicking [Batch] button on the batching screen.
 System discharge of concrete: Select this option so that the system will automatically
discharge concrete into truck. If the option is not selected, users have to manually discharge
the concrete.
- System discharge of concrete with prompt: User starts the discharging process by
clicking [Discharge] button on Batching screen.
- System discharge of concrete without prompt: The discharging process will start
automatically without waiting for users’ input.

 Mixing Parameters (used in Wet Mix Plant only):

 Mixing time adjustment range: The range in which mixing time (which is tagged to
discharge formula) can be adjustable
 Mixer gate’s half open time: Time to half open mixer gates during mixing phase
 Mixer gate’s full open time: Time to full open mixer gates’ during mixing phase
 Concrete holding hopper’s half open time: Time to half open concrete holding hopper’s
gates during mixing phase
 Concrete holding hopper’s full open time: Time to fully open concrete holding hopper’s
gates during mixing phase.

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33 INPUTTING INGREDIENTS

From Main Menu, click [Ingredient], the Ingredient Menu is displayed.

From the Ingredient Menu:

 Click [Add New Ingredient] to add ingredient
 Click [View Ingredient] to view the ingredient list and editing those ingredients
 Click [Back] to exit the Ingredient Menu

3.1 View Ingredient List

From the Ingredient Menu, click [View Ingredient], you will come to View Ingredient screen

The Ingredient Type list on the left lists four ingredient types: Aggregate, Cement, Water and

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Admixture. Select one of the ingredient type, the ingredients of that type will be displayed on
Ingredient list on the right. To display all ingredients available on the system, select All on
Ingredient Type list.

3.2 Add New Ingredient

To add a new ingredient, click [Add New Ingredient] on Ingredient Menu or in View Ingredient
screen, click [Add Ingredient]

The Add Ingredient screen is displayed:

Enter the necessary inputs for the ingredient as follow:

 General Information
 Ingredient Type: Either Aggregate, Cement, Water or Admixture
 Ingredient Name: Name of the ingredient
 Ingredient Code: Code of the ingredient. If the ingredient type is Water, select one of the
three option buttons: Clean, Chilled, Recycled)
 Moisture: Moisture is the percentage of water in aggregate (apply on ‘aggregate’ type only)
 Tolerance: The acceptable error for the actual weighed amount from the target. Can be in
‘%’ or ‘Kg’.

 Storage Locations:
 The left storage list shows all storage locations available to store the ingredient, the right list
shows the selected storage locations to store the ingredient
 To add a location for the ingredient, double click the location name on the left location list
 To add all locations for the ingredient, click [>>] button
 To remove a location of the ingredient, double click the location name on the right location
list
 To remove all locations of the ingredient, click [<<] button

 Note: You can save an ingredient without specifying the locations, but you
have to specify the locations for all ingredients before exiting from the
Ingredient menu. The ingredients without any location will be shown red on

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 View Ingredient screen. When such a ingredient exists, if you try to exit from
Ingredient Menu, the following message box will pop up

Go back to View Ingredient screen, add locations for those ingredients.

After that, you can exit the Ingredient Menu

 Inventory maintain
Select one of the options to maintain ingredient inventory:
 Do not maintain inventory level: the ingredient inventory is not maintained
 Maintain inventory level by ingredient: the ingredient inventory is maintained by ingredient
only, i.e. not by specific location. If this option is selected, you must specify the Start
Balance of the ingredient.
 Maintain inventory level by Storage locations: the ingredient inventory level is maintained
for every location which stores the ingredient. If this option is selected, you must specify
the Start Balance of individual locations by entering into the Start Balance column of
Location table at the bottom of the dialog

Input
Input Start
Start Balance
Balance for
for
locations here
locations here

 Note: Once a physical stock-take is done for an ingredient, its Start Balance
cannot be edited

 Weighing Type and Weighing Proportion:

An ingredient is stored in several locations. During batching, those locations can be weighed
concurrently or sequentially.
 To weigh the ingredient concurrently, select ‘Concurrent’ option.
 To weigh the ingredient sequentially, select ‘Sequential’ option. Then specify the weighing
proportion for each location by entering the numbers into Weigh Proportion column of
Location table at the bottom of the dialog.

 Note: If the ingredient has only one location, Concurrent weighing will be
automatically selected.

After inputting data, click [Save Ingredient] to save the ingredient or click [Back] to go back
without saving changes.

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3.3 Editing/Deleting Existing Ingredients

Edit an Existing Ingredient

To edit an existing ingredient, on View Ingredient screen, select the ingredient on Ingredient List,
then click [Edit Ingredient] or double click the ingredient, the Ingredient Edit screen will be
displayed.

Follow the steps of Adding Ingredient.

Delete an Existing Ingredient

To delete an existing ingredient, on View Ingredient screen, select the ingredient on Ingredient
List, and then click [Delete Ingredient]. Click [Yes] to delete, or click [No] to keep the ingredient.

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44 ADJUSTING DISCHARGE FORMULA

From the Main Menu, click [Discharge Formula] to come to the Discharge Formula Menu:

The Discharge Formula menu allows users to:

- View list of available discharge formulae
- Add/Edit/Delete discharge formulae

4.1 View Discharge Formula

From Discharge Formula menu, click [View Discharge Formula], the View Discharge Formula
screen is displayed.

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  On Discharge Formula List on the left, select a discharge formula and the steps or sequence
in the discharge formula will be displayed on the right.

 To go back to Discharge Formula menu, click [Back].

4.2 Add a New Discharge Formula

You can add a new discharge formula by:

 Clicking on [Add New Discharge Formula] button from the Main Menu
 Clicking on [Add New Formula] button from the View Discharge Formula screen.

Step 1: Input Information for the Discharge Formula

The general information of the discharge formula is on the left panel of Add Discharge Formula
screen.

 Discharge Formula Name: The name of the formula/sequence as assigned by you

 Mixing Time: If your plant is a wet-mix plant, this will be enabled for you to enter the
mixing time for this particular discharge formula

Step 2: Add Step to the Discharge Formula

 Add Step
After the discharge formula name is inputted, the [Add Step] button will be enabled.
 Click [Add Step] button. The Add Step dialog will appear:

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 Enter the following information for the step:
 Ingredient Type: Used to specify a ‘general discharge step’. i.e. either aggregate, cement,
water or admixture. E.g. when the type is ‘admixture’, if there are 2 admixtures in the
design mix, both will be discharged at the same time.
 Discharge Point: Used to specify a ‘specific discharge step’. E.g. you can specify that the 1 st
admixture discharges first, followed by the 2 nd admixture. Note that a specific discharge
needs to be partnered with the correct design mix, else the system will prompt an error.
 Start Trigger: The step in which this current step depends on to start discharging. The 1 st
step in the entire discharge formula does not need a ‘start trigger’.
 Start time or %: The trigger point based on the ‘start trigger’, e.g. to start discharging
cement when aggregate has discharged 30% of the weighed amount, you would enter ‘30%’
for this field.
 After Trigger Stopped?: This is enabled when a ‘start time’ is used as the start trigger. E.g.,
you wish the step to started 10s after the triggering step starts, you would click on the ‘No’
button.
 Stop time or %: The point which the step is stopped. E.g. in this step, you wish to discharge
up to 30% of the amount of cement weighed, you would enter ‘30%’ in this field.

 Edit a discharge step:

 From Add/Edit Discharge Formula screen, click [Edit Step] or double click on the step,
the Edit Step dialog will be displayed
 Follow the steps of Add Step described above

 Delete a step
 From Add/Edit Discharge Formula screen, click on the step, and then click [Delete Step].
 Click [Yes] to delete the step from the discharge formula, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

 Note: Special care needs to be taken when adding or editing steps in a

discharge formula.

Step 3: Save the Discharge Formula

 From Add Discharge Formula screen, click [Save Formula], if the discharge formula is
saved successfully, the screen will be closed.

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4.3 Edit or Delete Existing Discharge Formula

Edit a discharge formula

 Select the discharge formula from View Discharge Formula screen, then click [Edit
Formula] or double click on that discharge formula, the Edit Discharge Formula screen
will appear for you to edit.
 Follow the steps of adding discharge formula

Delete a discharge formula

 Select the discharge formula from View Discharge Formula screen, then click [Delete
Formula]
 Click [Yes] button of the message box to delete, or click [No] to go back without deleting

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55 DEFINING DESIGN MIXES

From System Main Menu, click [Design Mix], Design Mix menu will appear to let you organise
the batching design mixes.

The Design Mix menu allows users to:

- View list of available design mixes
- Add / Edit / Delete design mixes
- Import design mixes from an Excel file
- Export design mixes to an Excel file.

5.1 View Design Mixes

From Design Mix menu, click [View Design Mixes], the View Design Mixes screen is displayed

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  From Sort by discharge formula combo box, select a discharge formula. The design mixes
which are tagged to that discharge formula will be displayed on Concrete List. If you want
to view all the design mixes, select View All
 On Concrete List, select a design mix name (concrete name), the design mix details will be
displayed on Design Mix Detail table.
 To view the discharge formula which is tagged to the design mix, click [View Formula], the
discharge formula details will be displayed

Click [Back to Design Mix] to go back to View Design Mixes screen

 To go back to Design Mix menu, click [Back]

5.2 Add a New Design Mix

You can add a new design mix by:

 Clicking on [Add New Design Mix] button from the Main Menu
 Clicking on [Add Design Mix] button from the View Design Mix screen.

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Step 1: Input General Information of the Design Mix

The general information of the design mix is on the left panel of Add Design Mix screen.

 Product Code: The concrete’s product code as assigned by you

 Concrete Mix Design: The design mix name
 Discharge Formula: The discharge formula name which is used to discharge with the
design mix during batching
- To view the discharge formula, click [View Formula], details of the discharge formula
will be shown.
 Slump: Slump of the concrete
 Strength: Concrete strength
 Description: Concrete description

Step 2: Define the Ingredients of the Design Mix

 Add ingredients
After the concrete name and the discharge formula name is inputted, the [Add Ingredient]
button will be enabled.
 Click [Add Ingredient] button. The Add Ingredient dialog will appear

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  Select the Ingredient Name and enter the amount of the ingredient in Amount textbox
 Click [OK] to add the ingredient, or click [Cancel] to go back to Add Design Mix screen

 Edit an Ingredient
 From Add Design Mix screen, click [Edit Ingredient] or double click on any ingredient, the
Edit Design Mix Ingredient will be displayed
 Follow the steps of Add Ingredient described above

 Delete an Ingredient
 From Add Design Mix screen, select the ingredient on Ingredient table, and then click
[Delete Ingredient].
 Click [Yes] to delete the ingredient from design mix, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

Step 3: Save the design mix

 From Add Design Mix screen, click [Save Design Mix], if the design mix is saved
successfully, the screen will be closed.

 Note: The design mix must

match the discharge formula
for it to be saved successfully.
An error dialog will appear if
the design mix does not match
the discharge formula.

Click [OK], change the design

mix before resaving the design
mix.

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5.3 Edit or Delete Existing Design Mix

Edit a design mix

 Select the design mix from View Design Mix screen, then click [Edit Design Mix] or
double click on that design mix, the Edit Design Mix screen will appear for you to edit.
 Follow the steps of adding design mix

Delete a design mix

 Select the design mix from View Design Mix screen, then click [Delete Design Mix]
 Click [Yes] button of the message box to delete, or click [No] to go back without deleting

5.4 Importing Design Mixes

Another way to input design mixes into the system is to import them from a Microsoft Excel file.
To import design mixes, follow these steps:

Step 1: Generate the Import Template

 From Design Mix Menu, click [Generate

Excel Template] button,
 A message box appears to inform you of
the exact location of the template
generated, note down the file path and
click [OK].

Step 2: Input the Design Mixes into the Generated Template

This is the format of the template:

General information Ingredients

 Input your design mixes into the green region of the template. Each design mix occupies
one row.
 For each row of design mix:
- Input Product Code, Concrete Grade, Slump, Strength and Discharge Formula Name
into General information columns
- Enter the amount of ingredients needed for each design mix. If any ingredient is not
used, simply leave that cell empty.

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  Repeat until you finish inputting all the design mixes
 Save the file

This is an example of a design mix file after being inputted:

Step 3: Import the Excel File

 From Design Mix Menu, click

[Import Design Mixes]
 Or In View Design Mix screen,
click [Import Design Mixes]

The Import Design Mix dialog is

displayed on the right

 Enter the path of the Microsoft Excel file to be imported into ‘Import from Excel template’
textbox, or click [Browse] to select the path. The Select File dialog appears. Select the file
and press [OK]
 Click [Start Import]. The design mixes will be imported into the system
 If import is successful, a message box “Import successfully” will appear. You then can click
[Exit] to exit from the Import dialog

 However, if the import process encounters

some errors, you will see the message box
on the right:

 Close the message box, then press [Next Step] button, you will see the details of the import
errors

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 Duplicate Design
Mixes section

 From the Import Results dialog box, you will know

- The number of design mixes which are successfully imported
- The number of design mixes which have errors
- The number of design mixes which are already existed in the system

 If there are errors reported, re-open the Excel file, those records with errors will be shown in
red. Under System Message column, the specific error is described. Resolve those errors and
save the file

 If the Excel file contains design mixes which already exist in the system, those design mixes
will be listed in Duplicate section of the dialog (see screenshot above). You can choose to
override the existing design mixes by clicking on the corresponding cell under Override
column, or you can choose not to override them by removing the selection from the cell.
To override all duplicated design mixes, click [Override All]. To ignore all duplicated
design mixes, click [Override None]

 Click [Reimport] to retry importing the error/duplicated design mixes

 Once the import process is executed successfully, you can click [Exit] to close the dialog.

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5.5 Export Design Mixes to an Excel File

To export all design mixes available in the

system to a Microsoft Excel file, from
Design Mix Menu, click [Export Design
Mixes]. You will see the dialog on the right:

 In Export Design Mix dialog, enter the directory in

which you want to export the design mixes to. You can
also click [Browse] to open the screen on the right. Select
the directory to export to and then click [OK]. The
directory selected will be displayed on Export to Excel
folder textbox.

 Click [Start Export], the design mixes will be exported to

the folder you specified.
 When the process finishes, a message box will appear as
shown below:

 Click [OK]. Go to the export folder, you will see the export Excel file. The Excel file name
follows the convention “DM Export 1 – [today’s date].xls”.
 Click [Exit] to close the Export Design Mix dialog

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66 ADJUSTING SYSTEM PARAMETERS

From the Main Menu, click [System Adjustment] to come to the System Adjustment Menu:

I-Matrix allows users to adjust the following parameters:

 Aggregate Ingredients’ Moisture
 Freefall of compartments, silos, tanks and weighing hoppers
 Delay time of aggregate transporters and cement transporters
 Chopping time of compartments, silos and tanks
 Mixing parameters
 Cement proportion in design mixes

6.1 Aggregate Moisture

 To adjust Aggregate Moisture, click [Aggregate Moisture] from System Adjustment

Menu.
 In the Aggregate Moisture Adjustment dialog, key in the new values into the cells under
the ‘Adjusted’ column.
 Click [Save] to save the new, adjusted
values or click [Back] to exit without
saving.

 Note: The adjustment values

must fall in ‘Moisture
Adjustment Range’ specified
in ‘Aggregate Option’. This
range is displayed on
Adjustment Range at the top
of the table.

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6.2 Freefall

Clicking [Freefall] from System Adjustment Menu displays the Freefall Adjustment screen.

On the screen, all locations which can be adjusted are displayed and categorized into four groups:
Aggregate, Cement, Water and Admixture
 For Aggregate, you can adjust freefalls of the bins and weighing hoppers
 For Cement, you can adjust freefalls of the silos, transporters and weighing hoppers
 For Water, you can adjust freefalls of the storage tanks and weighing hoppers
 For Admixture, you can adjust freefalls of the storage tanks and weighing hoppers

The freefall adjustment ranges (see Chapter 1) are displayed at the top of freefall tables,
adjustments freefall must fall inside these ranges.

Enter the new, adjusted values into Adjustment columns. For water tanks, since each tank can have
either one or two valves, you can adjust the freefalls of these valves under Adjustment 1 and
Adjustment 2 columns.

Click [Save Changes] to save the new, adjusted values, or click [Back] to go back to System
Adjustment Menu without saving the changes.

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6.3 Transporter Delay

To adjust aggregate / cement transporters’ delay, click

[Transporter Delay] from System Adjustment Menu

Key in the new, adjusted values in ‘Adjusted’ columns.

These values must be in the range specified in System
Options.

Click [Save] to save the new settings or click [Back] to

go back to System Adjustment Menu.

6.4 Chopping Time

From System Adjustment Menu, click [Chopping Time] to call up the Chopping Time
Adjustment dialog. Similar to freefall, chopping time are organised into four groups: Aggregate
(bins), Cement (silos), Water (tanks) and Admixture (tanks)

Key in the new, adjusted values, then click [Save Changes] to save, or click [Back] to go back to
System Adjustment Menu

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6.5 Mixing Parameters

From System Adjustment Menu, click [Mixing Parameters]. The Mixing Parameters
Adjustment dialog will pop up.

 Adjust the mixer gate’s open time and concrete holding hopper’s open time by keying the
values into text box
 You can also adjust the mixing time for each discharge formula by keying in the cells under
‘Adjusted’ column of Mixing Time table.
 Click [OK] to save the new, adjusted values, or click [Cancel] to cancel the changes

 Note: Mixing Parameters can only be adjusted if the batching plant is a Wet
Mix Plant

6.6 Cement Proportion

If there is more than 1 silo containing the same cement, you can change how much to discharge
from each during batching. To adjust the proportion of cement, from System Adjustment Menu,
click [Cement Proportion]. You will see the following dialog:

Key in the new values under ‘Adjusted’ column, then click [OK] to save the changes

 Note: The total proportion of one ingredient must be 100%

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77 CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT

In this chapter, we will show you how to:

 Add a new customer
 View available customers
 Delete/Edit customers

Below shows the Customer Menu, to open this menu, click [Customer] on Main Menu.

7.1 Add a New Customer

To add a new customer, from Customer Menu, click [Add New Customer] and Customer Add
Wizard will be displayed.

Step 1: Customer’s Information

The first step is inputting customer’s general information:

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  Customer ID (compulsory): the system alto assigns a customer ID according to the running
order in Customer Option (will be described later). You can change this Customer ID if
needed.
 Customer Name (compulsory): Name of the customer
 Address: customer’s address
 Country
 Postal Code
 Main Tel
 Remarks

After inputting the information, click [Next Step] to input customer’s details, or you can click
[Exit] to finish the wizard without entering customer’s details.

If [Exit] is clicked, this message prompt will appear

Click [Yes] to save the customer. Click [No] to not save the customer. Or click [Cancel] to remain
at Step 1’s dialog.

Click [Next Step] will bring you to Step 2

Step 2: Project Site Information

A customer can have one or more project sites. The project sites are listed on the left. Each project
site can be located in one or more locations. If you select a project site, its locations will be
displayed on Location List on the right.

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  Add a project site to the
customer

To add a project site, click [Add

(F2)] button which is on the right
hand side of Project Site List.
The Project Site Dialog will be
displayed.

Input Project Code, its Title,

COD, Trip Count, Distance and
Person-in-charge details; then
click [Save] to save the project
site

The new Project Site Name will be displayed on Project Site List

 Edit a project site

To edit a project site, click [Edit (F3)] button, Project Site Dialog will pop up for you to edit
the project site information

 Delete a project site

To delete a project site, click [Del (F3)] button. A message prompt pops up and asks you
whether you really want to delete the site, click [Yes] to confirm, or click [No] if you no longer
want to delete the site.

 Add a location to a project site

 Select the project site on Project Site List; then click
[Add (F5)].
 On Location Dialog popped up, enter Location and
its Distance; then click [Save] to save the location.

The new location now appears on Location List

 Edit a location of a project site

 Select the project site on Project Site List, its locations are displayed on Location List.
 Select the location you want to edit, and click [Edit (F6)].
 Modify the location’s details on Location Dialog, and click [Save]

 Delete a location of a project site

 Select the project site on Project Site List, its locations are displayed on Location List.
 Select the location you want to delete
 Click [Del (F7)] to delete the location. A message prompt pops up and asks you whether
you want to delete the location. Click [Yes] to confirm.

After inputting the project site information, you can:

 Click [Prev Step] to modify previous step information
 Click [Next Step] to go the next step of adding new customer (Contact Personnel)

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  Click [Exit] to finish the wizard without going to next step. A message will ask you whether
you want to save the customer, click [Yes] to save, click [No] to cancel adding new
customer, or click [Cancel] to go back to Project Site Step.

 Note: Step 2 (Project Site information) is an optional step. You still can save
the customer without entering Project Site information.
If a customer does not have Project Site information, click [Next Step] will
exit the Add Customer Wizard, since the following steps depends on Step 2.

Step 3: Contract Restriction

Step 3 is to input contracts for individual project sites of the customer. It allows you to input
contract’s period, as well as the restrictions enforced on the contracts.

To view contracts of a project site, select the project site name on Project Site combo box.

 Add a new contract

 Click [Add (F2)] to add a new contract. Contract
Dialog pops up
 An auto Contract ID is generated by the system. You
can modify this auto ID by keying into the textbox
 Input Start Date and End Date of the contract
 Click [Save] to save the contract, or click [Back] to
cancel

 Edit a contract
 Select the contract, and click [Edit (F3)]
 Modify the contract’s details on Contract Dialog popped up, then click [Save]

 Delete a contract
 Select the contract, and click [Del (F4)]
 A message prompt appears and asks you whether you want to delete the contract, click [Yes]
to confirm

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 Add a restriction to a contract
 Select the contract
 Click [Add (F5)], the Restriction Dialog appears. Each
restriction will restrict a concrete grade by limited
quantity.
 Select the concrete to be restricted. If you want the
restriction take effect for every concrete grade, select
All Concrete Grade
 Input the restricted quantity on the concrete grade.
 Click [Save] to add the restriction to the contract

 Edit a restriction of a contract

 Select the contract. Its restrictions are displayed on Restriction List
 Select the restriction
 Click [Edit (F6)], then modify the restriction on Restriction Dialog and click [Save]

 Remove a restriction of a contract

 Select the contract. Its restrictions are displayed on Restriction List
 Select the restriction
 Click [Del (F7)], the restriction is removed from Restriction List

After inputting all the necessary details, you can:

 Click [Prev Step] to go back to previous step
 Click [Exit]. A message prompt appears to ask you whether you want to save the customer,
click [Yes] to save, click [No] to not save, or click [Cancel] to remain at Step 4 dialog
 Click [Finish] to save the customer. This message box appears

 To add a new customer and go through the wizard again, click [Yes], or click [No] to exit
the wizard

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7.2 View Customer List

Click [View Customer] on Customer Menu and the View Customer Screen will be displayed.

The Customer Table shows you all the customers existed in system, together with its general
information. To view a customer’s details, select that customer and click [View Cust Details (F2)]

When Customer Details Dialog pops up, you can still use ‘Tab’ key to switch back and forth
between View Customer Screen and Customer Details Dialog. If you select another customer on
View Customer Screen, its details are automatically shown on Customer Details Dialog

With View Customer Screen and Customer Details Dialog, the application allows you to manage
the customers. You can add new customer, edit a customer details or remove a customer from the
system.

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Add New Customer via View Customer Screen

Without Customer Details Dialog opened, click [Add Cust (F3)] on View Customer Screen. Add
Customer Wizard will be displayed. Follow the steps described in Chapter 8.1 to add new
customers.

Edit a Customer

 Edit Customer’s general information

 On View Customer Screen, select the customer, then click [Edit Cust (F4)]
Or double click on the customer name

 On Edit Customer Dialog popped up, modify customer’s general information, then click
[Save]

 Edit a Customer Details

 Select a customer and view its details by clicking on [View Cust Details] button
 To edit Project Site information, double-click a project site on Project Site Table. Project
Site Dialog (similar to Step 2 Dialog of Add Customer Wizard) appears for you to edit
the project site.
 To edit a Contact Personnel of the customer, double-click a contact on Person-in-charge
Table. Contact Personnel Dialog (similar to Step 3 Dialog of Add Customer Wizard)
appears for you to edit the project site.
 To edit a Contract/Restriction, double-click a contract on Contract Restriction Table.
Contract Restriction Dialog (similar to Step 4 Dialog of Add Customer Wizard) appears
for you to edit the project site.

Delete a Customer

To delete a customer, select the customer on View Customer Screen, and then click [Delete Cust]

A message box pops up:

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Click [Yes] to delete the customer, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

7.3 Set Customer Options

As mentioned above, when you add a new customer or a new contract, a system-generated ID will
be automatically displayed. The format of those IDs are specified in Customer Option Dialog

To open this dialog and change the format, on Customer Menu, click [Option]

Each ID Format consists of three parts: Front (prefix), Running Order, and Back (suffix).
Front and Back are fix strings which will be consistent for all the IDs generated by the system. The
middle Running Order is an auto-increased number. You specify the format of this running number
by inputting its length and its starting number.

 Example: If the starting number is ‘001’, running number will have 3 digit-
length and starts from 1. With the Cust ID Format shown in the figure above,
the first customer will have the ID ‘Cust-001-05’, the second customer will
have the ID ‘Cust-002-05’. The maximum number of customers supported
by this ID format is 999. After that, you will have to change the format in
order to add new customer.

After inputting the formats, click [Save] to save the new ID Formats; or click [Back] to cancel the
changes.

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88 EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT

Clicking [Employee] button on the Main Menu displays the Employee Menu. The Employee
Module allows you to manage and maintain an employee list.

8.1 Employee List

 Click [View Employee] from Employee Menu to display the View Employee Screen. The
screen shows you all employees that the system keeps track of.
 At the bottom of the screen is the button panel which allows you to add/edit/delete an
employee.

Add New Employee

 From Employee Menu, click [Add New Employee]

Or from View Employee Screen, click [Add Employee]
The Add Employee Dialog pops up as shown above

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  Enter the necessary information for the employee:
 Click [Save]. The employee is added to system database

 Note: If the employee’s designation is ‘Truck Driver’. The employee can be

assigned to a truck in Truck Module (see 8.2)

Edit an Employee

 To modify an employee’s profile, from View Employee Screen, you can either double click
on the employee or click the [Edit Employee] button.
 Edit the employee’s details on Edit Employee Dialog (similar to Add Employee Dialog).
 Click [Save] to save the changes.

Delete an Employee

 Select the employee you want to delete

 Click [Delete Employee] from View Employee Screen
 A message box appears

 Click [Yes] to delete the employee, or click [No] if you no longer want to delete.

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8.2 Employee Book-in/Book-out

Book In/ Book Out functionality of the system keeps track of working schedule of all employees.
To open Book In/Out screen, click [Book In/Out] from Employee Menu.

The Book In/Out Screen is displayed:

 Use Designation combo box to show the employees which have the selected designation on
Employee Table. If you want to view all employees, select ‘Show All’. Selecting from this
combo box will automatically refresh the grid content with the date shown on screen
 By default, the date shown on the screen is today’s date. You can select another date by
clicking on the drop down icon besides the date. You must click on the [Display (F2)] to
refresh the grid content.

Employee Book In

 Select the employee

 Click [Book In (F3)]
 When Book In Dialog appears, select the Book in
time and click [Save]
 The employee book in time now displayed on
Employee Table. The employee is shown in red to
indicate that this employee has not book out at that day.

 If you want to undo the book in, click [Delete Booking (F5)], the employee book in will be
cancelled.

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  Tip: Double click an employee at Book In column will open Book In Dialog

Employee Absence

 If the employee is absent for the day, record the absent

reason by clicking on [Absent Reason (F7)] button
 The Absent Reason Dialog appears. Double click on a
reason to select that reason. If you use keyboard, using
up/down keys to select the reason, then press Enter
 Clicking [Back] in Absent Reason Dialog will close the
dialog without selecting a reason
 After selecting the reason, the employee’s absent reason
will be displayed on Employee List

Employee Book Out

 For an employee, Book Out function is only enabled after that employee has booked in.
 To book-out, select the employee and click [Book
Out (F3)]
 On Book Out Dialog, input the book out date and
time, the meal hour and OT hour of the employee
in that date.
 Click [Save]. The employee will be booked out
successfully and Book out time is displayed on
Employee List. Employee’s red highlight is
removed.

 To undo Book Out, click [Delete Book Out] button

 Tip: Double click an employee on Book Out column will open Book Out
Dialog

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All Book In/ All Book Out

If all employees have the same working time for a day, you can use All Book In/All Book Out
functions

 Click [All Book In] button to book in all the employees at the same time.
 Click [All Book Out] button to book out all employees at the same time.

8.3 Employee Module Options

 To change the option settings for Employee Module, click [Option] from Employee Menu.

 On Employee Option Dialog, you can change these settings:

- Meal Hour Per Day: this is the default meal hour displayed on Book Out Dialog
- Normal Working Hour: the default working hour which applied for Book In Dialog and
Book Out Dialog
- Thumb Print System Database: This sets the path for the Thumb Print System. You can
click on [Browse] to scroll through the folders.
 Click [Save] to change the settings, or click [Back] to close the dialog without saving.

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99 TRUCK MANAGEMENT

Below is the Truck Menu. To open this menu, click [Truck] on Main Menu.

The Truck Menu allows you to:

 View/add/edit trucks
 View/add/edit transport companies
 View/add/edit trucks’ cost centre
 Assign drivers to trucks
 Set the Options for Truck Module

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9.1 View and Manage Trucks

View Trucks

To view all the trucks of the system, click [View/Edit Truck] on Truck Module. The View Truck
Screen is displayed. It shows all the trucks with their detailed information.

 Note: If a truck is shown in red, either its Road Tax, Inspection or Insurance
is expired. The expired field is bold.

Add a New Truck

To add a new truck, click [Add New Truck] from Truck Menu or click [Add New Truck] from
View Truck Screen. The Add Truck Dialog appears as shown below:

In the dialog, inputs the truck details:

 Transport Company: the transport company that the truck belongs to. You can add a new
Transport Company by keying Ctrl+T
 Truck Code (compulsory): a unique code to represent the truck. When this dialog pops up, a
default truck code is generated according to Truck ID Format specified in Option. You can
choose to modify this truck code.

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  Truck Capacity (compulsory): the default capacity is specified in Truck Option
 Reg No: The truck’s registration or license number.
 Cost Centre: Truck’s cost centre. You can add a new cost centre by pressing Ctrl+C
 Road Tax Exp: the expiry date of the truck’s road tax
 Insurance Exp: the expiry date of the truck’s insurance
 Inspection: the upcoming date of the truck’s inspection
 Status: the current status of the truck (At Work-shop, Broke Down, Driver-Off Duty, Loan
Out, Return/Stand By, Truck-out

Click [Save] to save the new truck, or click [Back] to cancel.

Edit an Existing Truck

 Select the truck on View Truck Screen, and click [Edit Truck]
 Or double click the truck on View Truck Screen
 Input the truck information to Edit Truck Dialog and save

Delete an Existing Truck

 Select the truck on View Truck Screen

 Click [Delete Truck]
 A message pops up to ask you if you really want to delete the truck. Click [Yes] to confirm.

9.2 Assign Drivers to Trucks

 Click [Assign Driver] from Truck Menu to open the Assign Driver Screen.
 The Truck List shows all trucks that have not been assigned.
 The Driver List shows available drivers for assigning.
 The Assigned Truck List shows trucks that have been assigned to their drivers.
 To assign driver to a truck:
- Select the truck on Truck List
- Select the driver on Driver List and click [Assign]
- The truck now will appear on the Assigned Truck List

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  To remove an assignment between truck and driver, select it on Truck Driver List, then click
[Remove].

9.3 Transport Company and Cost Centre

Transport Company

 View Transport Companies

 From Truck Menu, click [Transport Company]. The Transport Company Dialog appears
and lists all transport companies available

 Add new Transport Company:

 Click [Add (F2)] to add a new transport
company
 Enter transport company details into Transport
Company Dialog
 Click [Save] and the new transport company is
added into the list.

 Edit Transport Company

 Select the transport company and click [Edit], or double click on that transport company
name
 Edit the details of that transport company with Transport Company Dialog, then click
[Save]

 Delete Transport Company

 Select the transport company , then click [Delete]
 When a message prompts you whether you want to delete the transport company, click
[Yes] to confirm

Cost Centre

Click [Cost Centre] from Truck Menu to open the Cost Centre Dialog.

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 Add new Cost Centre
 Input the Const Centre name into the text box, then click
[Add (F1)]

 Delete a Cost Centre: Select the Cost Centre on the list, then
click [Del (F2)]

 Close the dialog: click [Back], the dialog will be closed

9.4 Set Truck Options

Shown above is Truck Option Dialog, to open this dialog, click [Option] from Truck Menu.

Truck Options include:

 Truck Code Format: the format of Truck Code that the system uses to generate Truck Code
running number
 Transport Company Code Format: the format of Transport Company Code
 Default Truck Capacity: the default capacity of truck which appears when you add a new
truck
 Prompt truck and driver during batching: If this option is selected, for every batching
delivery, the Truck Prompt Dialog will appear for users to input truck and driver for that
delivery. If this option not selected, no dialog appears and the system will not keep track of
Truck/Driver for deliveries

After inputting the changes, click [Save] to save the new settings, or click [Back] to close the
dialog without any changes.

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10 INVENTORY & SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT

The Inventory & Supplier Module allows you to maintain and manage your inventory. To access
the functionalities of this module, open Inventory & Supplier Menu by clicking on [Inventory &
Supplier] button of Main Menu.

With Inventory & Supplier Menu, you can:

 Keep track of Inventory level
 Maintain a list of ingredient suppliers
 Record and view Ingredient orders from suppliers

10.1 Supplier Management

View Supplier List

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  From Inventory & Supplier Menu, click [Supplier]
 The View Supplier Screen is displayed as shown above.
 To close the screen, click [Back]

Add New Supplier

 From View Supplier Screen, click [Add Supplier (F2)]

 Enter supplier details into the Add Supplier Dialog

 Click [Save] to add the supplier

 Note: When the Add Supplier Dialog is opened, system auto generates
Supplier ID according to Supplier ID Format specified in module’s options.
You can choose to over-ride this default ID

Edit a Supplier

 Select the supplier on Supplier Table of View Supplier Screen, press [Edit Supplier (F3)]
or double-click that supplier
 Edit the supplier’s details in Edit Supplier Dialog
 Click [Save]

Delete a Supplier

 Select the supplier on Supplier Table of View Supplier Screen, then click [Delete Supplier
(F4)]
 A message box appears and asks whether you want to delete the supplier, click [Yes] to
confirm.

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10.2 Inventory Order Management

View Ingredient Orders

 From Inventory & Supplier menu, click [View Ingredient Order] to open the View
Ingredient Order Screen
 Select the Month of Order at the top right corner. By default, the current month is selected
 The ingredient orders are displayed on Ingredient Order Table. The orders which satisfy the
following conditions are displayed
- All orders made in the selected month are displayed, regardless of their status
- Late orders made before the selected month are displayed. Those are the orders which
have ‘To be fulfilled’ or ‘On hold’ status

 Note: The order colour reflects its processing status

To be fulfilled, but already late
To be fulfilled by the selected date
Other statuses

 Select an inventory order, its ingredient deliveries are automatically displayed in the
Ingredient Delivery Table

Add New Ingredient Order

 Click [Add Order (F2)] from View Ingredient Order Screen or click [New Ingredient
Order] from Inventory & Supplier Menu

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  Input the new order into Add Ingredient Order Screen
- Supply Code: I-Matrix will generate a unique code to this order. You can choose to over-
ride with your choice of code
- Ingredient: The ingredient ordered
- Amount ordered: The amount of ingredient ordered
- Supplier: The supplier from which the order is made
- Ordered by: The employee who made this order
- Date and Time of Order: Default is the current date and time
- Date and Time of Supply: Default is the current date and time.
- Order Status: by default, ‘To be fulfilled’ is selected
 Click [Save] to add the order to the list

 There are four built-in status for Ingredient Order: ‘To be fulfilled’,
‘Fulfilled’, ‘On Hold’, ‘Cancelled’. You can add new status by pressing Ctrl
+S

Edit Ingredient Order

 In View Ingredient Order Screen, click [View/Edit Order]

 Edit the order details, then click [Save]

 Double click the Status column for the order in the Ingredient Order Table to
change its status. Alternatively, select the order, then press Ctrl + S.

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Add Ingredient Delivery for the Order

 Select the Ingredient Order you need to add delivery, then click [Add Delivery (F4)] or
double click the Ingredient Order in the Ingredient Order Table

 Only those orders which have ‘To be fulfilled’ status can new deliveries be
added
 The Add Ingredient Delivery Dialog pops up
 The top section, Truck In and Truck Out Weight, this is available when the Weigh Bridge
module is installed.
o Truck In Weight – weight of the truck before unloading the material
o Truck Out Weight – weight of the truck after unloading the material
 At the bottom section, Ctrl+T: View Supplier Clock-In, this is available when the Thumb
Print – Supplier module is installed.
 Input the delivery, then click [Save]
 If the delivered amount meets or exceeds the order amount, the following message box will
be prompted:

 Click [Yes] to change the status of the order to ‘Fulfilled’. If you do not want to change,
click [No].

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Edit Ingredient Delivery of an Order

 Select the ingredient delivery, then click [Edit Delivery (F5)] or double click the ingredient
delivery on Ingredient Delivery List
 Edit the delivery on Edit Ingredient Delivery Dialog
 Click [Save] to save the changes

Delete Ingredient Delivery of an Order

 Select the ingredient delivery, then click [Delete Delivery (F6)]

 When a message box pops up and asks whether you want to delete the delivery, click [Yes]
to confirm

Add Unplanned Deliveries

An unplanned delivery is an urgent delivery which is not pre-ordered. To add an unplanned

delivery, click [Unplanned Delivery (F8)] on View Ingredient Order Screen

 The Add Unplanned Delivery Dialog is displayed below:

 Follow the steps similar to adding normal delivery, and click [Save]

When an unplanned delivery is created, I-Matrix also automatically adds an unplanned order with
‘Fulfilled´ status.

Cancelling all Ingredient Orders at the End of Day

 Click [End Of Day] button on View Ingredient Order Screen

 The following message box pops up:

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  The end-of-day status is
 Click [Yes]. All ‘To be fulfilled’ orders will be changed to the status defined in Options (to
be explained in section 9.4 (in this case, ‘Cancelled’ status).

Weigh Bridge with Ingredient Delivery

If weigh bridge module is installed, follow these steps to add a new Ingredient Delivery
 When the ingredient truck comes in, click [Add Delivery] to add new delivery. The truck-in
weight appears on Add Ingredient Delivery Dialog
 Click [Save], the new delivery is added
 After the truck discharges the ingredient, click [Edit Delivery], the truck-out weight is
recorded and Amount Delivered is calculated (Truck-in weight – Truck-out weight)
 Click [Save]. The Delivery amount is updated.

10.3 Inventory Maintain

View Inventory Level

 Click [View Inventory Level] from Inventory & Supplier Menu

 The Inventory Level Screen is displayed as shown below

 To closed the screen, click [Back]

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Update Ingredients’ Physical Levels

 Click [Enter Physical Level]. Two columns appear on Level Table: Physical Balance and
Remarks

 Enter the physical balance and remarks by typing into the correct cells.
 Click [Update Physical Level]. The ingredients’ levels are updated

Update Re-order Level of an Ingredient

For an ingredient, if the physical balance is below the re-order

level, the system will have an inventory warning to the users. To
change an ingredient’s low level, follow these steps
 Select the ingredient, then click [Update Re-order Level]
 Enter the new re-order level for the ingredient, then click
[Save]

 Tip: Double-clicking on the ingredient at

Low Level column also pops up the Low Level Dialog

View Stock Take History

 On View Ingredient Level Screen, click [Stock Take History]

 The Stock Take History Dialog is displayed:

 Select the Start Date and the End Date that you want to view
 Click [View (F2)]

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  After viewing the history, click [Back] to close the dialog

10.4 Inventory & Supplier Options

To change the options of Inventory & Supplier Modules, click [Option] from Inventory &
Supplier Menu

In the Option Dialog, make your changes to the following settings:

 Supply Code Format: the format that the system uses to generate Supply Code
 Supply ID Format: the format that the system uses to generate Supply ID
 End of Day Status: the order status which will be applied for all ‘To be fulfilled’ orders if
[End of Day] button is clicked
 Weigh Bridge Comm Port: (only available if Weigh Bridge module is installed) the serial
comm. port that the system uses to interface with weigh indicator

Click [Save] to save the changes, or click [Back] to discard the changes.

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11 ORDER AND DELIVERY MANAGEMENT

Clicking [Order & Schedule] from Main Menu opens the Order & Delivery Screen as shown
below:

Here are the functionalities provided by the screen:

 View, add and edit orders
 Schedule deliveries of orders for batching:
 View delivery status
 Start the batching process with schedule deliveries
 Set Order & Delivery options

11.1 Add and Edit Orders

View Order List

The Order & Delivery Screen shows all today’s orders (including those ‘to be fulfilled’ from
previous dates. The orders are displayed in the Order Table. Orders which are late are shown in red,
orders which are delivered today are shown in blue.

To view the orders for a different day, you can:

 Choose a date using date picker at the top right corner
 Press [Today], [Yesterday] or [Tomorrow] buttons

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Add New Order

 Click [Add New Order (F2)] from Order & Delivery Screen to open the Add Order
Dialog

 Input the information of the orders:

- Order Code: a unique code to represent the order. By default, it is generated by the
system according to Order Code Format in Order & Delivery Option
- Customer: The customer who requests this order, this combo box will display a list of
Customer ID and upon selecting, the name of the customer will be displayed in the area
just below the combo box
- Project Site: the project site of the customer
- Location: location of the project site
- Contract No: the contact (if any) for the project site specified
- Product Code: the product code ordered
- Volume of Order: volume of the concrete grade to be batched
- PO Number: Purchase Order number given by your customer
- Date/Time of Delivery: date and time this order will have to be delivered
- Date/Time of Order: date and time this order is made. Default is current date and time.
- Ordered By: the customer’s representative who made this order
- Interval: interval between deliveries
- Progressive Total: The accumulated delivery total for this order
- Confirm before Delivery: This is to indicate whether is there a need to call your
customer before batching and/or sending the delivery
- Status: The status of the order, the default status is ‘To be fulfilled’
- Cash Sales and its Unit Price
- No of Loads: This keeps track of the running number of loads that have been made

 There are four built-in statuses of orders: ‘To be fulfilled, Canceled,

Fulfilled, On Hold. To add your own statuses, press Ctrl + S
 Click [Save] to save the order.

Edit an Order

 Select an Order from Order List Table

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  Click [View/Edit Order (F3)]
 Edit the details of the order on Edit Order Dialog
 Click [Save] to save the order

 Tip: double click on the order at Status column or press Ctrl+S will pop up
the Status Dialog which allows you to change the status of the order
End of Day

 Click [End of Day] button to change the status of ‘to be fulfilled’ orders in that day to the
status specified in Options (to be explained in section 10.4 later). All the queues remaining
for those orders are also deleted.

11.2 Delivery Schedule

The Delivery Schedule allows you to queue the trucks before batching starts. Batching can then be
done continuously, one batch immediately after the other. This way, speed is increased
tremendously.

Add a Delivery into Delivery Schedule

 Select the order, then click [Add Queue (F4)] or double click on the order from Order List
Table (but not on Status column)

 The Schedule Queue Dialog pops up. In the dialog, it shows you the volume of the selected
order left
 Enter the Delivery Volume. If it exceeds the balance left in the order, the system will
generate a warning message:

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 Click [Yes] if you still want to batch that delivery, or click [No] to cancel and go back to
Schedule Queue Dialog
 Click [Save]. The new queue will be added into delivery queue

Add Multiple Deliveries into Delivery Queue – Quick Queue Function

 To add more than one delivery of the same order with same
delivery volume, click [Quick Queue (F5)]
 The Quick Queue Dialog is shown on the left
 On the dialog, input the delivery volume of the queues and
number of queues
 Click [Save]. The queues are added into delivery queue.

 The number of queues cannot exceed Max

no. of Queues shown in the dialog. The total
delivery volume of those queues should also not exceed Volume left for
Queuing.

Edit a Delivery in the Queue

 Select the delivery on the queue, then click [Edit Queue (F6)]
 Edit the information in Edit Queue Dialog
 Click [Save]

Delete a Delivery in the Queue

 Select the delivery on the queue, then click [Delete Line]

 The delivery will be removed from delivery queue.

Change the Position of a Queue

 To move a delivery up one line, select it then press [Move up]

 To move a delivery down one line, select it then press [Move down]

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Add Return Concrete to a Delivery

To add a return concrete to a delivery, double click that delivery on Return Concrete column, the
Return Concrete Dialog is displayed

With the dialog, follow these steps:

 Input the Return Concrete type and the volume returned
 If this concrete returned is meant to be diverted to another customer, select the Diversion
option and DO No you want to divert to
 Click [Compute (F2)]. The return concrete computation is displayed on the table
 Make your adjustment on Total column by typing into cells of the grid
 Click [Save] to save the return concrete or click [Delete] to cancel the changes

11.3 Delivery Schedule and Batching Process

Confirm Deliveries for Batching

To confirm delivery, select the delivery and press SPACEBAR, or use the mouse to check the
checkbox on Confirm column

 Note: When a delivery is confirmed, all deliveries that are above it in queue
are also confirmed
Start Batching

 When there is a delivery in the Delivery Schedule, the [Start Batching] button will be
enabled. Click it and a dialog will appear asking you to confirm start batching.
 Click [Yes] and you will be brought to the Batching Screen. Batching is now started (this
will be explained in greater detail in chapter 11).

 Note: If batching is in progress or delivery queue is empty, the [Start

Batching] button will be disabled

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View Batching Progress

 Click [Batching Progress]. You will be brought to the Batching Screen.

 Note: Batching Progress button is only enabled if batching is in progress

View Delivery Status

 Click [Delivery Progress] button at the bottom of Order & Delivery Screen
 The Delivery Progress Screen is shown below

 Select the Start Date and End Date to display delivery status
 Click [View (F2)]
 The orders between the period selected are displayed at Order Listing Table
 Select an order, its deliveries are shown on Delivery Listing Table. The status of those
deliveries are listed on the last column
 To change status of a delivery, select that delivery and press Ctrl + s. You also can double
click at the status column on that delivery
 You are able to sort existing result by Delivery Date, Order Code, Customer name, Concrete
Grade or Vol of Order by double clicking on the column header.

Add and Edit Orders using Delivery Status Screen

 To add a new order, click [Add New Order]

 To edit an order, select that order and click [View/Edit Order]

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Manual Batching Delivery

When deliveries are batched manually outside of the system, the delivery information can be
entered through the Manual Batching Dialog.

To open the dialog, click [Manual Batching Delivery] from Delivery Status Screen:

 On the left, enter the information for the manual batch

 On the right, enter the amount batched for the ingredients by keying the values into Amount
table
 Click [Save]. A warning message pops up

 After making sure that the information is correct, press [OK], or you can choose [Cancel] to
modify the information.

11.4 Order and Delivery Options

To change the options for the Order & Delivery Module, click on the [Option] button on the bottom
left corner of the Order & Delivery screen.

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In the Option Dialog, make your changes to the following settings:
 Order Code Format: the format for generating the running Order Code
 DO Format: the format for generating the unique running DO number
 Seal No. Format: the format for generating the seal number
 Default Queue Size: this is the default load size selected when you queue the trucks
 End of Day Status: the order status which will be applied for all ‘To be fulfilled’ orders if
[End of Day] button is clicked

Click [Save] to save the changes, or click [Back] to discard the changes.

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12 BATCHING SCREEN

The Batching screen is where you monitor the batching progress and control various functions.

12.1 The Batching Screen

Delivery
Delivery queue
queue

Weighing
Weighing bars
bars

Discharge
Discharge bars
bars

Batching
Batching
Messages
Messages

Batching
Batching Control
Control Buttons
Buttons

Open the Batching Screen

There are 2 ways to display the Batching Screen:

 Clicking [Start Batching] on Order Schedule screen to start a new batch
 From, clicking [Batching Progress] on the Top Bar or Order Schedule dialog goes back to
the batching that is currently on-going

 Note: The [Batching Progress] buttons are disabled when there is no

batching in progress

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Batching Screen’s Components

The Batching Screen consists of:

 Delivery Queue:
The Delivery Queue is on the top right corner of the Batching Screen, it shows the current
deliveries being queued

 Weighing Bars:
Each bar corresponds to an ingredient of the system. The bar will update the current batching
status
Batching
Batching in
in Batching
Batching
progress
progress completed
completed

Batch
Batch Batch
Batch Ingredient
Ingredient Moisture
Moisture (for
(for Target
Target amount
amount and
and
number
number progress
progress Code
Code aggregate
aggregate batched
batched amount
amount
only)
only)

 The Batch Number is the current batch number for the current delivery. For every delivery,
Batch Number starts from 1, the Batch Number colour corresponds to the delivery colour on
Delivery List

 Discharge bars:
Discharge bars are similar to weighing bars, except that the information displayed is for
discharging phase. The system shows four discharge bars corresponding to four ingredient
types: Aggregate, Cement, Water and Admixture

Batch
Batch Batch
Batch Ingredient
Ingredient Discharge
Discharge Discharge
Discharge
number
number progress
progress Type
Type Percentage
Percentage status
status

 Batching Control Bar:

Batching Control Bar is used to Pause, Resume or Postpone the batching process.

 Delivery Control Bar:

The Delivery Control Bar includes:
 Delivery Queue: display all deliveries in batching queue. When a delivery is in progress, it
is highlighted by a colour code.
 [Delivery Schedule] button: open Order Schedule screen to schedule the deliveries
 [Print DO] button: print DO report manually
 [Truck In]: change status of truck to Return/Stand By

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  [Batch] button: trigger the discharging phase of a batch
 [Discharge] button: trigger discharging into truck
 Mixing Time and Mixing Status: display mixing phase status
 System Message Box: display batching messages (jam, slow, delivery saving, etc…)

View Delivery Details

To view details of a delivery, double click on it at

Delivery Queue table, the delivery details will be
displayed as followed:

Click [Close], the dialog will exit.

Print Delivery Report manually

By default, DO Report are automatically printed during

batching. However, the system allows users to print the
report manually. To do that:
 Click [Print DO] on Batching Screen
 On the Print Delivery Report dialog, select the
Truck out date and DO Number, then click [Print]
 Click [Cancel] to cancel printing and close the
dialog

Set Truck Return Status

To set a truck status as Return/Stand By:

 Click [Truck In] button on Batching Screen
 Double click on the truck, or select the truck and click
[Return]. The truck status will be set to Return/Stand By
 Click [Back] to cancel and go back to Batching Screen.

 Double-clicking on the truck also returns the

truck.

Close the Batching Screen

To exit the batching screen and go back to Main Menu, click [Back to Main Menu] at the right
bottom of the Batching Screen

12.2 Control Batching Process

Start Discharging Phase of a Batch

After weighing the materials, there are 2 ways of beginning discharging:

 System Auto Batching: The system will start discharge automatically whenever a batch is
ready for discharge

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  Manual Batching: When a batch is ready for discharge into the truck/mixer, the system
enables [Batch] button. The system will start discharge when user clicks on [Batch] button.

 Note: System Auto/Manual Batching mode is set in General Plant Option

(Please refer to Chapter: Setting System Parameters and Options for more
details)

 Note: Discharging Phase is executed according to the Discharge Formula

tagged with the Concrete Design Mix of the delivery

Start Discharging Concrete into Truck

 Dry Mix Plant: For dry mix plant, there is no mixer, so during
discharging phase, the ingredients are discharged directly into
truck. Clicking [Batch] button discharges the concrete into truck.

 Wet Mix Plant:

With wet mix plant, during mixing phase, the batching screen
will display the mixing status

System is ready to discharge concrete into truck if mixing phase has completed.

There are two modes to control discharging into truck:

 System discharge of concrete: After mixing time has been elapsed, the system controls the
opening of the mixer/concrete holding hopper gates to discharge into truck.
- If Discharge Prompt option is not selected, the discharge process will start
instantaneously without asking for user input
- If Discharge Prompt option is selected, the button [Discharge] is enabled, click
[Discharge] and the system will start the discharging process automatically

Not ready for discharge Ready for discharge. Click

[Discharge] to discharge into truck

 Manually discharge concrete: You control the discharge gates and inform I-Matrix when
discharging is complete.
- When system is not ready for discharge, the Ready For Discharge label indicates “No”
and the button [Complete] is disable
- When system is ready for discharge (i.e. mixing completes), the label Ready For
Discharge turns to “Yes” and the button [Complete] is enable
- Manually discharge the concrete, then click [Complete] to finish the discharge process.

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 Not ready for discharge
Ready for discharge. Manually
discharge into truck, and then
click [Complete]

 Note: The System/Manual Discharge of Concrete Mode is set via System

Options. Please refer to Chapter 2 for more details

Pause/Resume Batching Process

Use Batching Control Bar at the bottom of the Batching Screen to pause/resume the batching
process
 Pause/Resume aggregate weighing
 To pause aggregate weighing, click [Pause Agg Weighing]
 To resume aggregate weighing, click [Resume Agg Weighing]

 Pause/Resume cement weighing

 To pause cement weighing, click [Pause Cem Weighing]
 To resume cement weighing, click [Resume Cem Weighing]

 Pause/Resume water weighing

 To pause water weighing, click [Pause Wat Weighing]
 To resume water weighing, click [Resume Wat Weighing]

 Pause/Resume admixture weighing

 To pause admixture weighing, click [Pause Adm Weighing]
 To resume admixture weighing, click [Resume Adm Weighing]

 Pause/Resume all weighing

 To pause all weighing (aggregate, cement, admixture, water), click [Pause All Weighing]
 To resume those weighing, click [Resume All Weighing]

 Pause/Resume all discharging

 To pause discharging (aggregate, cement, admixture, water), click [Pause All Discharge]
 To resume the discharge phase, click [Resume All Discharge]

Postpone Batching Process

To postpone the batching process, click [Postpone] on Batching Screen, the system will complete
the current deliveries; those other deliveries on queue will be postponed

Schedule Deliveries from the Batching Screen

Click [Delivery Schedule] button, the Batching Screen will exit and the Order Schedule screen is
displayed. After editing the delivery schedule, you can come back to Batching Screen any time.

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12.3 Pop-up Dialog Boxes

During batching process, batching dialogs may pop to inform users about the batching process /
errors or get the required user inputs. These dialog boxes are:
 Ingredient Level Warning Dialog
 Input Truck and Driver
 Chopping Failed
 Limit Switch not Detected
 Weighing/Discharging Jam

Ingredient Level Warning Dialog

Ingredient Level is checked before every delivery starts, if any ingredient reaches below its re-order
level, the system will pop up an Ingredient Level Warning Dialog. When this dialog is displayed,
please check the inventory level.

Click [Exit], the batching will continue normally.

Input Truck and Driver

Before discharging concrete into truck, the user needs to input the truck and driver for each
delivery. To get truck and driver input, the system pops up Input Truck Dialog:

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 The DO number of the delivery is displayed at the top of the screen.
 Select the truck on Truck List, its assigned driver is
automatically selected on Driver List.
 If you accept the selected driver, press [OK], otherwise you
can select another driver, and press [OK].
 By default, when clicking [OK], the system will print
Delivery Order for the delivery

 Note: For Delivery Order setting, please refer

to Chapter 12.2

Chopping Failed

The weighing gate/valve will be closed when the target amount is nearly reached. Once the weight
stabilises, if it is below the tolerance (compared to target amount), system will open and close the
gate/valve for the period of time specified in Adjustments (see Chapter 5.4). But this fails to
increase the weight to within the tolerance, a Chopping Failed Dialog will pop up to inform you
that chopping has failed.

Click [Retry] to retry chopping or click [Override] to accept the weighing results.

Limit Switch not detected

If limit switches are installed at the gates/valves, the system will check limit switches to confirm
that the gates are opened/ closed successfully.

If a limit switch is not detected, the limit switch may be spoilt or the gate is jammed. When this
happens, the system will pop up Limit Switch Dialog to inform users.

After checking the limit switch, click [Override] to continue.

Weighing/Discharging Jam

If a compartment/hopper is jammed for too long, a

dialog will pop up. During weighing, you can choose to
swap to another compartment which stores the same
ingredient. To do this, select the compartment on Swap
list then click [Swap].

To retry to weigh/discharge using the jammed

compartment, click [Retry]

To accept the weigh/discharge results, click [Accept].

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Ingredient Exceed

After weighing an ingredient, the system checks its batched amount. If this amount exceeds
ingredient’s tolerance, Ingredient Exceed Dialog appears.

Click [Override] to accept the amount and continue with the batching process.

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13 PRINTING REPORTS

13.1 Print Reports

From the Main Menu, click [Report] to open the Report Screen is as shown below.

 Report are organised into 3 categories:

- Daily Reports;
- Monthly Reports; and
- Other types of ad-hoc reports

 You will see the list of reports under each category by clicking on the buttons [Daily],
[Monthly] and [Others].
 Selecting the report
 Select the report.
 Set period of printings: for some reports you can specify the period to generate the reports.
Here are the options
- Today: print the data of today
- Month: print the data of the month and year specified
- Period: print the data of the period between Start Date and End Date
 For DO and DR report only: Select a Delivery to print based on DO number.
- Select the date that delivery was create
- Choose the DO number in the combo box
 Select the printer:
- Choose the printer to print by Select Printer combo box

 Preview the report before printing

 Click [Print Preview (F4)]

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  The combo box allow selecting of pages available for viewing
 From the Print Preview Dialog, you can choose to print by clicking the [Print] button.
 To close the Print Preview Dialog, click [Back]

 Print the report

 Click [Print (F5)] from Report Screen

 Export the report to excel file (if optional Data Export module is installed)
 After customizing the report for printing, click [Export (F2)]
 The output excel file is exported to \Program Folder\Data\Report

13.2 Change Report Settings

Report Setup Dialog

 To open the dialog, click [Report Setup] from Report Screen

 To close the dialog, click [Back].

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Delivery Order Settings

The Delivery Order and Delivery Report can be printed for every delivery during batching.

If you want to print Delivery Order, you must first set up its template. To do that, follow these
steps:
 Open Report Setup Dialog, at the Delivery Order Settings section
 Input the template path and Time to add Truck Out.
 Print after each Batch?: to print the Delivery Order Report automatically after each Batch
had completed, select ‘Yes’
 Default Print Port: The port which the printer for Delivery Order Report is connected to
 Click [Save] button

 Time to Add Truck-Out is the time added to Truck-In Time to get the Truck
Out Time for each delivery.

If you want to print Delivery Report report, do the following steps:

 Open Report Setup Dialog, at the Delivery Report Settings section
 Print after each Batch?: to print the Delivery Order Report automatically after each Batch
had completed, select ‘Yes’
 Default Print Port: The port which the printer for Delivery Order Report is connected to
 Click [Save] button

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14 SETTING UP USER GROUPS AND SECURITY RIGHTS

From Main Menu, click [Security] to enter Security Menu. The Security module allows you to
create/edit/delete user groups and user accounts.

14.1 Defining User Groups

The user group will define which module the user has the right to access to. To organise user
groups, from Security Menu, click [Define User Groups], the Define User Groups screen is
displayed as shown below:

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Add New User Groups

To add a new user group, click [Add User Group] button, a new user group is shown in User
Groups list with the default name “New Level”. Change the user group name and then customise
the access rights of the user groups.

The access rights are organised into 13 categories:

- Security Administrator
- System Parameters and Options
- Ingredients
- Design Mix
- Adjustments
- Edit Discharge Formula
- Control Discharge Formula
- Order and Delivery
- Customer Management
- Truck Management
- HR Management
- Inventory and Supplier
- Reports

Select/deselect the access rights for user groups. If

you want to customise the details of any access right
category, click the corresponding [Customize] button.
A smaller dialog will appear showing you more
options for you to refine each user group’s access
rights. For example, the System Adjustment dialog is
displayed on the right.

After specifying the access rights of the user group,

click [Save Changes] to save the new user groups.

If you have not saved the new user group, but you select another user group in the list or click
[Back] button, a message box will be displayed to prompt you to save the new user group.

Click [Yes] to save the changes, [No] to discard the changes or [Cancel] to continue working with
the current user group.

Edit an Existing User Group

To edit an existing user group, select that user group in User Group List, the access rights of that
user group will be displayed on the screen. Edit those access rights (similar to Add New User
Group), then click [Save Changes] to save the user group.

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Delete an User Group

To delete an existing user group, select that user group in User Group List, then click [Delete User
Group], a message box will pop up

Click [Yes] to delete or click [No] to keep the user group

 Note: There is a built-in user group called ‘Administrator’. You cannot delete
this built-in user group.

Exit the User Group Screen

 Click [Back] to exit the screen and go back to Security Menu.

 If you are adding or editing user group, a message box will pop up to prompt you to save.
 Click [Yes] to save the changes, [No] to discard the changes or [Cancel] to remain working
with the current user group.

14.2 Assigning Employees

From Security Menu, open Assign User

Groups dialog by clicking [Assign User
Groups] button

 Note:
There is a built-in user account
‘Administrator’, you cannot delete
this user.

Add New User

 Click [Add User] button, the Add User dialog will

appear
 Choose an Employee from Name list. The
employees displayed in the list are the employees
maintained in the Employee Module.
 Employee’s IC/FIN is automatically displayed.
This IC/FIN will be used to log into the system

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  Select the User Group that the employee belongs to.
 Specify the password for the employee to log into I-Matrix
 Click [OK] to save, or click [Cancel] to go back without saving

Edit User

From Assign User Groups dialog, select the user on the left table, click [Edit User], then follow
the steps of adding new user.

Double-click on the user also displays the Edit User dialog

 Note: There is a built-in user account ‘Administrator’, you cannot edit this
user.

Delete User

 From Assign User Groups dialog, select the user, then click [Delete User], a message box
will appear:

 Click [Yes] to delete the user, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

 Note: I-Matrix will not allow users to delete the built-in user account
‘Administrator’

Exit the Assign User Screen

From the dialog, click [Back] to return to Security Menu

14.3 Changing User’s Password

Once a user logs into the system, he can change his password by clicking on [Set/Change
Password] from Security Menu

In the Set/Change Password dialog:

 Type the current password
 Type his new password twice
 Click [OK] to save the new password
or click [Cancel] to discard the
changes.

~~~ END OF MANUAL ~~~

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