Many die casters easily control single software functions such as order processing or scrap control. However, as information demands are placed on a die caster, more and more single software functions are created. Soon, a die caster has islands of information. It is not unusual to find 10-14 databases and spreadsheets used throughout a die cast facility. These 10-14 islands of information are expensive to update and are frequently inaccurate and out of date. Making decisions based on old, inaccurate information simply does not make sense. Odyssey Software integration eliminates these islands of information by: