Many foundries easily control single software functions such as order processing or scrap control. However, as information demands are placed on a foundry, more and more single software functions are created. Soon, a foundry has islands of information. It is not unusual to find 10-14 databases and spreadsheets used throughout a foundry. These 10-14 islands of information are expensive to update and are frequently inaccurate and out of date.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's foundry specific features eliminates these islands of information by: