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Staff Much More Awareof Times on Jobs

Ocean Dynamics

At a glance

The wins for Ocean Dynamics

10
Workshop staff on Empower
Live
Real-time reporting
Tauranga
New Zealand

Tauranga fibreglass and composite specialists — PCs on the workshop floor and Empower have made all 10 workshop staff visibly time-aware.

Time-aware, on the floor

Matt MacCormick, Managing Director — "Using PCs on the workshop floor and Empower Software our 10 workshop staff are a lot more aware of their times taken on their jobs." Awareness itself is the first productivity gain.

Historical record + flexibility

The key points Ocean Dynamics like: real-time reporting, accurate time reporting, and Empower's great historical record of times on every job — plus the flexibility to suit the nature of fibreglass manufacturing, which isn't identical from one build to the next.

Fibreglass, measured

Ocean Dynamics manufacture composite and fibreglass products out of Tauranga. Empower is the layer that turns bespoke fabrication into repeatable, measurable production.

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Our Productivity Guarantee

You see gains like Ocean Dynamics's in your first year — or we provide unlimited support, free of charge, until you do.

20–40%
Productivity increase

Faster jobs, greater workshop output — with the same overheads.

$5–$15k
Saved per month

Stop losing money to manual tracking and hidden inefficiencies.

7 days
To go live

Get Empower working on your floor in under a week.

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