ENTERTRON COMPARISON

Entertron offers many advantages over the competition when it comes to:

Simplify Ordering
Warranty and support after the sale
Offering features in one controller that can only be found in more expensive rack systems
Avoiding customer speicifications
And most importantly - SAVING MONEY

All comparisions are done against Automation Direct...whose advertising you have most certainly seen and are familiar with. Entertron has taken the approach one step further. We are providing not only a comparision on pricing, but informing you of other hidden costs that you may not be aware of:

Cost of ordering by reducing part number requirements
Additional cost to support non-standard hardware required by customer specification
Reduction of carrying costs with fewer parts required
Quantity pricing for a small OEM of 50 pc / year (5 pc / month)

Simplify Ordering:

How can Entertron simplify the ordering process?

Very easily...fewer part numbers. An Entertron Micro PLC will have at most, two part numbers for a single system. The larger Elite-2000 will have no more than six. To purchase a minimum system (DL205) from Automation Direct, you would require at least four part numbers (rack, cpu and I/O)...that doesn't even include cables, software or manuals. All of these additional consume valuable time of your purchasing person. Time that could probably be spent elsewhere.

Upon request from some of our OEM customers, we have provided a special part number. One part number for their entire bill of materials, ordered from Entertron. That can include - PLC, operator interface and cables.

Warranty and Support after the Sale:

We offer a warranty policy, second to none...5 years for the Smart-PAK series and SK1600-RIC and 7 years for the Elite-2000. We offer repair after the warranty has expired - up to 10 years. The majority of our competitors do not offer this additional service. In order to get one of our competitor's products serviced once the warranty period has expired, you would more than likely use a third party "repair house". The cost associated with a third party tend to be extremely high.

Features Usually Found in More Expensive Rack Systems:

Entertron offers Micro PLCs with such features as Analog, RTD, Thermocouple, Real Time Clock, Expanded Memory, Multiple serial ports. Most of these features are reserved for more expensive modular systems.

Avoiding Customer Specification:

A major cost to OEMs is the loss of buying power. This occurs when the OEM must use a different PLC to satisfy a customer's specific request. Savings are lost through both hard and soft costs. Hard costs include:

Smaller volume purchases of standard product
Software costs for non-standard controllers
Additional hardware - cables and manuals

Soft costs include:

Time required to learn different software
Additional resources and training to support non-standard components

Entertron offers a solution to avoiding customer specification. How? Simple...by going from a traditional PLC to an embedded PLC. This allows OEMs to standardize on one manufacturer of PLCs. How can you accomplish this?

An embedded PLC does not look like a traditional PLC
An embedded PLC offers the appearance of a custom design
Avoid using PLC as a description of your control

So, by using an embedded PLC from Entertron, your buying power will increase and your cost to support your product will decrease.

ENTERTRON COMPARISON

Simplify Ordering:

Warranty and Support after the Sale:

Features Usually Found in More Expensive Rack Systems:

Avoiding Customer Specification:

Entertron vs Automation Direct (and Others) - Comparisons: