You’re at a crossroads with your current information systems. It’s doing its job, but it could use some updating. You wonder if it’s time to replace the whole thing. Whether it’s 5 years or 25 years old the question is, has it become uniquely you…
Does your company have labor tracking issues in the shop floor? You’re not alone, many companies today have issues accurately recording labor transactions, this is a result of utilizing manual labor transaction processes that require many steps before the labor data is entered and confirmed…
Time wasters happen in every facet of business activity. Sales is a prime area where improvement has a dual effect of INCREASING revenue and DECREASING cost. Look at the process of quote generation to actual sale of products or services. Think about your process. Are…
Single source entry of information is critical to achieve maximum efficiency. Too often I see people entering the exact same data multiple times then wonder why the wrong parts are ordered, issued or shipped. If you’re touching any piece of data more than once then…
Just the other day I ran across an interesting twist on using continuous work orders for assemblies. One of our Coldwater customers that manufactures Switchgear was releasing work orders for common assemblies. Rather than creating individual and unique work orders, they created a work order…
Manufacturing software applications come in all shapes and sizes. Seldom does the one stop shop fit every scenario. I have found those most effective are the home grown variety. Those that are “uniquely you” if you will. While I think you start with a base…