Our Blog: Manufacturing Challenges

Engineer-to-order manufacturers build complex, customized products that are specifically designed to meet customer requirements. In order to accomplish this on time at less cost, manufacturers have to  Looks easy on paper, isn’t it? However, ETO manufacturers face a lot of challenges in their day-to-day operations right from customer proposal to delivery. Let us look at […]

Discrete manufacturers belonging to certain industry segments often have a field service department that conducts installations, repairs, and maintenance at customer locations. Service management is a challenging area where personnel and supervisors are always in a constant state of fire-fighting mode due to continuous, incoming job requirements. They must keep constant track of service work […]

The word ‘downtime’ is not an uncommon word on the manufacturing shop floor. But, the very mention of it is enough to send shop floor managers and supervisors scrambling to resolve it as early as they can. They know that any unplanned downtime during peak operating hours will disrupt production, leading to delivery delays, loss […]

2 years of Covid 19 Pandemic It has been exactly 2 years since the Covid-19 pandemic hit us. It impacted every human being on Earth, from the rich to the poor, working-class to businesses, SMEs to large corporates, and conglomerates. No one was spared! It disrupted the way we live, study, and work.  We all […]

Corona virus pandemic has tightly gripped the world right now. In the US, the total reported cases are 1336 as on 12th March 2020 (Courtesy: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/). It has had a domino effect on crude oil prices that dropped down to 25% globally, lead to travel lock-downs by affected countries, and has sent the global economy […]

Whether you are into metal fabrication or churn out automobile parts or manufacture high quality aerospace components, you need a comprehensive ERP software that manages your end-to-end operations and provides real-time visibility. ERP systems have come a long way from being legacy ERP software that a wide-range of manufacturers were using previously.  Now, they are […]

In manufacturing and retail organizations, a warehouse plays an important role in managing inventory stock and consistently maintaining it at an optimum level. It all depends on the organization to ensure smooth operations within the warehouse by paying attention to smaller details and aim at automating warehouse management operations. An ill managed warehouse can hurt […]

We usually say that the shop floor is the heart of a manufacturing enterprise and that, it should be well-oiled to ensure continuous production. However, there are fewer mentions about how sales is the oxygen that keeps the enterprise alive. For, the lack of sales would keep the shop floor idle and leave the enterprise […]

For a manufacturer, the ERP software they run is central to their planning and operations. It is literally the heart of the entire organization. But over the years, as the organization grows, their ERP lags behind in terms of supporting their business requirements, flexibility, integration with latest technology etc. The symptoms start to emerge and […]

Implementing an ERP for a manufacturer is like changing the wheels of a car while it is in motion. Manufacturers specially from Small & Medium segment cannot afford to stop production and therefore, the implementation should happen alongside business as usual operations. Considering the limited budget, time and manpower, it is but natural for manufacturers […]