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Discrete manufacturers are too often lumped in with process manufacturers, but you know that your operations are different and require separate support systems. Thankfully, many manufacturing ERPs are now designed specifically with discrete in mind. When you’re looking through these systems, it can be a little tough to choose which is the best fit for […]

The entire world is almost in a state of lockdown due to COVID-19 and the manufacturing sector has had to bear the brunt of it. Work from home has become the new normal and departments such as Front-desk, Sales & Marketing, Administration, Human Resources, etc. have adopted it. This leaves out Shop-floor, Production Planning, Procurement, […]

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 […]

Medical and precision manufacturing industry requires manufacturers to produce high quality medical products using specialized equipment, materials and packaging. At the same time, they have to ensure efficient operations, just in time delivery, low production, material and overhead costs. Apart from this, they have to comply with stringent TS13485 & ISO 9001 standards and meet […]

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 […]

When was the last time you noticed or paid attention to a bar code label on a product or a package? For a layman, it is an insignificant thing that is useful only at the cash counter of a supermarket where it is scanned for billing of a particular product. Thereafter, it is of no […]

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 […]

Problems Manufacturers Face with their Purchasing Management Purchase Management is one of the most crucial aspects for manufacturers. Speed of production, accurate job scheduling, and timely product delivery depends on timely replenishment of right quantity of raw materials from approved suppliers. However, various human and external factors cause materials to not arrive on time and […]

Controlling manufacturing and overhead costs is the prime objective of any manufacturer. Especially when leakages are bound to happen due to manufacturers not having real-time visibility into their operations, financial transactions, sales and purchase orders, inventory levels, labor availability etc.  Job costing is one of the pivotal activities in manufacturing and accurately calculating it is […]

In our previous blog i.e. What Problems do Manufacturers face with their Sales Management?, we highlighted various problems that manufacturers face with respect to effectively handling their Sales Management. We delved into various factors and existing disparate systems that they use to manage their sales operations that severely affect their efficiency. Click this Infographic to […]