eBECS Vendor Review: Leaders in Lean

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eBECS

This post continues our summary of recent vendor briefings that took place earlier this year. This time up, we highlight our conversation with representatives from eBECS. About eBECS eBECS is a global technology company that delivers Microsoft AX solutions for lean-thinking ERP users in the discrete manufacturing industry, as well as distribution, oil and gas, [...]

Six Sigma and ERP: Working Together for Continuous Improvement

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Manufacturing companies in a range of industries are wise to keep their focus on improving business processes, eliminating waste, and reducing costs. Management teams traditionally look to Lean, Six Sigma, and ERP to support these efforts. Instead of seeing these approaches as “mutually exclusive,” our ERP consulting team finds that the most successful companies understand how [...]

Oracle Briefing Part 2: Oracle Fusion CRM and Agile PLM

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Oracle Fusion CRM

ERP vendor briefings help our team keep current with system enhancements and feature functions. By keeping up-to-date, we are better able to help our manufacturing clients go through an effective ERP selection process. This post summarizes a recent briefing with Oracle representatives on the latest advancements to a number of Oracle products. Our previous post [...]

Lean and ERP: Putting it Together for Improved Performance

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Lean

To compete and thrive in today’s economy, leading manufacturers focus on continuously improving business processes, eliminating waste and reducing costs. Through the decades, our ERP consulting team has seen companies implement various approaches to support these important efforts, including Lean, Six Sigma, and ERP. Selecting the best approach is not an “either/or” proposition, however. We [...]

4 Reasons to Register for Ultra’s ERP Demo Series

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The ERP Vendor Webinar Series Starts on June 10th What’s the best way to effectively compare and contrast ERP systems? How about if the top vendors come directly to you, and display system features specific to the make-to-order manufacturing industry? That’s the idea behind Ultra’s ERP Vendor Webinar Series taking place next week, June 10 [...]

Make-to-Order Manufacturers: ERP Vendors Come Right to You

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Demo Computer Key

Convenient No-Cost, No-Travel ERP Software Demonstrations Set for June 10 – 13, 2013 The last thing a busy make-to-order manufacturer needs is to disrupt their operations for ERP vendor selection.   It doesn’t make business sense to pay for the team to travel to an off-site event to look at ERP systems. Not many businesses can [...]

Best Practices for Heavy Equipment

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Bulldozer

Our team of independent ERP consultants specializes in assisting heavy equipment manufacturers and dealerships drive value to the bottom line by improving business practices, processes and technology. In our work with a range of companies, we have found that the right process and access to information can improve productivity, improve decision-making, reduce inventories, and increase [...]

Convenient ERP Demos for Make-to-Order Manufacturing

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Today’s make-to-order manufacturer faces a tough environment. Between a changing competitive landscape, regulatory requirements and cost pressures, ERP has emerged as a tool to improve efficiency. Those companies saddled with out-dated legacy ERP systems simply can’t keep up. You’ve told our ERP Consulting team that you face these challenges and we’ve listened. That’s why on [...]

The Hidden Value of Integrated ERP for Midsize Businesses

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Ziff Davis

Ultra Consultants Part of Manufacturing Roundtable Webinar I hope you’ll join me Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 10:00AM PDT / 1:00PM EDT for an informative “Manufacturing Roundtable” Webinar.  Presented by Ziff Davis, I’ll be teaming with Sage ERP for a close look at how midsize organizations gain value from fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP). [...]

Jeeves ERP Review: A New Kid on the Block in North America

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Jeeves

We recently had the chance to be introduced to the Jeeves ERP solution at an informative briefing arranged by Jeeves’ North American Partner CompuTec Integrated Solutions (Hartland, Wisconsin). It’s an interesting time for Sweden-based Jeeves due to their growing North American presence. In June 2012, Jeeves was acquired by North American-based Battery Ventures, a multi-stage investment firm [...]