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Global Shop Solutions

Global Shop Solutions Global Shop Solutions
75 Evergreen Circle
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(800) 364.5958
www.globalshopsolutions.com

History

Global Shop Solutions is an Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP) company that targets small to medium sized manufacturers, job shops, or make-to-order companies. Located in The Woodlands Texas Global Shop Solutions software is premised on the real-time analysis of cross-operation manufacturing data to facilitate cost accounting, inventory management, production scheduling, and on-time delivery.

Founded: 1976 by H. Richard Alexander

  • Family Owned
  • 107 employees

Markets

Discrete manufacturers: make-to-stock (MTS), make-to-order (MTO), engineer-to-order (ETO), project management, mixed mode, and DCAA/defense contracting. Customer company size ranges from 20 to 1,000 employees.

Industries Served: Global Shop Solutions serves a variety of industries, including aerospace and defense, automotive, oilfield and petrochemical, sheet metal and soft material fabricators and machine shops, screw machine shops, machine builders, repair facilities and electronics, job shops, woodworking and furniture manufacturers, medical instrumentation, general manufacturing, welding, plastics and rubber, furniture, store fixture manufacturers, and many others.

ERP Software Products

  • One-System ERP SolutionsTM

Founded in 1976 by Dick Alexander, the progression of upgrades of the company’s ERP implementation software has always been based upon established Lean Manufacturing (and 6 Sigma) manufacturing principles such as continuous improvement and just-in-time manufacturing. In these approaches, the goal is to reduce all possible waste in the system. Such waste might be found in non-value added labor, inefficiency in production (including set-up and break-down times), excessive or obsolete inventory maintenance, and raw material flow (including scrap).

Global Shop Solutions features Built-in CustomizationTM, which enables you to easily adapt the system to fit your specific needs. Global Shop Solutions provides the exact functionality you need, when you need it, for today and in the future. Every screen is easy to use and navigate so that everyone in your company – from the owner to the shop floor operator – experiences immediate benefits and greater discipline throughout your organization.

When you need something outside of standard Global Shop applications, fill the need with Global Shop’s proprietary Global Application Builder (GAB). GAB gives you virtually limitless customization. With GAB, you can:

  • Customize existing screens, including user-specific behavior
  • Augment existing screens with supplemental data and functionality
  • Integrate the flow of data into or out of Global Shop with the package of your choice
  • Schedule processes and reports to run at regular intervals
  • Create custom applications
  • Automate a string of tasks or implement workflows

GS Shop Management Solutions; GS Customer Relationship Management (CRM); GS Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS); GS Online System/Time & Attendance; GS Materials Solutions; GS Sales Solutions; GS Financial Solutions; GS Quality; GS Project Management; GS EDI; GS Labelwriter; GS Technology Suite; Global Application Builder (GAB); GS Preventive Maintenance; GS Configurator.

Technology

  • GS SQL Browsers / Query / Reporting – built-in reporting and seamless integration with ExcelTM.
  • GS Business IntelligenceTM provides of standard reports for analyzing and reviewing the inner workings of your business. If you require something different, the bundled report writer allows virtually limitless selection, combination, and filtering options.
  • The GS BusinessWebTM provides an Internet- accessible portal to your ERP data. Customers, vendors, and employees can view information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • GS InnerNet MessagingTM keeps everyone in the organization on the same page, with real- time messages with user-defined trigger criteria. With messages sent directly to your terminal, PDA, or smartphone, you will be able to respond to events as they occur.

Marketing Channels

Global Shop Solutions markets their applications via a direct sales force.
Global Shop Solutions also has offices in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver and Detroit, and serves customers in a variety of industries throughout the United States, Canada, South America, and Australia.