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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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
According to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association, RV markets saw significant growth in 2012 with wholesale shipments, finishing the year with an increase of 13.2% over 2011. This is the highest annual total for RV shipments since 2007. When it comes to implementing an ERP system, managing this uptick in activity is critical. ERP Trends [...]
ERP systems play a role in performance improvement goals, from facilitating automation to streamlining business processes. But how can you use ERP to drive performance improvement? What’s the first step? Ultra’s ERP consulting team and the manufacturers we work with share this goal of implementing process improvement programs to drive business performance improvement. Technology as [...]
Spring is in the air, and so is news of steady growth in the US manufacturing sector. We’ve recently seen reports that forecast US manufacturers bringing production back to the United States. These so-called “reshoring” trends stem from rising costs in energy and offshore wages – making homeland production more economically feasible. Growth has also [...]
For those companies entering into an ERP selection, there’s no substitute for education. Most users in a manufacturing company are not well-versed in current business process best practices. Nor have they been able to keep current with today’s ERP vendor offerings and technology. Your team members may certainly know the current system, and all the [...]
There’s a struggle going on within many of today’s manufacturing organizations. The challenges involve a manufacturer’s ability to meet customer demands, to handle an ever-changing competitive environment, all while coping with the limits of their legacy ERP systems. When a manufacturer operates with an outdated ERP system, they reduce their ability to enter new markets [...]
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies face a range of pressures ranging from the price of raw materials needed to produce their goods, to the energy needed to run plants. Packaging and distribution challenges also contribute to issues faced by the sector. CPG producers are constantly on the lookout to reduce costs, increase quality, introduce new [...]
There’s no way of getting around it. Some ERP implementations are more successful than others. In today’s competitive and volatile economy, the manufacturing companies we talk to are pressured to balance ERP projects against challenging production schedules and workloads. These manufacturers find it difficult to stay within projected time and cost budgets. Unfortunately, in some [...]
Lean, Six Sigma, and ERP: Putting it All Together for Improved Performance
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