Generate Faster Designs and Lower Costs with Effective Component Reuse

Manufacturers are challenged with a variety of product variations and versions, custom orders, engineering changes, demanding customer requirements while still having to innovate and grow their businesses. In order to be successful and ensure product quality, it is necessary to be able to capture every requirement and change accurately while keeping the flow of information … Continue reading →

Role of ERP in Manufacturing On-Shoring

By now, we have all heard of the term off-shoring; the practice of American companies relocating manufacturing jobs overseas to take advantage of low wages, missing unions, lack of regulation, and the scarcity of environmental controls. The strategy has been by far the largest source of new profits enjoyed by big manufacturing companies for the … Continue reading →

AXUG Summit 2012 was a great success!

I’m back in the office after being Seattle for AXUG.  It was a great week! Hal Howard, corporate vice president of Microsoft Dynamics ERP engineering, kicked off the AXUG Summit focusing on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 and the Microsoft Dynamics AX roadmap into 2013, both for future releases on AX 2012 and the next … Continue reading →

4 Benefits that Business Process Modeling Can Bring to Your Manufacturing ERP Implementation

We’ve all heard the stories about ERP implementations that have gone wrong and for many manufacturing businesses it can be very concerning as they embark on the journey of selecting a new ERP solution. One of the biggest contributors to ERP failure is that the implementation is too often focused on the features and functions … Continue reading →

Top Benefits of Extending Your ERP to Better Manage Profitability and Projects

Do you struggle with making sure your engineering resources aren’t caught up in the sales process, manufacturing has the complete specs before production, or a delay in one project isn’t going to affect your entire pipeline?  Accounting for every detail of a project, from design through manufacturing, is a huge challenge, especially for industrial equipment … Continue reading →

Squeeze more from production

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Go Configure It

According to Gil Garcia, selecting the right configurator for your IEM business can be as challenging as your ERP selection itself. In selecting your ERP system, the search for your configurator should include the same criteria: industry fit, manufacturing model fit, end-customer focus (B2B vs. B2C), ease of use, partner experience in your industry and finally, … Continue reading →

Manufacturers Can Drive More Revenue and Profitability through Integrated Services Business

Many of today’s manufacturing companies consider themselves designers and producers of products rather than providers of integrated solutions to meet customers’ broader needs. Too often we see manufacturers view their service operations as ancillary businesses separate from, and by no means equal, in importance to the “core” product business. And, that mindset is not only … Continue reading →

How is an IEM company similar to one that sells ERP systems to all types of industries?

According to Gil Garcia, the evolution of the Industrial Equipment Manufacturer (IEM) has followed a similar path as the evolution of the Enterprise Applications space.  Gil has served both industries for over 30 years and can draw parallels between the two, especially now in the Microsoft Dynamics ERP and Supply Chain markets.  In a recent … Continue reading →

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