Four Critical ERP Requirements for Manufacturers
Manufacturers need the powerful tools available in ERP systems. When ERP systems first appeared on the market, manufacturers were among the first businesses of any kind to use them. Now, the ERP market is thriving, with software...
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How to Handle Increased Regulations and Compliance Required in A&D Electronics
Companies that supply components and complete systems for military and defense electronics are facing ever increasing challenges with meeting regulatory requirements such as the ones referenced above from May 12. Regulations such as this not...
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A GPS for Business Decisions – How to Get Where You Want to Go
If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.”
- Lawrence J. Peter 1977
Sounds simple enough. If you use GPS, you have turn by turn directions that will take you from point A...
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Top 5 Benefits of Owning a VCR – and What That Has To Do With Manufacturers?!
Top 5 Benefits of Owning a VCR:
- You can own a rewinder shaped like a race car
- Remembers where you left off after 15 years on shelf
- Find hit movies for $1 in the looney bin or flea market
- You get to hear...Read more
Manufacturing Perspective: Overcoming The Fear of Failure to Stay Competitive
Has fear of failure held your company captive to its antiquated ERP system?
The fear of implementing a new ERP system is common and often controls a company's willingness to consider updating its Read more
Manufacturing Job Growth and the FDI Factor
Manufacturing jobs have been a hot topic in the last 12 months. Chances are, if you read any manufacturing related industry news, you have read something about reshoring, FDI, and the need for more skilled manufacturing workers.
FDI, Foreign...
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USA Reshoring Tops Offshoring in 2014 for First Time in 20 Years
The numbers are in for 2014, and it proved to be quite the notable year for reshoring jobs in manufacturing. It seems that for the first time in two decades America brought more jobs home than were shipped overseas.
60,000...
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Efficiencies & Lean Processes: Do More with Less…
We are all called on to trim the fat and become more efficient. You understand the basics but putting thoughts/goals into action is all too often an overwhelming effort. But, an effort worth tackling.
In a recent training class...
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SyteLine ERP “How To” Series: Remember The Basics
SyteLine is a visually stunning and functionally sophisticated ERP software offering. With the ease of “personalization” of forms and IDO’s personalization that it offers, all without modifying the underlying source code, it’s quite easy to...
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On Time Delivery – The Domino Effect
Throughout the year, it is necessary to purchase and have gifts sent to varying parts of the country. I suspect that many of us face this every Christmas, Birthday, Father's Day, Mother's Day, and the list goes on. We...
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