The promise of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is that it should create greater efficiencies in your business operations, producing genuine cost savings and an attractive return on investment (ROI) within a reasonable timeframe. Simply selecting the right software at the right price, however, is not enough to realize these business benefits. There are costs [...]
continue reading...ERP for Manufacturing – Automotive Parts
Microsoft Dynamics GP Manufacturing: Material Resource Planning (MRP): Part 5 of 5 Part Series
If you missed Part 1 – Costing and Inventory Control , Part 2 – Controlling Inventory Quantities using Microsoft Dynamics GP Manufacturing , Part 3 – Controlling Manufacturing Production with Bill of Materials and Routings or Part 4 – Understanding the Status of Manufacturing Orders read up! For those of us in manufacturing, a common term [...]
continue reading...Automating and Integrating EDI for Increased Efficiency and Improved Delivery Performance in the Automotive Supply Chain
If you’re a supplier to the 14 million part-a-day automotive industry, then you’re familiar with the rigorous EDI requirements that accompany each transaction and the most common challenges: 1) Release Management, 2) Forecast and Sales Order Replacement Logic, 3) CUMs and RAN Management, and 4) Compliance Labeling. And if you’re not automating and integrating EDI [...]
continue reading...Scheduling in These Lean Times
How much is enough? Too much or too little can be big problems. In the automotive supplier world the principals of Just in Time require specific attention to what quantities of parts are shipped to various plants on a weekly, daily, or even hourly basis. If too many parts are shipped, the receiving plant will [...]
continue reading...Why Manufacturers Should Invest in ERP Software
Most manufacturers are very concerned with operations and place less emphasis on the finance or accounting operations. They understand where their money is made, on the production floor. However, this thought process can often lead to much less attention being paid to how much time clerks are spending entering data and how much time is spent [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics GP Manufacturing: Understanding the Status of Manufacturing Orders: Part 4 of 5 Part Series
Okay. Let’s be honest, understanding the status in Manufacturing Orders can get a little confusing. Do you understand what these are and when to use them? If not, this might help. If you missed Part 1 – Costing and Inventory Control , Part 2 – Controlling Inventory Quantities using Microsoft Dynamics GP Manufacturing or Part [...]
continue reading...Complete Automotive Manufacturing Solution with Microsoft Dynamics GP Advanced Management
Manufacturers today have many options when it comes to their technology solutions. Because of this, it’s vitally important that you thoroughly assess your needs before you potentially move forward with the wrong solution for your business. Automotive suppliers have a unique set of business needs that obligate them to have a manufacturing solution that is tailored [...]
continue reading...Material Tracking Systems – Sometimes Smaller is Better than Bigger
It’s true for some fresh water fish, certainly true for laptops, and almost always true for luggage that you are carrying on a trip. Also true for the price, complexity, and implementation of a materials tracking system, as opposed to its warehouse management system [WMS] counterpart. The WMS world fits large wholesale distributors and fairly [...]
continue reading...Automotive Supplier Quality Awards and Scorecards – How the Right ERP Software Solution Leads to Supplier Success
The very foundation of the automotive business is focused on the component suppliers’ success. These manufacturers are over-lean, red-lined in some states, and faced with ever increasing logistical requirements for the Supply Chain integrity. Automotive suppliers must adhere to strict quality standards that include participating in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) including efforts such as [...]
continue reading...Did You Get the Memo? Automotive Production Part Suppliers Face Challenges in Getting and Interpreting Their Mail
…automotive suppliers typically cannot use a “standard” ERP system, and need to have a system that can interpret mixed EDI and spot buy orders, without missing a beat.
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