ETO ERP Leader Encompix Selected by Integrated Group

Written by Roger Meloy


Encompix (www.encompix.com) added another ETO (Engineer-to-Order) manufacturer to its client roster this week in Toronto, Canada. The Integrated Group (www.igcompanies.com) is a collection of diverse companies whose flagship company, ID Merchandising, Inc.; it will berepparttar primary user of Encompix software. ID Merchandising (idmerchandising.com) specializes in high-end point of purchase display units. They do most ofrepparttar 141369 work for Land Rover and BMW for point of purchase displays as well as other large companies. They are particularly proud of their ability to integrate several different media options into a single display. ID is very similar to Programmed Products, ESP and Roy Metals, other key Encompix accounts in how they will process data.

ID has a terrific need for a new software application right now and began looking for software just three months ago. They spent significant time with Lilly-Visual (now Infor) and determined that application would not be a fit because ofrepparttar 141370 heavy reliance on MRP concepts requiring part numbers. They spent time with JD Edwards seeing if that environment could work and they discovered that it was more difficult to use than Lilly. They got onrepparttar 141371 web and typed "Project Based Manufacturing" and up came Encompix. Total time of sale: 6 days fromrepparttar 141372 first face-to-face meeting.

Income Opportunities for Adventurers

Written by William Cate


Income Opportunities for Adventurers By William Cate

If you want to spend your life seeingrepparttar world and not forty years condemned to an office cubicle, how can you do it? Inrepparttar 141354 past,repparttar 141355 solution was to write books, articles and give travel lectures. The demand for adventure literature has been in decline sincerepparttar 141356 1960s. Today, you can't expect to use your communication skills to fund your wanderlust.

If you are an adventurer,repparttar 141357 secret to a sustainable income is to export a quality item that has little value inrepparttar 141358 country where you are acquiring it. The same item must have great value elsewhererepparttar 141359 world. Whateverrepparttar 141360 item, it can't have broad enough appeal to interest major import/export firms. And, it must be legal to trade inrepparttar 141361 item.

Examples of Exports that Haven't Work for Adventurers

You can find high quality, handmade textiles inrepparttar 141362 Andes. Inrepparttar 141363 1970s, a few South American explorers sawrepparttar 141364 potential U.S. Market for these woolens. They bought wholesale and exported to friends and small shops inrepparttar 141365 States. The Andean Indians sold their wares in quantity. Forrepparttar 141366 weavers to meet export quotas,repparttar 141367 quality ofrepparttar 141368 handmade items quickly declined. Meanwhile, major American retailers sawrepparttar 141369 demand forrepparttar 141370 woolens and sent their buyers to South America. It wasn't long beforerepparttar 141371 American Market was flooded with poor quality, handmade woolens from South America. The lesson is to avoid dependence upon volume buying of handmade anything.

Too many adventurers realizerepparttar 141372 fact that a tropical bird fetches a few dollars in Asia, Africa and South America and hundreds or thousands of dollars inrepparttar 141373 States. They buyrepparttar 141374 birds or hire locals to collect baby birds inrepparttar 141375 nearby rainforests. About this time, they learn that it's illegal to shiprepparttar 141376 birds torepparttar 141377 States orrepparttar 141378 European Union and often it's illegal to export them from whatever country wasrepparttar 141379 source ofrepparttar 141380 tropical birds. The adventurer loses money. The local environment loses part of its tropical bird breeding population, since few ofrepparttar 141381 birds will survive, if returned torepparttar 141382 jungle. The lesson is find out what is legal, before you do anything else. Avoid hassles, loss of limited resources and wasted time and effort.

A Few Examples of Exports that Have Worked for Me

Few niche exports have consistent consumer demand over time. Oftenrepparttar 141383 local people see that you are making money and either go into competition with you or makerepparttar 141384 export illegal. Also, you facerepparttar 141385 risk thatrepparttar 141386 retail price forrepparttar 141387 item becomes known to your local suppliers. That usually means thatrepparttar 141388 cost ofrepparttar 141389 item to you will jump, often beyond where you can export it at a profit.

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