Business: ETO ERP Leader Encompix Selected by Midwest Patterns

ETO ERP Leader Encompix Selected by Midwest Patterns

Written by Roger Meloy

Midwest Patterns (www.midwestpatterns.com) officially became an Encompix customer this May. Midwest Patterns is based in Quincy, IL. The annual $10M (120 employee) firm is a pattern and mold maker specializing in products for repparttar

appliance and automotive market. Encompix Engineer-to-Order Enterprise Resource Planning was selected based on repparttar 141572

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engineer to order manufacturing process and ability to support it with solutions. Encompix references played a big role in repparttar 141574

selection process. The key stakeholders had conversations with Lakeland Mold and MSI Moldbuilders and both gave Encompix strong marks for support, follow up, and product development.

The full solution consists of a 15 user Encompix system, Encompix Configurator (Core, BOM. Routing, Quote), Encompix repository and shop floor data collection. Midwest Patterns are planning for a 1/1/06 Go-Live date.

Five Tips To Create A Master Plan For Professional Success

Written by Kate Smalley

To improve your chance for business success, you should create a master plan. This is your big picture…a visual map of how success looks to you. But success doesn’t just happen; it requires focus, constant planning and hard work. To help you, here are five strategies for creating a master plan for achieving success:

1. Imagine repparttar possibilities: Think of 101 things you want to accomplish in repparttar 141548 next 10 years. Have fun with this and let your imagination run free. Be specific and personalize your list by beginning each sentence with “I am” or “I will.” For example, “I will complete at least three professional development courses this year. “Or, “I am repparttar 141549 most successful salesperson in my company.”

To get you started, here are a few questions that can help you gain focus:

What do I want to do? What do I want to have? Where do I want to go? What contributions do I want to make? What do I want to become? What do I want to learn? How much time do I want off for fun? Whom do I want to spend time with? How much money do I want to earn, save and invest?

Once you make your list of goals, prioritize them. Place a 1 by repparttar 141550 most important goal, 2 beside repparttar 141551 next most important and so on. But before you do that, write down repparttar 141552 most important reason you want to accomplish each goal and repparttar 141553 biggest benefit you will receive from each. This will help you stay focused and motivated.

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