ETO ERP Selection: Key for ETO ManufacturersWritten by Roger Meloy
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems offer great benefits to engineer-to-order (ETO) companies looking to increase productivity and decrease cost. According to TR Cutler, spokesperson for ETO Institute, “These benefits come as a result of a successful implementation, but not every implementation is successful.” Cutler asserts that, “One reason some implementations are not successful is selection of wrong system.”The ETO Institute has just published a white paper, “Why Do Companies Choose Wrong System?” This document is written with engineer-to-order companies in mind. It highlights problems facing ETO companies trying to find and evaluate a new ERP system. The while paper provides some time and simple steps companies can take to reduce chances of making a critical mistake. (www.etoinstitute.org) Cutler, who authors
| | PRONTO North America Users Conference in Eden Prairie Minnesota May 3 - 5Written by Tom Verzi
Peggy Smedley is editor of Start Magazine and will be addressing first annual PRONTO North America Users Conference on Thursday, May 5th. Smedley was recently profiled in Wall Street Journal and authored Mending Manufacturing, How America Can Manufacture its Survival. She is an award-winning journalist. Wednesday, May 4th, Thomas R. Cutler, CEO of TR Cutler, Inc., author of Manufacturers Public Relations and Media Guide, Associate Editor of Industrial Connection, and Contributing Editor to InMFG magazine will be addressing PRONTO North America Users Conference. Cutler is also founder of Manufacturing Media Consortium, a group of 2000 journalists writing about various aspects of manufacturing and industrial trends. PRONTO North America, (www.prontoerp.com) based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, is North American Master Distributor of PRONTO-Xi, a comprehensive software system allowing manufacturers, distributors,
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