PRONTO North America Announces Digital DashboardWritten by Tom Verzi
PRONTO-Xi Digital Dashboard is a powerful new way to public PRONTO-Xi data in an easy to view format. According to Tom Verzi, Director of Marketing for Minnesota-based ERP leader, “By using browser interface, Digital Dashboard gives staff a straightforward way to access business information without training.”Because interface is graphical, Dashboard is more flexible in how information is presented; graphs, charts, and bitmaps can all be readily incorporated into design. Exception Reporting: A compelling Executive Information Too, PRONTO-Xi Digital Dashboard has numerous and valuable features. The Financial KPI section of Dashboard makes key financial metrics understandable by non-finance staff. It is easy to see that, where performance indicators are literally “in read”, corrective action is required. Green indicates that performance is at or exceeding required amount. The advantage of a “red light” to alert decision makes to points of stress in organization make Dashboard an unrivalled business tool. The Key Benefits of Digital Dashboard: • Increase staff productivity by giving people ready access to crucial PRONTO-Xi data. • Publish data in most appropriate format for people’s job functions. • Make more reliable business decisions faster by delivering only most relevant PRONTO-Xi information. • Improve profitability by increasing collaboration and avoiding duplication of work efforts.
| | EZ MRP Takes Market Lead for Small Manufacturing SoftwareWritten by Rocky Smolin
E-Z-MRP, leading manufacturing software system for small manufacturers, announced a new pricing and product structure. According to Rocky Smolin, founder of Beach Access Software, makers of E-Z-MRP, “We see a distinction between those small manufacturers with less than five hundred parts in material resource planning, and those with a need for virtually unlimited part numbers.”Companies like Hi-Rel Corporation have utilized this delineation recently by leasing E-Z MRP system for manufacturers with more than 500 parts. According to Jerry Stouffer, “It made sense given our cash flow and I would recommend E-Z-MRP to other small manufacturers because support is excellent and product is easy to work with.” Stouffer did suggest that manufacturers looking for a customer relations management module should look at something else. However he was impressed with, “…How fast it (E-Z-MRP) calculates our requirements. I have 800 items in database and it only takes 20 seconds.” Small manufacturers with more than about a hundred parts can no longer manage manufacturing process manually or on an Excel spreadsheet. Since more than 84% of all manufacturers have less than fifty employees, there is a remarkable opportunity for cost-effective manufacturing systems like E-Z-MRP. Despite extensive media coverage regarding ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), in most cases these small manufacturers do not require all functionality offered, nor can many afford price point.
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