Revenue or Employee Size for Small Manufacturing Enterprise Definition Obsolete: Number of Parts for product Assembly more Accurate

E-Z-MRP, leading manufacturing software system for small manufacturers, announced effective April 15th, there will be 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 unlimited part numbers.”

Smolin noted that some manufacturers will start with under 500 parts version of E-Z-MRP, priced at $2995, and grow into new unlimited version, priced at $9800. Beach Access Software credits $2995 for customers who later choose to upgrade. Other small manufacturers who presently have more than five hundred part will start right away with E-Z-MRP Unlimited version.

Small manufacturers with more than one hundred parts can no longer manage manufacturing process 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.

Engineer-to-Order Leader Implements NY, MN & OH Operations

ENERFAB is a leading process solution firm with design/build capabilities serving process industries including chemical, food and beverage, mining, pharmaceutical, power generation, and pulp and paper. After a three-month implementation, ENERFAB went live with Encompix on October 19, 2004. Moving from a "green screen" system to Encompix was a big change for Sharonville, Ohio, firm. "We were very impressed with inventory and purchasing functionality and by eliminating duplicate data entry we have cut our purchasing time by half," said Dave Lutz, IT Director. ENERFAB has over 2,600 employees in 10 locations and plans to increase its use of Encompix. "We are looking at expanding our use of Encompix into other areas of business and are planning to bring on our Spare Parts Division in a couple of months." Minnesota Elevator, Inc. (MEI), Mankato, Minnesota, specializes in manufacture, installation, modernization, and servicing of various types of elevators. Every elevator produced by MEI is individually engineered. Past work has included round and baseball-diamond-shaped passenger car platforms, 40,000 lbs. capacity freight cars, and 60,000 lbs. capacity truck lifts. MEI went live with Encompix on November 1, 2004. Located in Rochester, New York, Cross Bros. specializes in providing both standard and custom conveyors, product pick and place assemblies, justification devices, and other material-handling equipment. Cross Bros. completed their Encompix implementation on July 1, 2004.