Small Manufacturers Reduce Material Resource Planning Implementation Cycle to 18 DaysWritten by Rocky Smolin
Small manufacturers face same challenges as larger manufacturers without financial depth to resolve same issues. The result has been that some of technologies that allow mid-sized and larger manufacturers to achieve efficiencies have been out of reach for smaller manufacturer until now. Rocky Smolin, President of Beach Access Software and maker of E-Z-MRP. Smolin emphasizes that E-Z-MRP, “was designed to be used by people who do not have degrees or certification in manufacturing systems. It requires no on-site training or consultation. And it has cut standard 18-month MRP implementation cycle to as little as 18 days.” The E-Z-MRP package includes a full-featured Bill of Materials processor, plus a material planning and tracking module which tracks all sales orders, forecasts, work orders (planned, firm, and released), purchase orders, shortages, raw materials and finished goods inventories. It also records a complete audit trail on all inventory transactions.
| | ETO ERP Encompix has ENERFAB Live in 3 MonthsWritten by Roger Meloy
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."
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