Today’s blog post shares a video highlight to understand the benefit and understand the answers to ‘Why use an independent technology advisor?’
Many of the manufacturing and distribution teams we speak with start a technology selection project by asking the users what they need in a new system. But is that the most effective place to start? As an ERP consulting firm, we feel quite strongly that there’s a better way
This is because an ERP project cuts across each area of the business, impacting functional areas from finance, accounting and supply chain, to shop floor, production, inventory, quality management, shipping and more. Manufacturers and distributors have already gone through lean initiatives, cutting away excess, and thereby are operating with a lean staff.
Companies that achieve best-in-class performance for manufacturing quoting and costing have one key differentiator from companies that lag behind: the leaders treat quoting and costing as a mission-critical, enterprise-class function within their organization. The laggards do not.
Many of the mid-market manufacturing and distribution organizations we team with are thinking of setting a budget for ERP, especially those organizations entering into a new fiscal year.
Rising inflation makes cost reduction a top business driver behind many technology initiatives today. Given this reality, is it possible to use an ERP system to manage manufacturing costs?
