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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies in virtually every vertical, including – maybe especially – Food & Beverage, to make significant operational changes. Our Tim Green recently spoke with Aaron Olin, an Ultra Senior Consultant with exceptional expertise in building ERP solutions for Food & Beverage manufacturers and distributors. Read More
Right-sizing inventory and wrangling a complex supply chain are challenging in normal times. But the ongoing COVID pandemic is making these core functions even more difficult to handle. Today, the key to surviving – and thriving – is to optimize your processes. But, our ERP experts say, the first step is not new software. It’s an honest, Read More
At this point, business customers, like consumers, expect the Amazon experience: They want what they want ASAP. And they want the buying process to be frictionless. As a distributor, how do you offer that easy, seamless experience to your customers? 1. Ask the big, strategic questions. One of the keys to Amazon’s success is that it goes Read More
Thanks to technological advances in the industry, the global smart meters market is expected to grow from $20.7 billion in 2020 to $28.6 billion by 2025, a compound annual growth rate of 6.7 percent. For companies at the forefront, it’s a chance to gain ground and boost revenue. Milbank Manufacturing Co. is a company with nearly a century of Read More
Amazon and other top ecommerce companies can offer virtually instant gratification because super-efficient and highly integrated operational processes underneath the buying process make it possible. Do your Order-to-Cash processes – quoting, customer orders, ecommerce, pick/pack/ship, accounts receivable – allow your company to deliver a fast Read More
Many states have shut down all non-essential businesses – but steel manufacturing is definitely essential. It’s already a challenging industry that requires the right mix of inventory for varied applications, and manufacturers are discovering that they may have too much of one type of steel and not enough of another. COVID-19 social distancing Read More
Most manufacturing and distribution companies have a goal of business process improvement. That’s why many companies partner with Ultra, as they require modern technology to support that improvement. Each organization’s “current state” is different. Some companies already have the necessary technology in place, but it isn’t in use Read More
As a member of Ultra’s team of independent ERP consultants guiding manufacturers and distributors, I often work with engineering-intensive companies seeking the capabilities of product lifecycle management software (PLM). These organizations seek to improve the productivity of engineering resources and reduce the time to develop new products. In Read More
What does it take to build a strong business case for ERP? As an ERP consulting firm serving manufacturing and distribution teams, we’ve found that strategic methodologies involve robust analysis and full investigation into what the key drivers are of the project, analysis of which business process are going to be impacted, a clearly defined Read More
My past blog post offered ERP project teams the steps it takes to implement an ERP system for true transformation. In my post entitled “Transforming Your Business is the Final Step of Implementing an ERP System,” I made the case that once the foundation for business transformation is built, the challenge going forward is to leverage this Read More
I recently shared a blog post entitled “How an Enterprise Asset Management Solution Can Help Improve Your Bottom Line” providing insight for organizations looking to improve the tracking and maintenance of expensive enterprise assets. The information is useful for teams looking to better manage assets like plant equipment, shop floor machinery, Read More
In my experience as an independent ERP consultant working with manufacturers and distributors, I have found that monitoring business performance and looking at current and future state conditions is much more productive than monitoring past decisions and actions. Within the operation of any organization, we can find plenty of data to let Read More
