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As a native Minnesotan, I was intrigued by an article published in the Star Tribune entitled “Minnesota manufacturers' profits soar, but a labor shortage looms.” The article shared survey results that show hiring and retention as the major challenges facing the region’s manufacturing sector. At the same time, an “unexpectedly Read More
Ultra’s team of independent ERP consultants is regularly called upon to discuss the needs of project teams looking to drive business process improvement in their organization. For those companies that produce highly engineered products with long product cycle times and multiple levels of subassemblies, it pays to look closely at features needed Read More
Considering business process improvement? This guest blog post from IQMS looks at the benefits of implementing integrated ERP and MES. Visibility into your manufacturing operations is key to improved decision-making and thereby to improved efficiencies and making more profits. According to the National Association of Manufacturers - the Read More
What’s key to consider when it comes to ERP for Make-to-Order manufacturers? With pressure to adapt to rapidly changing markets and improve financial results, many manufacturing companies operate using Make-to-Order processes in their operation, often referred to as demand-driven processes. It’s important that technology solutions address Read More
We read with interest a blog post from Plex Systems entitled “What is Connected Manufacturing and Why You Should Care About It?” As noted in the blog post, from the Industrial Internet of Things and additive manufacturing, to advances in product innovation, manufacturing is increasingly becoming part of the digital economy. The Plex post Read More
According to McKinsey, the manufacturing industry generates more data than any other sector of the U.S. economy. Yet the researchers note that while manufacturing generates significant data volumes, few companies effectively harness or manage it. As Ultra’s ERP consultant team partners with manufacturing and distribution organizations across Read More
An important focus here at Ultra Consultants is to provide timely insight and enterprise systems education to today’s manufacturing and distribution companies. We know the importance of enterprise systems education provided by an independent, vendor-agnostic resource. A project team’s objective is to eliminate the problems they encounter with Read More
Is your company using reverse logistics as a competitive advantage – to differentiate your value to customers? This is a topic very much on the minds of today’s retailers, manufacturers and distributors because the business processes of reverse logistics directly impacts how satisfied today’s customers are with your products and Read More
Manufacturing and distribution organizations well know that an ERP selection project is a complex endeavor with long-term strategic implications – an effort fraught with risk and requiring significant organizational resources. As project teams approach evaluation and selection, they often run into the concepts of Best of Breed vs.Best in Class Read More
We’re seeing the term “digital transformation” in the industry press lately, and naturally our attention turns to how this term relates to the manufacturing and distribution sector, and in particular how ERP enables digital transformation for companies within the sector. Digital Transformation has been described by industry analysts as “the Read More
The Ultra ERP Blog keeps pace with the IT and enterprise software market activity – especially as it relates to ERP selection and enterprise software implementation. This guest post takes a close look at the Bot Economy of conversational bots - or chatbots - in an enterprise environment. As more millennials join the workforce Read More
ERP Risk factors are real. ERP projects can run into time delays and cost overruns. There’s a risk that the technology does not drive key business process improvements. Even at go live, there’s a risk the entire implementation fails if the project was not based on a solid foundation. ERP risk is compounded when an organization faces a Read More
