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ERP Solutions for Machine Engineering and Equipment Manufacturers

Machine engineering and equipment manufacturing requires a high degree of technical expertise and innovation, lots of inventory and machinary, and complicated processes — all of which make it a challenging enterprise.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
March 17, 2023
Engineering

How To Use Concurrent Engineering in Your Custom Manufacturing Shop

Concurrent engineering is a design process that involves multiple departments of a manufacturing business working together to create a product. It is extremely efficient as it decreases product development time, allows manufacturers to get products to market faster, reduces lead

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
March 10, 2023
Engineering

How ERPs Alleviate Engineering Pain Points

The complex nature of custom manufacturing means there are many different processes where engineering pain points can arise.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
February 17, 2023
Engineering

Back to Basics - ERP for Engineers

Engineers need an ERP system that has their unique needs in mind, including creating and managing Bills of Materials (BOMs), routing steps, and work instructions. Engineers also need an ERP that allows for the seamless integration of a CAD system with the ERP. 

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
April 26, 2021
Engineering

The Top 5 Benefits of a CRM for Manufacturing Companies

CRMs are a great tool to help you manage customer relationships — including managing customer information, leads and opportunities, and deals, quotes and order status — to create better customer experiences

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
June 26, 2020
Engineering

Why Online Training is Better Than On-Site Training

E-learning allows manufacturers to access high quality learning and educational resources at lower costs — with the added benefits of being more flexible and having higher retention and completion rates. Now, more than ever before online learning is the way forward for manufact

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
June 19, 2020
Engineering

How to Make a Bill of Materials (BOM) the Right Way

A bill of materials is the comprehensive list of all required parts, items, raw materials, and assemblies that you need to manufacture a finished product. A BOM is one of the most important documents for a custom manufacturer—think of it as a recipe for your supply chain.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
March 5, 2020
Engineering

How to save on engineering time with CAD-ERP integration

Do you know that up to 20% of the total engineering time in your shop is taken up by transferring Bills of Materials (BOMs) out of your CAD system? This is an especially time-consuming task for ETO shops where every item you manufacture is truly custom.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
February 14, 2019
Engineering

What engineers need from an ERP

Engineering is a key component in ETO manufacturing environments — it’s part of the name for goodness sake! — but engineering is all too often left out of ERP software systems.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
August 8, 2018
Engineering

Genius Solutions includes the Engineer in ERP

Most ERP systems, even those designed for the manufacturing industry, leave engineers out of the loop—making these systems less than ideal to handle the demands of the Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing environment.

By
Anne Mulvenna
on
June 18, 2018
Engineering

Product Engineering & Production Planning

In many engineer to order (ETO) and manufacture to order (MTO) environments, there appears to be some tug-of-war between data and, in rare cases, information, between the master project schedule and the master production schedule...

By
Peter Mol
on
January 18, 2018

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