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We all want to be the best at what we do, right? But as a manufacturer, what do you actually need to do to become the best?

You already know that ERPs enhance visibility, improve your business practices, and increase your shop’s efficiency. But how do ERPs actually do all of these things?

Many manufacturing companies rely on Excel for all sorts of tasks, from scheduling to inventory management to data analysis, because it is readily available, easy to use, and is seen as a cost-effective solution for organizing and planning business operations.

An ERP is business process management software that connects and integrates every aspect of a business — giving manufacturers visibility over their entire operation and allowing them to create better manufacturing processes, lower costs, and improve performance.

In this webinar, you will learn how we can help everyone in your shop — from purchasers to production managers to shop floor employees — increase the accuracy of your inventory counts and improve efficiency, plus how to buy the right stock at the right time.

Here are the 15 most common mistakes manufacturers make when they are selecting, implementing, or working with an ERP.

While Excel is a handy business tool (and has its time and place), the truth is that it is just not good enough for most manufacturers. You and your shop deserve better. You deserve a fully integrated ERP system that will make your business run smoother—and save you time and money.

Bottlenecks aren’t good, but they are inevitable. Watch this webinar to learn how to re-think bottlenecks to stay in control of your shop floor’s flow, increase throughput, and get more jobs out the door on time.

Though you can easily use Excel to create a database of your customers, Excel lacks several key benefits of more dedicated CRM software. A proper CRM system that is integrated and automated will allow you to better manage your leads and opportunities.

While you can certainly create inventory tracking spreadsheets in Excel, it is not the best option for inventory management — especially for complex manufacturers.

The goal of CCPM is to identify the steps, timelines, and resources required to complete a project — to give you a roadmap that you can follow to ensure you complete more jobs on-time and on-budget.

Genius Solutions is proud to announce our new partnership with the City of Québec’s Vision Entrepreneuriale Québec 2023 program. This new partnership will help us increase our market share and continue to expand our operations into the United States.

An ERP system is one of the biggest investments that a manufacturer will ever make — but it will pay off in the long run. Though difficult to calculate, the ROI of an ERP system is immense, and manufacturers will see a significant reduction in costs after implementing an ERP.

Learn how to use your ERP system to efficiently get new hires up to speed, integrated with the rest of your team, and ready to get to work. We’ll teach you tips and techniques for using your ERP system to get this time-consuming task done quickly and effectively.

Knowing your true job costs is one of the most difficult things for a custom shop to figure out. Factoring in all of the resources used — and the complicated nature of custom manufacturing — makes it difficult for shops to figure exactly how much a job costs them.

Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of materials, involving the procurement, movement and storage of raw parts and materials, as well as the movement of work-in-process inventory and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.

‍Learn about our new fully integrated module that includes everything you need to manage your service team while they are out in the field.

Genius ERP is very excited to announce our new partnership with GenAlpha Technologies, which will now allow us to offer our customers new and exciting eCommerce solutions.