- Written by: Rose of Sharon DeVos
Manufacturers today are under a tremendous amount of pressure to provide products faster and cheaper than ever. Competition is no longer across the street but around the world. With such global competition, manufacturers are coming to realize that they must innovate to survive. To make products faster you need to know the bottlenecks in your process. No matter how long you've been making similar products, it's impossible to really know where your threats and opportunities are without data. So how do you get the data you need to make decisions? Data has to be collected into a smart business software that calculates what you need to know, optimizes the workflow in your plant and tells you what you need.
There are many reasons you need an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) but here are a few top reasons:
- Written by: Rose of Sharon DeVos
Your core business is manufacturing great products.
You need technology to manage that process, and if you’re like many smaller manufacturers, your trusted source for your technology requirements is an employee who wears many hats. So how can you be sure you’re making the best investments? For manufacturers near Chicago, Illinois one option is to hire ERP search consultant to work for you.
Manufacturers in all industries are embracing the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) as a way to stay ahead of the technology curve by getting real-time data from devices into their hands. And having the right ERP is the foundation of every IIoT plan.
- Written by: Rose of Sharon DeVos
IIoT - The Industrial Internet of Things
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), involves a network of computers, devices and machines that collect and share huge amounts of data that is sent to a cloud-based service for the benefit of industry. It is a subset of the Internet of Things (IoT) which does the same thing for consumers. The service aggregates it and uses it to provide powerful insights and actions back to connected devices and the people who make decisions with that data. At machining manufacturers,
Read more: The Industrial Internet of Things for Machining Companies
- Written by: Rose of Sharon DeVos
CNC Swiss Machining Company Moves From Paper to ERP
Key ERP Search Criteria
The owner of the company knew that ERP was the first step to automating the business and engaged the management team and Rose of Sharon to list what was most important to them in a new ERP. The challenge for some managers was lack of knowledge of what was possible. Rose of Sharon helped to paint that vision based on her expertise.
- Written by: Rose of Sharon DeVos
Find MTConnect on Machines at IMTS
Machining manufacturers attending IMTS 2018 in Chicago have the opportunity to see many CNC machines in action. As an attendee, it will be easy to be in awe of the new ideas ways that CNC machines are reducing cycle times and making specific kinds of parts better and faster than ever before. However, when planning the next equipment buy, it would be wise to pay attention to the connectivity capabilities of this equipment as well.