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Are you looking for a new ERP software solution? Maybe you are wondering if the one you have now will help you succeed in the future or will instead hinder your ability to compete in the industrial manufacturing industry. There are three must-have components needed in an existing or new ERP software solution for industrial manufacturers. Let’s take a closer look at what they are:

The rapid rate of change in our world is staggering. It is hard to keep up with all that is occurring in a business world that is moving faster and transforming quicker than ever before. Keeping up with all of the changes can be challenging especially when you consider the influence and impact technology and global markets have on systems and practices. The business world is faced with pressures like never before to respond to competition, to global trends, and to the ongoing evolution of business and technological practices.

Technology’s ever developing new systems and fast pace can be challenging for manufacturers with heavily customized systems, and there is constant pressure to decide whether or not to expand functionality based on high costs of modification. To upgrade or not to upgrade is a consistent question being asked in IT departments. Fortunately, modern ERP solutions are built on loosely coupled, flexible architecture for easy expansion, easy upgrades, and easy integration to new applications or legacy solutions.

Positive Vision offers sales and service of both Infor Visual and Infor Visual Jobshop. It is important to understand the differences so you know which is best for your business. Let’s look at the differences between the two.

Manufacturing is back. To harness the momentum created by the manufacturing renaissance, manufacturers need to transform today's challenges into opportunities. It won't be an easy task, and manufacturers will need to completely rethink their business model, organizational structure, and IT landscape.
 
In addition to the new functionality that will be required of future ERP solutions, this IDC White Paper also discusses these critical IT capabilities that will be essential for successful, future manufacturers:

Warehouses of all sizes and in all industries can benefit from improving the management of information in the entire production cycle. You will need to transition from fragmented manufacturing operations to a fully integrated value chain to drive improvements from manufacturing all the way through to warehouse and inventory management. In order to maximize your manufacturing efficiency and not over or under produce, you’ll need a warehouse management system to house what is manufactured and to keep track of what it contains.

Both professionally and personally speaking, the end of the year is a time to think about ending well and starting fresh in 2015. In order to end well as a company, it’s necessary to be thinking about, planning, and executing your end-of-year closing processes. Your enterprise resources planning (ERP) system needs a year-end closing to give your business the fresh start it needs in the new fiscal year and the peace of mind to know that all records and data have been properly dealt with. In order to be successful in ending 2014 well and starting 2015 off right, consider the following ERP year-end checklist for tips on closing the year out with ease and accuracy.

The enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution options of today are vast and are much more advanced than they were just 10 years ago. The advancements have made them more useful, functional, and more integrated than ever yet are still foundational to operational success. This evolution of ERP software has been driven by rapidly growing interest in technologies that promise immediate benefits to manufacturers, Cloud computing, SaaS (Software as a Service), server virtualization, and social business tools.

It can be easy to assume that your current Sage 300 version is sufficiently getting the job done. While this may be true, upgrading to the newest version (2014) can help you collaborate better and get more done by connecting your business, providing a better customer experience, and increasing revenue in a mobile and global world.

For most of us, we suffer from a complicated landscape of technology with disconnected systems and information silos. At the same time, it is vital to keep people and information connected. You can replace these inefficiencies and costly maintenance requirements with Infor’s Intelligent Open Network (ION).