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There are certain key questions that must be answered to determine whether or not an MES system would benefit your organization: 

• How do you analyze OEE?
• Is there an opportunity to reduce WIP inventory, indirect labor, downtime, waste or scrap?
• What is the cost and impact of producing and distributing shop paper including drawings and work instructions?
• Would you like to go paperless on your shop floor?
• How are your continuous improvement initiatives tied to your ERP?
• Is Management requesting real time production status reporting via dashboards or drilldown reports?
• What different “islands of automation” exist on your shop floor?

The answers to each of these questions could have a significant impact on the profitability of your business. Want to quantify your results? Contact George Moroses today to schedule your FREE MES ROI Analysis.

Our Infor LX Practice just finished a Supply Chain and Manufacturing audit for one of our customers. During that engagement, several areas of the business were identified that could benefit from additional training and consulting support. 

Areas of significance were:

• Purchasing
• Customer Service
• Billing
• Inventory
• Costing
• Bills of Materials and Routings
• Material Requirements Planning
• Shop Floor Control

Several manual procedures and “tribal knowledge” systems were discovered. The evaluation was done by two consultants who spent time with key users during two onsite visits. The next step in the process will involve working with the client to prioritize the list of items identified and develop a strategic plan focused on growth and efficiency.

Restrict Over-shipments to Customers

• System parameter option controls when over shipments are allowed

Options to:

• Continue current process with warning message
• Give error message
• Automatically correct to quantity available for shipment
   
• Option to revise the order quantity so that pricing, promotions, credit checking load planning and other processes reflect the actual quantity
• Allows better control of exceptions for over shipments
• Ensures that pricing, promotions are correctly based on actual order quantity

Graphical representation makes complex concepts—like the intricacies of an ERP system—more universal, relatable and easy to understand.

ERP dashboards gather and visualize critical metrics from across the organization, offering insight into the performance, outlook and interconnectivity of business processes.

By setting up ERP dashboards that illustrate key metrics and compellingly communicate operational performance, key stakeholders will have a clear picture of the health of the business—and make better, more informed business decisions as a result.

The Crossroads Analytics Dashboard has preconfigured views for all of the following:

To learn more visit our Analytic Dashboard webpage.

Cycle Counting Benefits:

• Overall increased inventory accuracy
• Increased accuracy of count
• Ability to review and approve count before direct update of Baan / Infor LN tables
• Elimination of unnecessary re-orders of items with current inventory
• Greater ability to satisfy customer orders due to greater visibility to accurate inventory levels
• Direct labor cost savings – less staff required for count
• Increased productivity during count

Some of our customers counts used to take weeks. They can now complete a count of their entire inventory in one day. One of our LN customers just told us that they recently wrapped up a cycle count using our software and said it was the first time ever that they completed a count without one complaint or mistake!

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