Grindmaster-Cecilware (GMCW), a leading provider of products for the food and beverage industry, has selected NextTrack Sales to satisfy their sales analysis requirements. Integrated with their Baan ERP system, NextTrack Sales provides sophisticated pivot grid and charting functionality, and the ability to generate any number of views of the data, all without customizing their ERP system. Grindmaster’s VP of Sales said it was "the perfect fit for him, and covered all of his reporting needs".

Peerless Instrument, a division of Curtiss Wright, has selected Crossroads RMC for Baan data collection. Peerless is interested in furthering the data collection partnership that Curtiss Wright began with Crossroads RMC 20 years ago. The data collection implementation will include Receiving, Material Issue, Inspection and Report Operations Complete, and is expected to be completed in July of 2016. 

• In Infor LX you need to determine how inventory will be moved in and out of warehouse storage locations, and which of the following transactions to use for inventory control:
• A transfer transaction can be used to move inventory from one warehouse location to another warehouse location.
• A production receipt transaction is used to add inventory to a warehouse location.
• A material issue or backflush is used to reduce inventory from a warehouse location.

Two big sources of inefficiencies in manufacturing are paper and spreadsheets. I know that you love ‘em, but they are the cause of more problems than you probably realize. Think of how long it takes you to get paper based data into the hands of those who can do something valuable with the data. Are you capturing all of the information correctly? Timely? What about those spreadsheets? Can everyone access that information across your organization? Is that data married with all of the related data regarding your operations to give your executive and middle management the information they need when they need it?

Make your shop floor paperless and put in place systems that talk to one another and automatically pull and push data to and from your ERP so that you can look in one place for all the information you need to run your business effectively.

If you’re not doing this today, you might as well be burning money.

Accounts Receivable:

• Check A/R Aging Balance with Trial Balance.
• Check for Detailed Customer Transactions.

Accounts Payable:

• Check A/P Aging Balance with Trial Balance.
• Check Open Purchase Orders for Potential Accruals and A/P Reconciliation.
• Check for Registered Purchase Invoices (Not Matched or Approved).
• Print Listing of all Purchase Invoices Entered for Period.

1. Record data regarding your inventory as soon as the items arrive at your door/receiving dock. With information, you can make decisions. Without it, you waste money, time and effort.
2. Leverage data collection, label generation and RFID solutions to make your life easier.
3. Set inventory accuracy goals for the business and for employees.
4. Train your employees so they know what is expected of them, and how to best perform their job and therefore how best to maintain accurate inventory counts.
5. Count the inventory – and do it regularly. Find a method that works best for your employees, and for your business.

1. Record data regarding your inventory as soon as the items arrive at your door/receiving dock. With information, you can make decisions. Without it, you waste money, time and effort.
2. Leverage data collection, label generation and RFID solutions to make your life easier.
3. Set inventory accuracy goals for the business and for employees.
4. Train your employees so they know what is expected of them, and how to best perform their job and therefore how best to maintain accurate inventory counts.
5. Count the inventory – and do it regularly. Find a method that works best for your employees, and for your business.