Process manufacturing software is a type of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that focuses on streamlining your manufacturing processes. Using an ERP can change the time and energy your company puts into analyzing manufacturing and improving your numbers.
The right ERP software can improve your systems and save you time and money the following 4 ways:
Reports in real-time
Manufacturing can be affected by the slightest variations, and any of those slight variations can lead to large problems later. Therefore, the order of the manufacturing line and the parts used drastically affect reworks, bad products, and customer service. Real-time reports that show fluctuations as they happen offer management the tools they need to quickly identify problem areas. Having the right information creates solutions well before final quality inspections would identify a problem.
Automation
Manufacturing should have as much automation as possible. Adam Smith, in the Wealth of Nations (1776), discusses manufacturing processes where division of labor gave workers the ability to create thousands of products in a day as opposed to hundreds. A little less than 250 years later, we’re in an entirely different world, where division of labor and automation changes output from thousands to tens and hundreds of millions. If your business uses automation on the manufacturing floor but does not automate your business processes, you are wasting money. Automate your manufacturing, automate your software, and save money.
Integrated systems
Increased quality costs money, but it also saves money. The right ERP software will give your company tools to analyze how investments will affect your overarching systems. ERP software can integrate information from the accounting department, human resources, customer service, inventory, distribution, and more. All this integration gives your team the tools to plan materials processing, address HR problems, and respond to customer complaints with accurate information.
Manage relationships
People – employees, customers, vendors, etc. – are sometimes one of the most difficult parts of running a business. The right ERP will give you tools to develop relationships so that your time can be spent focusing on profit and quality, not on putting out fires. Such customer relationship tools reduce human error in order processing, make responding to routine requests easier, and save time by having important information more readily available. Likewise, an ERP system can reduce human errors in the manufacturing process, increase financial controls between departments, and give your team tools to decrease delays and overruns.
These are just some of the ways the right process manufacturing software can save you money. If you are interested in more information on an ERP system for your business, please contact us.
