ERP Software Blog | Global Shop Solutions

Manufacturers are always looking for ways to increase capacity. When the shop gets busy, adding another machine, hiring more people or adding a shift can seem like the logical next step.

Running inventory, production scheduling and quality control as separate systems creates friction that slows down your entire operation. When stock data lives in one place, schedules in another and quality records som...

Nothing ruins a good month faster than discovering your most profitable-looking jobs barely made money. Or worse: lost money. 

Even well-run plants get surprised by material shortages. A job starts on schedule, then stalls because a low-cost component never arrived. A reliable supplier slowly extends lead times until production is forced to react.

Throughout this series, we've explored the ERP impl...