Tag: Manufacturing ERP

Why do you own a business? Most people look to businesses as a way to provide a service or product that helps their customers. But you’re also in business to turn a profit. Finding ways to grow the bottom line and gain new revenue opportunities is important to keeping your business afloat. In this blog post, we’ll be talking about how adding field services to your offerings can help you...

As we can all agree, in the manufacturing industry, ERP systems are essential for keeping up to date information, integrating all shop-floor systems, as well as managing relationships. As businesses have been trending to shift to cloud based software, many companies have begun to weigh out the benefits of migrating from Microsoft Dynamics AX to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain Management and it is no different for manufacturers. The...

Enterprise-Wide Standards - (Business Systems Solution and the ERP Core) Most companies strive for a standardized Enterprise-Wide Business Solution, including a standardized ERP Enterprise software package as the core of the Enterprise-Wide Business Systems Solution. This can be accomplished by standards or through transformations. As part of the integration/migration; certain coding and configuration standards for a variety of configurations and/or fields should be established and followed globally. When establishing these...

Logan Consulting is a proud supporter of Midwest User Group, the biggest independent group for QAD’s manufacturing and Enterprise Application software. Every spring and fall, MWUG holds a conference for QAD users, vendors, and service providers and allows them to exchange and share information. The Fall 2018 Conference brought over 300 attendees from the QAD community covering 5 industries and this spring, the event will take place from March 17th-19th...

With new manufacturing technology, the food and beverage industry can produce more product in less time, but how will they keep track of their supply chain and organize inventory? Producing multiple products and delivering to many consumers takes time and money and is difficult to maintain. There are many product lines and manufacturing processes within the food and beverage industry, therefore making it difficult for manufacturers to keep up with...

For many in the manufacturing industry, streamlining business processes is a great way to save both time and money, however many are unsure how to go about this seemingly daunting and time consuming task. The manufacturing industry has a deep need for bills of material, routings, MRP inventory control, lot/serial tracking and scheduling all of which can be handled by Microsoft Dynamics GP.  Microsoft Dynamics products are perfect for many...

When trying for successful ERP implementation, it's important to be confident that you have the right partner who knows your companies industry inside and out. You want a partner that has experience and successes that reflect your individual goals for your company. While this seems simple, finding the right implementation partner and having a successful implementation can be difficult. When implementing a new ERP system like QAD ERP or Dynamics AX, you want to be...

How to retain your ERP Talent Development Training? Is it challenging to help your internal resources develop the skills they need to be leaders in their job functions? Have you looked for external expertise with experience in your ERP applications, only to receive unqualified resume after unqualified resume? If these questions resonate with you. May be it's time to refresh the acquisition and retention strategies you use for talent development. In this three...