Sage 100 Tips: Revolutionize Your Discrete Manufacturing Process with Sage 100

Discrete manufacturing is the process of manufacturing individual finished products that are made of components, parts, or sub-assemblies. Units can be produced in small quantities with high complexity or in high volumes with low complexity. Unlike with process manufacturing, discrete manufactured goods can be broken down into their constituent parts. Examples of discrete manufacturing products include airplanes, cars, furniture, smartphones, and toys. Examples of process manufacturing products include glass, plastic, soaps, juices, and liquor.

Challenges Facing Discrete Manufacturers

• • Procurement – Since discrete manufacturing involves building individual finished pieces out of other components or parts, discrete manufacturers need to have the correct quantities of all the components necessary to create the finished product.
  • Lack of supply chain visibility – Manufacturers need more real-time visibility throughout the supply chain. Without visibility, it’s harder for businesses to make changes in response to changing consumer demand, or to patch gaps in their supply chain should problems occur.
  • Lack of communication – This can occur both inside and outside the company. The sales team might not be aware of manufacturing changes that could impact the production timeline, or they may be unaware of what product quantities are currently on hand. If communication breaks down between production, sales and customer service, your customers are likely to suffer as a result.

How Sage 100cloud Manufacturing Services Can Help

While manufacturers may once have been able to rely on manual, disconnected systems and still managed to make their customers happy, those days are long gone. Manufacturers must find ways to compete in global marketplace where all consumers, both B2C and B2B, have higher expectations than ever. The right business management solutions will keep your teams connected and up to date so that they can attract and retain customers. Sage 100 (formerly known as Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200) is an enterprise resource planning software (ERP) solution designed for modern manufacturers and distributors. It connects departments so that everyone is always using the same up-to-date information.

Here are Three Ways to Revolutionize Your Discrete Manufacturing Process

• Increased Responsiveness – Manufacturers need collaborative tools that promote problem-solving across departments. With Sage 100, your employees will have easy ways to log and share data, allowing them to better spot trends and opportunities.
• Better Decisions – Better data means better business decisions. With all your company data stored in one place, making better decisions is easy. When all that information is instead stored in multiple different Excel files spread across multiple employees’ desktops, generating good business intelligence is almost impossible.
• Mobile Workforce – These days, your workforce is more mobile than ever. You might have multiple locations or teams spread across countries. They all need access to the real-time information and analytics. With Sage 100cloud, wherever there’s internet, your employees will have access to the data they need. This increases operating efficiency and decreases costs.

Your Full-Service Technology Partner

Choosing the right technological solution is only half the battle. Picking the right technology partner is important as well. Out-of-the-box solutions rarely work for companies. Even if they do, working isn’t the same as being right for your business. Just because a system works doesn’t mean that it couldn’t be better. A great partner will take time to understand your needs and make recommendations that best fit your business. They will provide employee training, as well as technical updates or fixes as necessary. When you go with CertiPro, you get a full-service technology partner who will be with you every step of the way from planning to implementation and beyond. We offer Sage enhancements built and supported in-house to better serve our customers’ needs, or customizations negotiable based upon request. Click here to start a conversation with us and see how we could help your business soar.

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