March 5th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Real-Time Shop Floor Integration, Simplified
In the realm of demand-driven manufacturing, where you must consistently do more with less, real-time information from the shop floor is imperative to prevent problems, drive quality, and enable the flexibility your customers require. Left unchecked, issues like downtime, poor machine performance, scrap, and overruns can quickly erode your profit. But without an enterprise system that works in unison with real-time shop floor data, these issues can remain hidden and change any seemingly lean progress into nothing more than a mirage.
March 5th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Become an ERP Sleuth: Do Your Due Diligence When Selecting a New ERP Vendor
Recently, your company made the important decision to invest time and money in a new manufacturing ERP system to increase competitiveness and operational efficiency. You’ve been selected to research potential new ERP vendors and whether it is a top priority or something you have to work into your other job responsibilities, due diligence is required to find the best fit in ERP vendors. The success of this new company-wide initiative depends on it.
February 28th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Steinwall Scientific, Inc. and IQMS: A Pursuit Spanning Decades Results in a Lasting Partnership for the Future
In combination with RealTime, Steinwall Scientific utilizes EnterpriseIQ’s statistical process control (SPC) module to further analyze part production, forcing the company to become extremely precise and resulting in 99.5 percent of all lots to be completely accepted by its customers. The exactitude with which RealTime
captures process data, compared to the data of the past, was a surprise benefit discovered after implementation that has started a cultural shift for the better.
February 28th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Miniature Precision Components, Inc. Shifts into Real Time with IQMS
With MPC’s old system, the company’s manufacturing and distribution facilities functioned autonomously in a reactive manner using dated information. With RealTime from IQMS in place, MPC’s management team can see progress as it happens, and in turn catch potential trouble before it becomes a costly issue. According to Schneberger, the benefit and efficiencies gained in having real-time data access doesn’t just apply to MPC’s top management.
February 28th, 2013 | | Comments Off on An Extensive ERP Search Delivers Load Trail a Company Built for the Long Haul: IQMS
Abram Harms interviewed an impressive 10 ERP companies in his search for the best. Of the 10, he narrowed it down to just three: Infor, IQMS and Shoptech. From the final three, Harms chose IQMS’ single database solution, EnterpriseIQ, because IQMS instilled extreme confidence that it would work hard to solve Load Trail’s challenges. Through the dynamic nature of the company and IQMS’ willingness to adapt the ERP product to fit specific automotive requirements, Harms knew that he was in good hands.
February 28th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Double H Plastics, Inc. and IQMS: Automating to the Top
What do you get when you combine an innovative manufacturer with a progressive ERP
software automation team willing to push the boundaries of shop floor control? Competitive
advantage, increased efficiency and a match made for the future. Together, Double H
Plastics and IQMS are improving the landscape of automation in manufacturing for future
success.
February 28th, 2013 | | Comments Off on Short-Run Manufacturer Builds Long-term Success with EnterpriseIQ
With EnterpriseIQ in place, Donnelly has seen improvements in every aspect of its business. RealTime Machine Monitoring
allows shop floor supervisors to access production data as it occurs from any computer in the plant, whereas they used to spend time walking the shop floor to check presses. Donnelly has also eliminated excess data entry and saved numerous hours of overtime because team leaders and supervisors no longer have to work long beyond their shifts to input data, something that consumed many hours of overtime each day.
IQMS has developed special Android Applications for use on smartphones, tablets and our own RTStation.
EnterpriseIQ from IQMS can handle all assembly manufacturing operations, be it the initial step or as part of secondary operations.
CRM within EnterpriseIQ provides powerful tools to view all the details of clients, vendors and partners as well as quoting, marketing opportunities, service central functionality, mass mailing, answer books and customer support services.
