Your customers expect the best: fast turnaround times, competitive pricing, high quality, and on-time delivery every time. To do all this, you need The Great 8 of Manufacturing. The Great 8 of Manufacturing are 8 capabilities that, when done correctly and concurrently, allow you to make the right decisions at the right time for your business. They create an environment of efficiency and productivity and make your shop the complete package. The best manufacturers focus on The Great 8 of Manufacturing to keep their competitive edge. If you’re ready to take the leap to a better shop floor, t ..read more

Engineering time is costly and extremely valuable. We’ve created a great way to save that time. With Global Shop Solutions BOM Compare, you can easily see a side-by-side comparison of your CAD/CAM bill of materials (BOM) and your ERP BOM. Gone are the days of slow, manual BOM comparisons. It’s time to simplify your design process and expedite the time from design to production so you can get every part completed accurately and on time. You’ll be amazed at all the things you can do with BOM Compare. With BOM Compare you can: Quickly identify any discrepancies between BOMs Automatically generat ..read more

Life Line Emergency Vehicles manufactures high-quality custom ambulances and emergency vehicles. Headquartered in Sumner, IA, Life Line has spent 35 years building a reputation around remarkable customer service and exceptional quality and craftsmanship to ensure their customers can provide the best patient care possible. Many manufacturers are expected to maintain consistent pricing despite often rising material costs. Brady Robbins, former Systems Administrator for Life Line, can attest to this fact. “I recall one year that the cost of aluminum went up significantly, which would have re ..read more

You know the photos people take before and after they start on a weight-loss or health journey? If someone took a photo of the health of your manufacturing business, would it look like the “before” or “after” photo? If you answered the “before” photo, it’s time to start a fitness journey for your business. That journey can include many items like reviewing your processes, investigating your financials, speaking with experts, hiring an improvement consultant, or securing new software. We believe the biggest step you could take would be to investigate ERP software. Manufacturing without ERP can ..read more

Located in Romeo, MI, Sharp Tooling Solutions is a full-service supplier for the aerospace, automotive, and defense industries. Founded in 1987, Sharp Tooling Solutions operated the business for many years with multiple software applications that lacked continuity and inhibited corporate growth. As the business grew, the management team wanted to improve production processes and forecasting and began searching for an ERP system that would combine their existing accounting-only system and separate third-party timeclock used to collect payroll hours. Global Shop Solutions ERP software provided a ..read more

Scheduling jobs is one of the most important tasks when it comes to running your shop floor smoothly. Oftentimes, scheduling can be difficult and complex like juggling a bunch of balls. However, with ERP software, scheduling can be made simpler because ERP tracks every piece of data across your shop and then combines that data with the information you input through work orders, BOMs, and more to create the most accurate schedule possible. When you start scheduling better, productivity, delivery, and profitability will all improve. Read the Scheduling Matters – 10 Ways it Boosts Your Manufactur ..read more

Peak in and see some exceptional manufacturers’ ERP experience. These are the best manufacturers near you – and they use the best ERP software to power their business and simplify their manufacturing. Want to talk to our customers and get a first-hand account of their experience with ERP? Schedule a demo and we can get you in front of some exceptional manufacturers. Come find out who is using our software – your neighbors, your competition, your partners – and why they choose our software above all the rest. Schedule a Demo The post Manufacturers Near Me first appeared on Global Shop Soluti ..read more

Brunswick Steel is a full-service steel production job shop that provides custom products, one-offs, and scheduled production for manufacturing and construction customers throughout western Canada. For years, Brunswick Steel operated with one foot in the past and one in the future. The company employed the latest in modern steel cutting and processing equipment to produce its high-quality steel products. But many facets of the production processes relied on outdated manual procedures. When Adam Ploufee, an experienced ERP user, joined Brunswick Steel as General Manager, he recognized the need ..read more

Staying competitive and automating your shop floor is as important as ever. One of the simplest ways to do that is by integrating your ERP with your other software. Today, the best ERP systems have the ability to integrate with the new Internet of Things (IoT) technologies that allow you to work more efficiently, cut your costs, and simplify your manufacturing. The ability for your ERP to integrate with third-party technology has quickly become an important factor in choosing an ERP system. This list of 10 integrations every manufacturer needs includes some that are new and some that are old ..read more

Phase Technologies is an OEM manufacturer of power electronics equipment for irrigation, water pumping, HVAC, CNC/machine shop, oil and gas, and other industrial applications. Phase Technologies started out in a garage of an electrical engineering professor, developing the world’s first digital phase converter. Since then the company has expanded into producing a complete line of variable frequency drives (VFDs). Ownership recognized that a rapidly growing company that manufactures complex assemblies for rugged outdoor environments needs more than Excel spreadsheets and QuickBooks to manage th ..read more