Clients First knows their software, but they are also astute business people, and they really understand manufacturing and distribution in particular.
Jimmy Witcher, COO, Merrick
Here is another Sage X3 video that Sage has posted that gives a nice look at its capabilities. This is a fairly high end system that sits between the ‘mid market’ such as Microsoft Dynamics or Sage MAS 90/200 and ‘tier 1’ applications such as SAP R3 or Oracle.
Sage ERP X3 Version 5 is a new solution from Sage software for the upper mid-market. This product was acquired when Sage acquired Adonix back in the 2006/2007 timeframe. The solution offers some very compelling new concepts and integrations.
Among those include fully integrated graphical workflow, fully integrated Business Analytics using SAP Business Objects technology, drag and drop user portals for easy access to data, fully integrated CRM and very deep and broad functionality including particular strengths in process manufacturing. It typically competes in the upper mid-market against the likes of Microsoft Dynamics AX, JD Edwards, Lawson, etc.
Below is an overview demo video and tutorial of the solution
For more information about this Sage solution, contact us HERE.
The FDA makes available a wide variety of resources for food/beverage producers and processors to analyze their operations and develop procedures to help keep our food supply safe.These are free tools that every company involved in food or beverage processing and production should get and use.
by Donald Clark CFPIM, CSCP, Clients First Business Solutions
When it comes to knowing what a company has in inventory – items, quantities and locations – most companies rely on their ERP systems for this knowledge.However, how much do people trust the data in their systems?The answer for many companies is that they do not.(more…)
A quick definition from APICS (The Association for Operations Management) describes discrete manufacturing as “the production of distinct items such as automobiles, appliances, or computers,” whereas process manufacturing covers “production that adds value by mixing, separating, forming, and/or performing chemical reactions. It may be done in either batch or continuous mode.” Now let’s look at a few examples.
Think about what your company manufactures. Does it require mixing chemicals? If so, you may need an ERP system that does things like calculate ingredient quantities. If your industry produces the type of product that doesn’t lend itself to being disassembled into its individual components, it’s likely you need to consider a process ERP system. On the other hand, if your company assembles products from many component parts, you’ll require discrete manufacturing functionality.