Choosing a SoftwareManufacturing Tips What Is Lot Tracking and How to Use It? Lot tracking, also known as batch tracking, is an important process for ensuring quality, most commonly for traceability and recall purposes. It is a crucial part of doing business in highly regulated industries, but it has its advantages regardless of the product. By Madis Kuuse 8 min read
Manufacturing TipsSupply Chain Vendor Management – An Essential Guide for SMEs Vendor management is a set of tools that companies use to ensure profitable and efficient relationships with their suppliers. Coming a long way from traditional phone calls, faxes, and emails, today even small businesses have started to utilize software to manage their communication with vendors. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 8 min read
Choosing a SoftwareManufacturing Tips Easy Manufacturing & Inventory with MRPeasy Tim Grant, ERP consultant at Business Solution Providers Inc., writes about why his experience helping small to mid-sized manufacturers choose and implement software has made him prefer “a true manufacturing program like MRPeasy”. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 7 min read
Manufacturing TipsSupply Chain How to Manage Supply Chain Disruptions? The world has experienced historic supply chain disruptions during the last years. From trade wars and COVID-19 to semiconductor shortages and the Suez canal blockage – there are few industries that have not been affected. The lesson learned is to be better prepared and to remain flexible. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 9 min read
Choosing a SoftwareImplementationManufacturing Tips What Is the ROI of an MRP System and How to Calculate It? Many small manufacturers think implementing MRP software would be too expensive for them. To put their minds at ease, we have compiled a small guide to calculating the Return on Investment of an MRP system. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 11 min read
InventoryManufacturing Tips QR Codes vs. Barcodes in Inventory Tracking The simple, one-dimensional barcode has proven a reliable tool in helping to organize inventories for decades. Thanks to key advantages, however, QR codes are becoming the new industry standard in inventory tracking. By Madis Kuuse 7 min read
InventoryManufacturing Tips Barcode Inventory System – Why and How to Implement Barcodes? Implementing a barcode inventory system is one of the best ways of increasing the efficiency of your stock management process. Affordable and easy to implement, barcodes can dramatically save time, reduce worker overhead, and eliminate data-entry errors for both manufacturing and distribution businesses. In this post, we take a look at barcode systems and how […] By Madis Kuuse 8 min read
ERPInventoryManufacturing TipsSupply Chain Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) – Managing Product Returns Return Merchandise Authorization or RMA is a systemic approach to handling product returns. It allows for better tracking, makes the processes quicker, and could thereby improve customer satisfaction. By Madis Kuuse 7 min read
Manufacturing Tips Manufacturing Branding – Marketing ABC for Small Manufacturers Branding your manufacturing company could be the difference between success and staying afloat. Here is why and how you should develop a brand and use it to market your manufacturing business. By Madis Kuuse 16 min read