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Not all tools are built to run a shop.
Your ERP may track your finances, people, vendors and invoices, but it cannot track your work. It wasn't built for manufacturing. When you need a hole, you get a drill. When you need a measurement, you use a caliper. When you need to run your manufacturing shop, you get a manufacturing system.
Choose an MES. Choose Quantum.
Production Control
A tool for the shop must be able to handle the real issues with production. Machines go down. Work backs up. Schedules get behind. What will your ERP do with any of those? Nothing. You suffer through.
You need an MES. You need Quantum.
Scheduling
When you're talking production, you need a tool to handle time, materials and people. The only system that can seamlessly integrated all 3 is an MES. Put the materials where you need them at the right time. Give your people the right instructions to do their work. Keep track of it all with Quantum.
Ship on-time
When you know what's going on and you can control the nuances of your production shop floor, you can ship on-time. Every time. Quantum pushes the work through and warns you when something's in trouble. It then gives you the tools to solve that problem. Quantum is the answer.
The ERP Dilemma
If you're using an ERP for your shop, or if you're looking at expanding your current ERP to your shop, there's a few critical questions you need to think through.
- How does the ERP react when something takes too long or doesn't go as planned?
- What options does it give you to correct the issue?
- How does it let you know what a possible workaround or rework is for the issue you're having?
The team won't be able to answer these questions without massive amounts of customization to make the system do what you want it to do. Why not get one that was built exactly for these everyday issues?
