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manufacturing and production control
run your business with QuickBooks and your shop with Quantum
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inventory management
QuickBooks does not keep your inventory. It doesn't track your raw materials or ingredients. It cannot update your produced parts or finished goods. You don't know what you have to work on, ship or stock. Quantum can track and trace inventory from receiving through true usage on the shop floor. Automate your inventory and solve your materials issues.
production scheduling
QuickBooks cannot produce or keep a production schedule for your team. It doesn't know who's here today and what work they can do. It cannot tell you what's on-time and what's running late. It doesn't run production. Quantum can automate your production schedule and keep your team on track for the work today, tomorrow and beyond. Stay on target.
job board
QuickBooks cannot track jobs. It doesn't know whether you have 1 or 100 and where they are in process. It cannot run a production process and does not know where to apply materials or people. Quantum can track your work for you so you can focus on getting it done. Automate your workflow and make sure every job gets done on time with the resources you have today.
production control for QuickBooks users
You manufacture things. QuickBooks runs your financials, but does not have the inventory management or production control you need for tight control of your production processes. You need a platform to get visibility and control of your Production Operations. You need a tool that does Inventory Management, Production Scheduling, has a Job Board and does Order Management. You need Quantum.
If you're running QuickBooks desktop and haven't moved to the cloud yet, you may be struggling with a maximum database size. For those of you who have years of data in QuickBooks, this can be a real issue. Don't let that stand in the way of your production team getting what they need. An ERP installation is a year-long, highly expensive process. An inventory system won't run your shop floor. And project management software won't truly help you, although it is a creative way to get work done. You need a true production system. You need Quantum.
process design
QuickBooks can't design a routing and can't push one through production. If you need to design, manage, track or work a series of steps in a specific order in your shop (and who doesn't?), look to Quantum to close the gap. Design one or more processes from simple routings to complex sets of integrated process steps. Ensure that every step of your process is followed.
production control
QuickBooks doesn't know what production is. It can track the financial results of the work you do, but cannot manage the people, processes, job and materials to manage that money well. Manage every job on your shop floor on-time without opening a spreadsheet or tracking down a routing, whether you have one big job or 1,000s all at once.
quality control
QuickBooks doesn't know quality other than through write-offs that you might take after production is done. You need better tools to actively manage quality every day. Demand complete compliance with your processes and your audit requirements. Reallocate work automatically or on-demand with the touch of a button.
use Quantum to close the gaps better than an expensive ERP package
order management
Some of you are using a CRM to capture orders. Others haven't committed to that yet. Quantum manages all the work you have. Enter orders directly into Quantum and let it do the work for you. It verifies you have the inventory you need to do the work. It checks for available work centers and people. It schedules the work where you have openings in the schedule. Quantum runs everything in your shop but the financials.
production dashboards
QuickBooks reports on prior performance. If you need to know how last month went, go to your general ledger. But if you want to know how things are going right now, look to Quantum. Get an immediate view of the work on the shop floor and its progress towards completion. Quantum does all the heavy-lifting for you as you do your daily work.
team communication
QuickBooks provides no communication for you and your team to get through the day. If you want to manage the work on your shop floor without exhausting yourself by pacing it every minute, look to Quantum. Ensure every member of your shop can communicate with the right team(s) without wandering around. Send alerts or just leave notes for future shifts.
QuickBooks versus ERP
You're running your business on QuickBooks. It's a strong platform for the front office and you've found it works well for you. But it doesn't have the expansive capabilities of a traditional ERP. You're wondering if you should upgrade your entire platform to get visibility and control of your production team. ERP implementations are long. They can take upwards of several years and hundreds of thousands of dollars. If you don't have the time, money or patience for that, look to a production system to run your shop and keep QuickBooks doing what it does so well for you already. Quantum can power your shop, save you money and time, and give you immediate visibility into your Production Operations.
what makes us qualified?
While we don't have 40 years' experience, we're closing in on 30. We're specialists in operator-centric work. If you have people on your shop floor managing your work and you need to manage them, we can help. We're specifically priced and structured to help manufacturers of all sizes. With QuickBooks especially, we're teamed up with small businesses.