Ready, Set, Go! Wait, do we have everything?
The right ERP helps avoid these lingering questions when it’s time to stage and ship your project to the customer
The task of shipping your products seems simple. Make stuff, put it in a box, load it on a truck and drive it to your customer.
For a project manufacturer, however, it’s never this easy, and a quick look at the bill of materials will tell you why.
Industrial projects, like a robotic welding cell or industrial conveyor system for example, will consist of dozens or even hundreds of parts to be assembled at the customer’s site. Some of these components will be as large as a CNC machine or robotic arm, while others will consist of a few custom-machined bolts that just so happen to be the lynchpin of the entire design.
Organizing a shipment that consists of so many individual pieces requires a robust system to plan, track and verify that all parts are present and staged before shipping. Add the complications of multiple, cascading shipments or less-than-truckload lots, and things get hairy fast.
Imagine having a crew of workers ready to commission a project at the customer’s site, only to discover the one part they are waiting for is sitting on your dock 600 kilometres away – you can almost hear your profit margin evaporating.
With an ERP designed specifically to help project-oriented manufacturers, these headaches are a thing of the past.
With INDUSTRIOS ERP, you can organize items made, items bought, weldments and assemblies and ship them in sequence to ensure everything is ready for start-up. Regardless of the items or the number of shipment and destination locations, INDUSTRIOS can organize it all.
