Efficient data flow between engineering and production systems helps manufacturers reduce errors and delays. With many integration tools available, selecting the right one requires a clear evaluation process. Below is a practical checklist of criteria to guide your decision, along with insights into IndustriOS’s exploration of potential CAD integration solutions.

Manufacturing teams rely on CAD systems for product design and ERP platforms for production planning. However, when these systems operate independently, misalignment between engineering and production creates delays, errors, and rework.

Manual transfer of Bills of Materials (BOMs) between CAD and ERP systems remains a persistent drain on manufacturing efficiency. For companies not using INDUSTRIOS ERP, this problem is compounded by the time wasted reconciling design intent with production requirements.

Engineers meticulously design products, creating a detailed Engineering Bill of Materials (EBOM) outlining every component, tolerance, and material. But when that design hits the factory floor, the focus shifts. A Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM) takes over, detailing sourcing, packaging, and production processes.

How do these two essential BOMs stay aligned? What are the key differences? And how can CAD-ERP integration ensure accurate information and smooth manufacturing?

Let’s break it down.

Automate your RFQ to order process with a customer portal to boost efficiency, reduce errors, and enhance the B2B customer journey.

Learn how customer portals improve manufacturing operations and customer satisfaction. Discover 5 key benefits for manufacturers.

Learn why a mobile-friendly customer portal is essential for business success, and discover key features and benefits for on-the-go customers.

Boost efficiency with ERP integration, and enhance your customer experience through real-time data sync and streamlined processes.

AI on the shop floor enhances human expertise, solving waste, downtime, and skills gaps. Discover smart manufacturing’s next phase.

Discover how AI in production scheduling reduces delays, cuts costs, and optimizes resources for efficient manufacturing workflows.

Learn how AI in predictive maintenance helps manufacturers reduce downtime and prevent costly equipment failures on the shop floor.

Discover how AI is transforming supply chain management, replacing manual processes with intelligent systems that use predictive analytics and real-time data to enhance efficiency and decision-making.

Learn how modern ERP systems have evolved into powerful manufacturing analytics engines that help manufacturing companies improve operations and decision-making through features like predictive maintenance and production efficiency analysis.

The guide explains how manufacturing dashboards, analytics, and KPIs in ERP systems provide business intelligence: dashboards show real-time data, analytics uncover patterns, and KPIs track progress toward strategic goals.

This guide to cost analysis for make-to-order manufacturers covers nine methods, including job costing, variance analysis, and capacity utilization, helping manufacturers understand and optimize costs to improve their bottom line.

Are labor, material, and overhead costs eating into your Make-to-Order profits? This guide reveals how understanding costs at each stage – from planning and production to post-production – can empower you to optimize operations.

This blog post reveals 8 key steps to a paperless shop floor, leveraging digital tools like work instructions, barcode scanning, and integrated ERP systems to optimize your manufacturing processes.

After more than three decades in business, we know about the daily challenges in a manufacturing company. Tackling endless reports, overflowing data exports, and multiple software platforms can be overwhelming. That’s why we’ve created INDUSTRIOS Queries Hub – a solution designed to simplify these complexities so you can gather important insights in one accessible place.

As a salesperson quoting for new business, you aim to leverage every tool available to ensure your quotes stand out. INDUSTRIOS has developed a sophisticated quoting system designed to streamline these aspects, enabling you to produce competitive quotes effortlessly.
Continue reading to discover how INDUSTRIOS revolutionizes business quoting, leading to an increase in successful bids and fostering stronger customer relationships.

Keeping production smooth is crucial for manufacturers, especially as they face the challenges of growth and diversification. Dealing with unexpected machine breakdowns, large surprise orders, or parts shortages can significantly disrupt operations. Understanding the advanced planning and scheduling benefits becomes essential in navigating these challenges effectively.

Learn how APS scheduling can improve manufacturing schedules through precision planning, dynamic rescheduling and enhanced visibility

Handling returns effectively is a big part of keeping your customers happy and your operations running smoothly. That’s where Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) transactions come in – they’re the secret sauce to a hassle-free RMA process. Read on and learn about the ins and outs of various RMA transactions and what they mean for your business. Through this, you will acquire the knowledge to refine your return procedures, enhance customer interactions, and effectively control inventory management.

The Return Material Authorization (RMA) process is a vital component of managing product returns for businesses. It allows for the efficient handling of returns, including refunds, replacements, or repairs. By customizing returns with RMA Types, you can streamline your processes and enhance customer satisfaction.

In our previous blog post, we explored the concept of an Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system and its benefits. Today, we’re moving from the theoretical to the practical. Continue reading as we’ll explore how you can seamlessly integrate IndustriOS APS powered by Proxia into your operations and why this is a strategic move that can significantly benefit your company.

In this final installment of our 3-part series on physical inventory counting, we’ll explore cycle counting – a popular alternative to full inventory counts.

In the first part of this 3-part series, we covered the basics of physical inventory counting including the types of counts and their benefits. In this post, we’ll dive deeper into one of the main counting methodologies—full inventory counts.

As we finish out another year, it’s time for many businesses to start planning for their annual physical inventory counts. While this process can feel stressful and disruptive, proper planning and the right tools can help make it more manageable. This is the first installment in a 3-part series that will break down everything you need to know about physical inventory counting.

Staying ahead of the competition involves more than just keeping up with your manufacturing accuracy and speed. It necessitates the smart integration of advanced technology into everyday business practices.

A frontrunner in this digital evolution of manufacturing is the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) functionality from IndustriOS. This solution doesn’t merely respond to industry needs; it actively sets the pace, establishing new benchmarks for operational efficiency and technological advancement.

As we leave our world of bacon and chicken anecdotes behind, we enter a competitive world of discrete manufacturing where the stakes are high and the margin for error is low.

Meet Sally, an account manager who begins her day reviewing sales reports on her computer. Soon she’s off to visit a top client to discuss expanding their contract. On the drive there, Sally gets an alert on her smartwatch to approve an urgent purchase order. She authorizes it swiftly with voice commands.

The world of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is rapidly taking to the hybrid cloud skies. For enterprises in pursuit of migrating from conventional on-premise solutions, the winds of transformative change are undeniably robust.

Whether it’s an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendor or an ERP evaluation consultant, you still need experience and commitment.

In Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations, involvement is good; commitment is better.

Do you find yourself creating the same journal entries every month? Eg: depreciation, amortization, insurance.
You can use the GL Recurring Entries screen to automate and save you some data entry time.

As we previously discussed in Part 1 of this series; when creating items in IndustriOS, the selections you make will determine if the related transactions and processes will run smoothly or grind to a halt. But, with so many different fields to select, and so many options, creating new items can be a daunting and time-consuming task. Part 1 of this series laid the groundwork for how you can optimize your item types to take the guess work out of creating new items.

Here are some of the features that we have added to INDUSTRIOS in the 2nd quarter of this year.

Ever wish you could go back in time to when INDUSTRIOS screens were fresh out of the box? Well now you can, using the Reset Form Appearance to Defaults option. You may have moved and resized many columns but would now like to start fresh. You have the choice of resetting all the screens/forms that have been modified or just the one that is open.

When configuring an item in IndustriOS, the selections you make can determine if the related transactions and processes run smoothly or grind to a halt. But, with so many different fields and options to select, creating new items can be a daunting and time-consuming task. This two-part article series will help you to Super Charge your Item Creation Process to not only save time, but also ensure your items are properly configured to optimize your use of IndustriOS. (This post includes a video!)

If one thing is certain, taxes are part of any for-profit company’s existence. Another certainty is that taxes are rarely simple to calculate. Rules and rates change from State to State, Province to Province and in some cases even City by City. Goods shipped to either side of a street may have different taxation! We have now integrated with a product called AvaTax from Avalara and it is helping our customers take some of the headaches out of taxes.

Have you ever clicked on a Range screen in INDUSTRIOS and nothing happens or the screen appears to be frozen? It is likely that the Range screen is hiding just out of view. Here’s a quick tip to bring the Range back into action.

We hope that our customers see their businesses in our software. New features come from listening to and working alongside our customers. We have now put some structure around that idea funnel and have launched a portal where ideas can be submitted, reviewed, voted and commented on by other customers in the community.

The first quarter of 2022 has whizzed by for us. We were very busy with INDUSTRIOS V2022 but were also able to add some great new features to INDUSTRIOS ERP.

Global Search in Sage 300 is a powerful but streamlined search tool that allows you to quickly search the Sage 300 database to find transactions and records.

Various Users may be involved with the creation and maintenance of Vendor Accounts. The Vendor Management Security allows you to control who has the rights to create and modify specific fields and sections of the Vendor Accounts Workbench.

The defaults assigned to your Employees may require updates from time to time. For example, when a supervisor or department changes. The Employee Mass Update Utility allows those responsible for the maintenance of Employees to quickly roll out these changes.

We have been publishing the Finished Goods since 2018 and the library is full of informative articles to help you get the most out of INDUSTRIOS. Check out the list of all past articles organized by processing area.

We covered a wide range of topics in 2021. Here’s a recap of topics covered in 2021, broken down by processing stream.

The Inventory Activity Query is command central for quantities, commitments and costs for items and locations. You may not be aware that there is an Excel Export available on the On Hand Listing that allows you export the specific elements of interest and lay the groundwork for further analysis.

Mobile Transactions allow you to take the technology to where the activity is happening. It’s the perfect blend of speed, accuracy and convenience. See all of the areas wheere INDUSTRIOS supports mobile transactions.

Every operation has them; those formulas and calculations that are used repeatedly to accurately determine a quantity, time, or other key value. These formulas can be defined and made available throughout the Production and Shop Floor modules.

The ability to save and reuse Finder criteria on Sage 300 screens allows you to quickly switch between views of key information.

Do the dates on your customer orders tend to move a lot? If so, having the system suggest that you pull in or expedite existing supply orders versus generating new suggestions can make life easier for planners. The MRP calculation can consider a number of Expedite Days separately for make and purchased supply. Want to see how these days work in practice?

Are your terms and conditions extensive but standard? Do you have special instructions to vendors that you would like attached to every PO sent by email? You can attach that document to the Parameters and Routing Task and ensure it goes with the email every time.

Sage has now released the Sage 300 2022 version. Find out what’s in store for support for Sage 300 2019, dedicated user licenses, bank feeds, web screen improvements and 64-bit support.

In the world of manufacturing, everything starts with raw material; how much do we need, when do we need it, and how much should it cost. In this article, we focus on the last part of that question – cost. The Purchase Price Analysis (PPA) feature in Industrios gathers purchasing data for a defined period and makes comparisons for the user to analyze. In this article we focus on how to use this tool to assist in the buying process.

Companies that design and build robotics systems must align complex workflows and balance the activities required to complete projects on time and profitably. Learn more about how project-oriented ERP software can be your company’s secret to achieving both on time delivery and manufacturing profitability.

Are there opportunities to leverage common supply functions to increase your margins and competitive advantage on every project? It is often surprising how many opportunities exist to better integrate your supply chain to make significant savings.

Not all workers in your company punch a clock. They work on different projects throughout the day in different stages of completion. Maybe they work at multiple locations or are commissioning projects at customer plants all over the continent. The right tool will allow you to capture all of this labor in a way that’s appropriate.

As a robotics or automation systems integrator, you know that your fulfillment and shipping processes is not always easy, and a quick look at the bill of materials will tell you why.

Sudden cost adjustments midway through a project, or changes in timelines that affect billing milestones, if not accounted for, have a significant impact on the accuracy of budgets, production numbers, ordering and accounting.

If this sounds similar to the challenges faced at your robotics or systems integration company, check out our blog.

Delivering Robotics and Industrial Automation solutions involves coordinating staff, resources, suppliers, contractors, shippers, receivers and management. Timelines can be fast and managing multiple projects at once adds extra challenges.

For small and medium-sized Robotics and Industrial Automation (R-IA) producers, ERP manufacturing software is often dismissed as either too big or too expensive, not fully meeting specific needs.

Are you leveraging what you have learned from past projects and applying it to future projects? There are many moving pieces to successfully delivering a system. Production is at the core but keen project management and workflow that supports initial design to post sales and service all contribute to overall success.

ERP systems cut their teeth on the planning of materials but have evolved to integrate, manage, and inform the network of people, resources and processes used to run businesses. ERP can also act as a hub in the continuous cycle of progressive improvement.

Planning lays the foundation for all business activities that follow. Finance professionals need to ensure that they are developing a plan that they can trust, and that maximizes profitability while taking full advantage of available resources.

In the Execute phase of the Plan Execute Monitor Analyze (PEMA) cycle of progressive improvement, the plan is underway. Attention now shifts to communication, efficiencies, and resources to ensure that everyone is working on the right things. Does everyone have the tools and information to do their job well and make the best financial decisions for the business ?

In the Monitoring phase of the Plan Execute Monitor and Analyze (PEMA) cycle, we are on the lookout for channel markers, shoals and maybe even icebergs. In other words, where is the risk? These are your business measures that are out of tolerance or signaling that they are off track, or about to be.

In the Analysis phase of the Plan Execute Monitor and Analyze (PEMA) progressive improvement cycle, we look for insight that could require a course correction or perhaps full steam ahead. The pool needs to be deep enough to get to root causes and the identification of opportunities that fuel the planning cycle.

Lots can happen with a Sales Order between initial order placement and shipment. Workflow helps you control what changes are permitted during the order’s lifecycle. The Sales Order Log can track those changes every step of the way and provide an audit trail of who changed what and when.

Your sales team is busy with prospects. Sales needs to record basic information during quoting before the prospect becomes a customer. Use the Account Type to identify an account as a prospect and manage the controlled transition to customer after you have won their business.

Do you have items that have been produced specifically for a customer or group of customers that you wish to limit sale to only those customers? The ‘Requires Approval to Sell’ flag on the Inventory Master helps you control who can purchase that product.

Every operation has them. Items that are not tracked as perpetual inventory but are of interest from a reporting and cost perspective. These are items such as shop supplies and items that use visual replenishment methods. The Non Stocking / Non Quantity Bearing Item Type fits these situations nicely.

Engineering controls the identification of your internal part numbers but each supplier for that item typically has their own reference. The Vendor Item Cross Reference allows you to associate multiple vendor references to a single inventory item, allowing you to rationalize the Item Master and simplify maintenance of your bills of material.

Is there news at an account that you want your team to be aware of? Has there been an office move or an organizational change? Adding and checking Customer Notes is a great habit to develop when communicating with customers.

The Receiving Inspection Module – Vendor Inspection Report evaluates everything you hope for from your vendors – on time deliveries that also meet your inspection standards. Get to know this insightful report.

Do you have sales orders that you “quick ship”? Do you need to kick the shipping process into gear as soon as the order is confirmed? If so, you will be interested in the Create Shipment System Action available on Sales Order Workflow.

The INDUSTRIOS Material Request module facilitates the request and delivery of materials to your operating areas. If there’s not enough inventory, requests go unfilled, causing issues downstream. The Waiting for Inventory Workbench provides a centralized and actionable view of these shortages.

We often get questions about recommended maintenance at the end of a fiscal period. These questions normally surface after investigation of the G/L Periodic Processing folder in Sage 300. We dive into Period End Maintenance in this article.

The FOG Software Group has acquired FACTON. FACTON will remain as an independent entity and become part of FOG’s Smart Manufacturing Initiative.

The end of development for the Magic version of INDUSTRIOS was a major milestone. With INDUSTRIOS Version 4 we have set the stage for the technical leap to Microsoft.Net and MSQL. As a result, support for Magic versions of INDUSTRIOS will end on December 31, 2021.

If you need to brush up on some of the concepts covered in this post, please see past Ledger Lines articles for Using Dynamic Statement Titles Part 1 and Part 2 as well as a post on Using Helper Rows. Let’s get started with the rolling 12-month report. For our report to work, it needs to know the starting period for the […]

At some point in our day to day posting of transactions in Sage 300 we have all likely come across the “Document Already Exists” posting error. Here are some tricks to identifying and resolving the error so that you can move on to posting that document.

The Inquiry Tool is one of the most popular features available with Sage 300c Web Screens. This powerful tool allows you to quickly and easily find information that exists in your Sage 300c system.

Switching banks or opening a new account at an existing bank are common activities in the treasury area. With any of these scenarios you will need to set up a new Bank in Sage 300. Follow along as we review the related steps.

Sage Intelligence Reporting (SIR) is a powerful tool for financial statement creation and generation. SIR simplifies the design of financial statements by providing consistent, custom formulas in the familiar world of Excel. In this post, we discuss how to customize “out of the box” SIR reports. First up is the Financial Trend Analysis Report.

Business slowdowns happen. No business or sector is perfect, and there are areas of improvement for all of us. There are many articles written about how to come out of a slowdown stronger. The common thread to these is an emphasis on how you use the additional time you have on your hands during the slowdown period. Used judiciously, time invested in continuous improvement invariably leads to a stronger business.

Your fiscal year-end has come and gone and the General Ledger for last year is closed. Your accountants are hard at work reviewing the prior year’s numbers and adjustment journal entries are likely coming. No need to worry! Sage 300cloud has set aside a period specifically for this purpose.

Constellation Software Shoplogix Acquires IndustriOS Software, Inc.

The right ERP helps avoid these lingering questions when it’s time to stage and ship your project to the customer

Accurate project information at your fingertips all in one place. What more could a project manager want?

Accurate costing, percent-of-completion and cash flow management at your fingertips

Finding your niche is key in discrete manufacturing, but so is adaptability and customization

Make complicated time management run smoothly and facilitate efficient time-tracking

Mastering your value chain is more than cost discipline — it’s a competitive edge

In any company that prides itself on custom work, it may be difficult to envision how anything can be standardized while still delivering the products and services customers depend on.
Project manufacturers must find a way to reframe their view of their projects and think about “how” they’re making versus “what” they’re making and look for those interconnected, repeatable elements.

Companies that deliver end to end robotics systems must align complex workflows and balance the activities required to complete projects on time and profitably. Learn more about how a project-oriented ERP can be your company’s secret to better margins, better purchasing and better customer service.

What Users can see and do in Sage 300cloud is controlled by the security options within Administrative Services. This security level controls access to screens but what about the fields on the screens? See how UI Profiles can be used to control access to specific fields.

As our first volume of Finished Goods comes to a close, let’s take a moment to look at the various topics covered in the each of the previous 11 Issues.

Supply strategies come in all shapes and sizes – you make, you buy, you have a 3rd party make all or part for you. This third strategy is commonly known as Contract Manufacturing.

INDUSTRIOS is proud to be an exhibitor at EDPA Access 2018, hosted in Naples, Florida, from Nov 28 – 30, 2018 at the Naples Grande Beach Resort.
Visit our booth #103 to learn all about the INDUSTRIOS Orange Factor.

Project Managers need accurate project information at their fingertips all in one place. Let’s take a look and see what we come up with.

Percent of Completion and Completed Contract are common Accounting concepts in an Experiential Design and Fabrication world. Projects often have many elements. Accurate and up to date costing and timelines is critical to ensuring that everyone is making the most informed decisions possible…what better way to handle these challenges than to implement a unique ERP system.

This is never a question that Experiential Design Firms want their customers to be asking themselves. One way to ensure this doesn’t happen is to have the right ERP system to keep all the needed supplies and shipments organized.

Every company needs employees to track their time and report attendance for payroll. An efficient ERP system can make this process less of a burden by providing a way for Experiential Designing companies to track both timesheet and timecard type entries

For successful, disciplined project management in the Experiential sector, companies must look beyond simple costing, budgeting and managing milestones. Expert supply integration is a key area that must be mastered, and having a well-specified ERP system such as INDUSTRIOS at your fingertips can help.

There is definite common ground between the experiential marketing industry and the traditional good-producing manufacturing sectors. Find out how INDUSTRIOS software helps them succeed.

Who would have ever thought the design and creative industries would benefit from a relationship with the manufacturing sector? What common ground could they possibly have? Lets find out…

INDUSTRIOS Software is pleased to announce the launch of INDUSTRIOS PlantChat, an online appointment booking tool to facilitate the “ask and answer” of short training questions with the INDUSTRIOS team.

INDUSTRIOS Activity Types allow you to define activities and appointments according to your business processes and to standardize communications throughout your organization. Did you know that you can add tokens to the Default Subject and Message of an activity to pull in relevant information to the activity?

Introducing PlantHours: a new way for Industrios customers to refresh knowledge of features currently in-use, and get exposed to new functionality within Industrios.

Welcome to the first issue of The Finished Goods, the INDUSTRIOS monthly newsletter that highlights tips and features to help you get the most out of INDUSTRIOS.

INDUSTRIOS provides Production control and Project manufacturing ERP software for tool makers.

The marketing fabrication sector is a growing niche for INDUSTRIOS Software.

Sage Software announces the release of Sage 300 2018.0 on August 1, 2017, with a focus on modernization and intuitive functionality.

Effective October 1, 2017, Sage 300c will be the only Sage 300 offering available for new customers and customers off-plan under Sage guidelines for greater than three months. Transition from now until October 1, 2017.

For all the benefits associated with Time and Attendance system, integration to production costing may well be the most important of all for manufacturers.

Purchasing the right ERP software is only half the battle. Training your people on how to use it effectively and consistently is the other half. Here’s some tips on how to do that.

INDUSTRIOS Time and Attendance helps SmithCo obtain job cost information in real time while streamlining the payroll process.

Whether it’s an ERP vendor or an ERP evaluation consultant, you still need experience and commitment.

Join us for this 45-minute live webinar, where we’ll explore the concept of the INDUSTRIOS Invisible Factory and how it’s reshaping manufacturing businesses.

In ERP implementations, involvement is OK; commitment is much better.

Confused about how to take your manufacturing IT to the next level? You’re not alone. ERP consulting companies are creating dense fog around Cloud computing for discrete manufacturers.

ERP Elites would like you to believe that the cloud realm is exclusive to software accessible via browser, and licensed under a subscription model. TMI and INDUSTRIOS beg to differ. TMI had previously been running INDUSTRIOS on premise, chose to deploy on the cloud, without changing the interface or the licensing.

Following their successful INDUSTRIOS implementation, SmithCo Mfg. Inc. realized significant improvements throughout their entire operations.

INDUSTRIOS Software, Inc., developer of the INDUSTRIOS ERP Manufacturing Suite, announced today its recent agreement with Electrovaya (TSX:EFL) to deploy INDUSTRIOS ERP at its Mississauga location

Our new website is in commemoration of twenty years of success. It underlines and re-states INDUSTRIOS’ commitment to discrete manufacturers, and our quest to help you manufacture intelligently.

The question of shelf-ware comes up time and again when discussing integrated software implementations. Why does an organization commit to purchasing software and then find reasons to not implement the software? In this first of a 2 part article, we will explore a more basic reason that software becomes shelf ware; cost.

Part 2 – In this second part of a 2 part article, we will further explore a basic reason that software becomes shelf ware; total cost of ownership.

Robert Poe from Toolbox.com says that four key factors should be considered when researching the best ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system for your company, as outlined in the Ziff-Davis white paper entitled “Beginner’s Guide to ERP Implementation.” We all know making informed decisions is essential in your daily operations, and with a little digging, credible information and good old-fashioned common sense, purchasing your perfect ERP software may be easier than you think.

On a recent cycle commute to work through Mississauga and Oakville, a bus shelter caught my eye, I recognized it as the work of Daytech Limited, an INDUSTRIOS customer that builds transit & bike shelters, entryway covers throughout North America.

Leone Fence is a long term user of Sage ERP Accpac and wanted to keep using Accpac while adding a manufacturing system to address their inventory and operational issues. In the fence manufacturing business in Ontario you have 8 months in which to complete 12 months of work due to constraints imposed by the weather.

Oakville, Ontario, August 17, 2011 – Auto-Valve Inc. (AVI), the leader in aerospace valve design and manufacture for 60 years, recently upgraded their manufacturing system to streamline their quoting process, improve inventory management and gain better quality traceability in shipping and purchasing, and INDUSTRIOS has their business processes flowing.

Oakville, Ontario, August 19, 2011 – INDUSTRIOS Software Inc., developer of INDUSTRIOS manufacturing and distribution suite, is pleased to announce that Leone Fence is now poised for growth after integrating INDUSTRIOS with their existing Sage 300 ERP, formerly Sage ERP Accpac system. Leone Fence’s thriving fencing business in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is moving to the next level of success.

Universal Motion Components (UMC), headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, is a privately owned company with offices in North America and Asia and noted for supplying the original equipment manufacturers with high quality parts for the past 35 years. UMC takes pride in serving the agriculture and construction industries, and excels in drive line components for irrigation systems.

An Analyst Insight document published by Nick Castellina of the Aberdeen Group in March 2013 prompted me to speak up for the silent cloudless majority.

With all the hoopla surrounding Cloud Computing it is difficult not to have an opinion about what it is, when it’s applicable, who is it applicable for and in what instances. This text presents an approach that is gaining in adoption, the Hybrid ERP approach.

The sales spin from ERP software suite vendors is that theirs is a seamlessly integrated solution. A closer look reveals that even though the vendor is unique, many components of ERP suites contain elements of integration.

Manufacturing applications can benefit from a Hybrid Cloud IT deployment. Depending on the business process, type of business, and other factors, hybrid deployment can mold itself to your needs.

The need for innovation is essential to compete globally, to meet changing consumer demands, and to ensure financial prosperity in southern Ontario. Times are changing, and so is innovation in Ontario.

Silicon Valley. To many, these words represent industry, innovation, investment, technology companies, students, graduates, and money. Known as “…the largest innovation corridor in the world,” warm Californian breezes and palm trees may also enter the equation. But replace the latter with temperate values and green fields, and you have the future of Canadian manufacturing.

More and more companies are choosing a hybrid ERP approach. Loyalty, growth and functionality all play a part in these decisions. Read on for more.

Welcome to the INDUSTRIOS blog! INDUSTRIOS Software has been in the business of developing and implementing manufacturing software since 1994, it’s all we do. Our product has evolved over the years by working closely with manufacturers in all types of industries. Integrated with Sage 300 ERP, formerly Sage ERP Accpac and Sage ERP PFW, to provide powerful manufacturing software.

GCW Kitchens & Cabinetry Inc., a sought-after custom cabinetry company offering “the finest value, quality craftsmanship” for the entire home and office, is a new member of the INDUSTRIOS customer family. Following the successful implementation of INDUSTRIOS throughout their operations, they are very pleased with the results.

Another happy customer. And many happy new users, too. SmithCo, Inc., otherwise known as “the number 1 side dump manufacturer,” is the most recent addition to the family of INDUSTRIOS customers. Following the successful implementation of INDUSTRIOS throughout their operations, they couldn’t be more pleased (and neither could we!).