tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136927072024-03-07T15:15:02.406-05:00Manufacturing Information Systems (MISys, Inc.)A weblog focused on manufacturing issues and systems in general, and from the specific perspective of Manufacturing Information Systems (MISys).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225688775675079944noreply@blogger.comBlogger303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-65661490325729687202012-11-28T11:05:00.000-05:002012-12-12T11:42:13.722-05:00C. Return it and get what you need! Buyer's remorse can be more than just a sense of regret. Sometimes you bought the wrong product. The question is this: what are you going to do about it?
You have some choices:
a) Suffer through it. A couple of years ago I got a great deal on running shoes out of the bargain box at a local sporting goods store. They were a little tight - about a 1/2 size too small Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-42767151003926913262012-10-22T15:11:00.000-04:002012-11-06T16:31:47.779-05:00MISys Launches Easy Purchasing App for QuickBooks Users
MISys Automates Inventory Purchases for QuickBooks through MISys Easy Purchasing App
Woodstock, VT
October 22, 2012
Software developer, MISys, Inc., today launched MISys Easy Purchasing, a desk-top application for QuickBooks users. The product automates inventory purchases for manufacturers and wholesalers, saving companies time and reducing inventory levels. MISys Easy Purchasing is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-80267105519333130172012-09-28T13:57:00.001-04:002012-09-28T14:22:15.224-04:00Expertech South Africa to Promote MISys Manufacturing in southern AfricaBernard Ford, Expertech CEO, adds the manufacturing software to a portfolio of products that integrate with Sage 300 ERP Accounting software.
“We are very fortunate to be working with Bernard Ford at Expertech,” said Dave Brown, CEO and President of MISys. “He has extensive experience selling and servicing Sage accounting products in South Africa and the bordering countries. We areAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225688775675079944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-6678939915945818412012-09-18T11:46:00.003-04:002012-09-18T11:46:50.662-04:00MISys Manufacturing Software Version 6.0 | FAQs(Used with permission. This content created by Sean Fitzsimmons of Central Nervous Systems - an experienced MISys Implementation Partner).
Today, MISys announced the release of the next major version of MISys
Manufacturing - MISys 6.0. I am writing to let you know what this means for your
business, in the form of a Q&A list as follows:Question: How
is this different from a minor Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225688775675079944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-11745211572537134222012-07-02T22:04:00.000-04:002012-07-02T22:04:51.937-04:00Back from Scaling New HeightsBack from Scaling New Heights
The MISys Guys have recently returned from Nashville where we participated in the Scaling New Heights Conference and Exhibition.
SNH turned out to be an excellent opportunity to connect with QuickBooks consultants who wish to push their practices to more profitable market segments. Visitors to the MISys Booth will soon be receiving more information about the MISysDave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-63049088737061101842012-06-12T12:30:00.000-04:002012-06-13T09:33:13.938-04:00MISys Up and Running at Scaling New HeightsMISys Manufacturing is organizing an informal 5k fun run/walk in East Nashville during the Scaling New Heights conference. The run is Monday, June 18th at 6am.
To participate, meet in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel at 5:45am to get a ride to the start point/end point at the Bongo East Java coffee shop at the corner of 11th and Holly in East Nashville. This is 2.7 miles from the hotel.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0611 Commerce St, Nashville, TN 37203, USA36.160889 -86.780899536.1592865 -86.783367 36.162491499999994 -86.778432000000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-84142825748605292742012-05-25T10:47:00.000-04:002012-05-25T10:47:16.136-04:00Custom Mobile Alerts in MISys Manufacturing
One of my customers wondered how the sales and/or shipping
staff would know when an order had been completed in MISys and transferred to
Sage 50 Quantum Accounting (formerly Sage Peachtree Quantum). This would apply, of
course, to a Make-to-Order scenario where there is a specific sales order
linked to each production order (either Work Order or Mfg Order).
So I created a Sales Order in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225688775675079944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-69001648490348246942012-04-30T18:19:00.001-04:002012-04-30T18:24:31.322-04:00Confirming Serial/Lot Numbers in MISys Manufacturing
There is little chance that you’ll decide to track serial/lot numbers for the sheer fun of it. Most manufacturing companies take on the added burden of tracking raw materials and finished good because some regulatory agency demands it. One of the other things that regulatory agencies demand is the assurance that, once you have assigned a serial number of lot number to an item in a stock Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-53786624356679976922012-04-20T21:48:00.002-04:002012-04-24T10:06:59.815-04:00Serial/Lot Tracking Ease of Use FactorsAs I’ve discussed in previous posts, manufacturing software that performs real serial/lot tracking is more difficult to use and more labor intensive to maintain than software that “fakes it” by just providing a text field in the item master to record serial/lot numbers. Therefore it is incumbent on the designers of the software to make it as easy as possible to use while maintaining the integrityDave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-48293987496288775962012-04-17T22:33:00.003-04:002012-04-24T10:07:15.484-04:00Serial Number Tracking for Manufacturing CompaniesIn my previous postings about lot tracking in a manufacturing environment, I tried to differentiate between manufacturing business management systems that take a shortcut to lot tracking and those that perform what I call “cradle-to-grave” lot tracking. I feel it is important to make this distinction because the latter will satisfy regulatory agencies such as FDA and FAA (as well as meeting ISO Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-16025614246694846942012-04-10T16:09:00.004-04:002012-04-24T10:07:28.052-04:00Cradle To Grave Lot TrackingIn my last post about lot tracking in a manufacturing environment, I tried to differentiate between software that allows you to record the lot number of materials you receive and complete -- and software that maintains an auditable connection between received raw materials and completed finished goods.
The cheap way to implement lot tracking in a software product is to maintain a table of lot Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-16555795532703855482012-04-08T21:41:00.006-04:002012-04-24T10:07:50.826-04:00More About Lot Tracking In A Manufacturing CompanyManufacturers often need to track lot numbers for one of two reasons (sometimes both):
They need to uniquely identify the source of raw materials.
They need to identify the destination of a group of finished goods.
Many inventory management systems offer lot tracking capabilities and have provisions for capturing the lot number of raw materials you receive as well as the lot number of Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-73988137409056968192012-04-03T16:08:00.006-04:002012-04-24T10:08:02.581-04:00Complexities of Lot Tracking
When you are looking for a right-sized manufacturing software system, lot tracking is another one of the “deal-breaker” features that, if you need to perform this level of tracking, will eliminate a great many prospective manufacturing solutions.
Lot tracking is difficult by any measure.
First, the software required to track lot numbers in a manufacturing environment is difficult to write (weDave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-80560597800876726972012-03-29T15:26:00.003-04:002012-03-30T08:28:41.420-04:00Performing Bin Tracking in MISys ManufacturingMy guess is that Bin Tracking grew out of manufacturing software vendors need to track inventory for customers who keep their stock distributed in multiple containers. For example, injection molding companies keep raw plastic pellets in multiple silos. Fabric manufacturers roll finished material on cardboard tubes called “bolts.” Chemical manufacturers may have multiple railcars-full of any Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-35171052834200749742012-02-14T22:12:00.007-05:002012-02-16T10:56:35.080-05:00Practicality of Capacity PlanningCapacity Planning is technically a component of MRP II. It is a system that analyzes your capacity to produce a product (more likely a long list of products) and compares that to what it knows about your ability to produce the product.
A few low- to mid-range manufacturing control systems advertise capacity planning capabilities. Based on the comparison of production demand and supply, they can Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-59753254914353035902012-02-13T15:50:00.003-05:002012-02-13T15:52:10.429-05:00"I just bought MISys Manufacturing... now what?"Fair question. You have 3 options for implementation.
Do it yourself
Use the MISys SureStart program to help you
Hire a professional to do the work
Do it Yourself (DIY) implementationIn our experience, this rarely works. Implementing a manufacturing system is complicated and can be intimidating. It is possible to do it on your own, and we have customers who have done it, but you Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225688775675079944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-76613729890706251852012-01-16T15:15:00.007-05:002012-01-16T15:53:57.544-05:00Best-In-Breed works for Ski Racing Equipment and for Software SolutionsAs a former alpine ski racer, I used to mix and match my equipment depending upon the best skis, best bindings, and best boots. Rarely were they the same brand. It worked pretty well. Now, the biggest ski manufacturers own boot and binding brands, so a ski racer will get one brand for all equipment – mostly because of price incentives. It certainly makes it easier as a buyer, but the components Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-8054147571960505172011-12-15T14:15:00.005-05:002011-12-28T08:09:17.378-05:00Year-End 2011 TipsHere are two year-end tips from the very talented Sonia Gray, ERP Practice Manager, http://www.netatwork.com/
Correcting lot tracking assignments
Prepared by Sonia Gray, http://www.netatwork.com/
December 2011
If you’re using Lot Tracking in MISys Manufacturing, year end often includes cleaning up old unassigned lot tracking records and making sure all lots are reconciled. I often get Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225688775675079944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-82912735808485374432011-10-26T22:12:00.001-04:002011-10-26T22:26:59.108-04:00The Cost and Benefit Of Shop Floor ControlTechnically, shop floor control is a component of MRP II because it deals with the allocation of labor and other resources used in various production tasks. The theory is that by accurately controlling and analyzing the amount of planned and un-planned work done on any particular production order, you can derive a very accurate cost for everything you make and thus produce a financial statement Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-9952352949048019662011-09-27T22:08:00.005-04:002012-12-06T15:59:39.049-05:00What is MRP? MRP I & MRP II DefinedMaterial Requirements Planning (MRP I)
Following the strict APICS definition, MRP (more accurately MRP I, read MRP-one) is a system that helps a manufacturer plan their purchasing and production activities, and when necessary, create the required purchase orders and production orders in time to meet customer commitments.
This leads to the Great Paradox of Manufacturing:
An inventory Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-14103359238454812322011-09-21T15:43:00.002-04:002011-09-21T15:44:34.413-04:00Top Tips: A guide to successful software implementation from MISys ManufacturingOf the 7000+ software installations we have performed, the most successful implementations came from businesses that did their homework! It boils down to these critical steps:
Define Goals
What are your pain points? And what would success look like? Invite others into the conversation and listen to multiple perspectives.
Get and Maintain Buy-In
Consider the impact on Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225688775675079944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-8696743063073316762011-09-19T22:56:00.001-04:002011-09-19T22:58:57.863-04:00What Good Are Simple Planning Tools?Manufacturers who are suffering at the hands of bloated inventories, missing deliveries, and angry customers don’t usually bring up planning as one of their objectives in acquiring a manufacturing system. “Who’s supposed to be steering the boat when both of us have to be down here bailing the bilge” they cry.
Assuming there is some real hope of staunching the flood and relieving at least some ofDave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-30358406693062623932011-09-04T22:27:00.003-04:002011-09-04T22:31:15.260-04:00Sunday - September 4, 2011One of the great things about living in a small rural community is that whenever there is a need, the populace turns out to assist. Such is the case in Woodstock (and all over Vermont for that matter) as citizens mobilize to help those who suffered the most loss during last weekend's flash floods.
Since school is scheduled to open on Tuesday, Disaster Central has been relocated from the Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-22359583410521088832011-09-03T21:01:00.003-04:002011-09-03T21:34:16.126-04:00Saturday - September 3, 2011On my 3 mile trip through Woodstock to the MISys offices yesterday, I started counting dump trucks -- ranging from small 7-yard models up to the big 30-yard haulers. Count: 23 trucks in just 18 minutes. Each of these is loaded with rocks and gravel being used to fill in the massive ditches that used to be roads.
Today we learned that the State of Vermont has decied to allow the removal of Dave Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717279649442667141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13692707.post-30112369421024463982011-09-02T09:18:00.003-04:002011-09-02T19:29:34.978-04:00Friday - September 2, 20118:00am: MISys is back up and running!
MISys now has electric service and we are back up and running! Unfortantely any emails sent to us after Monday of this week were bounced.
If you received a bounce notice (or just didn't get any response) please resend it and we'll answer it as soon as possible. All phones and email accounts are now working.
The roads will take Terry Merrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09342162705246509958noreply@blogger.com0