New Chapter Now Available: How To Choose A Right-sized Manufacturing System - The Basics of Planning

It is easy to say “We should do better planning” but actually accomplishing this goal is often very difficult – virtually impossible without strict procedures coupled with a computerized system.
Effective planning is often illusive for manufacturing firms whether they are small or large, but for different reasons.

Small manufacturing firms usually lack the manpower required to “get organized” and implement sufficiently strict policies and procedures where planning is possible. Without strict procedures, small firms generally will revert to “seat-of-the-pants” operations where all efforts of focused on getting through to the end of the day... read more

As you continue to hunt for the right manufacturing solution, take a look at this free resource: "How To Choose a Right-sized Manufacturing System"

It's an unbiased, five chapter series written by David Brown, the CEO of MISys Manufacturing. After working with manufacturers for 25 years, Dave really knows his stuff... it's like getting a top-dollar consultant for free. Click, read, enjoy.

We had a fantastic showing for part 1 of the 4-part webinar series for Peachtree users.  "Peachtree Quantum Manufacturing Edition (QME) Overview".  The video has been archived here - http://www.misysinc.com/webinar/ 

Enjoy!

“So, exactly how old are you?”

Sometimes this is an easy question to answer. Sometimes it isn’t. For MISys Manufacturing, we first started selling our manufacturing software in 1977 when we were based in Massachusetts. Then in 1983 we moved to God’s country and registered our company name in the Green Mountain state of Vermont. We tend to consider that as the beginning of our company, though we were already in the business for 6 years by that time.

So, we are 33 years old by one way of thinking, and 27 by another. We like to think of it as being in business for “over 25 years” and leave it at that. Maybe it makes us all feel a little younger that way.

The two biggest lies when the Auditor makes a surprise visit:

Manufacturer: “Good to see you.”
Auditor: “I’m only here to help.”

Medical device manufacturers are accustomed to seeing auditors. There are the “independent” auditors hired by the manufacturer to visit twice a year just to test the systems and make sure that everything is in place. Then there are the insurance accreditation auditors, plus the OEM’s internal and external auditors for subcontract work, the ISO 13485:2003 certification auditors, and the big daddy of them all – the FDA. For even the well prepared, the heart still skips a beat and the chest tightens a bit when the auditor walks through the door.

MISys Manufacturing can help. The Serial Lot Tracking module of MISys was designed to trace raw materials, sub-assemblies and finished goods in inventory. MISys silently logs every transaction involving a serialized or lot tracked items through physical inventory, purchasing and production. Manufacturers using Serial Lot Tracking can easily generate detailed audit reports to satisfy virtually any regulatory agency, giving them confidence to say:

“We’re in great shape. I look forward to your report.”

MISys Guys on the Road!

We've blogged about each of these individually but the MISys guys just want to remind you that we may in a town near you in the next two weeks. We are attending the Sage Insights show starting next week in Denver, CO. Hope to see all our business partners and our strategic parters at the show. This will be the 27th consecutive Sage/Accpac show MISys has attended since becoming a development partner back in..??? - well let's not go there.

And after we return from Denver we pack up again and head for the Scaling New Herghts show in Atlanta at Stone Mountain, GA. For all you QuickBooks fans come see us at the show! The MISys guys then get a break until fall when off we go again to the Intuit Solution Provider Summitt in October in Los Angeles and in November to the Accountng Solutions Conference put on my our friends at the Sleeter Group.

We really enjoy getting out from MISy world headquarters in Woodstock, Vermont to see in person all the folks we talk to on a regualr basis by phone and email. Hope to see you in person soon!

Identifying Specific Objectives - This is chapter three of How To Choose a Right-sized Manufacturing System. http://www.misysinc.com/downloads/rssfeeds/choose/choose03.htm