When Assessing CANTIER Manufacturing ERP Software, BENEFIT comes 1 st while COST should only be Secondary
ERP is an investment in more than just technology. It is investment in the business and its people. The users should try using it with proper training. This is the driving force in moving an organization beyond marginal benefits to a significant return on investment. Training and education arms companies with the knowledge needed to leverage ERP system to take the business to a higher level. The challenge is in the implementation into a company's culture where it becomes an integral part of developing a business and fulfilling a vision. The company takes an investment in time and resources. When assessing Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for your manufacturing business, there s no doubt that the cost of ownership will be the center of management concern, as these solutions modernizes, items such as licensing fees, training, maintenance costs, etc. are taken into consideration. However, the essential substance to consider is how much of a return your company will benefit on this investment. Upon successful implementation of our ERP business solutions, the ROI can be as much as several multiple of your original investment especially for companies that were using manual processes and spreadsheets to manage the production side of the business. Also ROI s are translated on the efficiency realizes in managing the entire company that makes it more profitable. In our experienced, CANTIER ERP literally transforms the culture of a business into one of award-winning lean operations, high performance and enable for continuous improvement. Based on a study that we ve done with our customers to determine what had the biggest impact on ROI after implementing CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP, below are the main contributing factors; To get the best return on your investment, CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP system offers the features and capabilities that delivers the following returns: 1. Reduced labor costs. Lean manufacturing starts with controlling labor costs. With CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP, employees electronically log into the system when they start a job, log out when they finish, and the software automatically records their direct labor. It also assigns any time not on a job to indirect labor, and offers a variety of reporting options so you can make better labor allocation decisions. All of which improves labor efficiency in several important ways: Identifying and scheduling only concerned employees rather than entire department that will render overtime reduces overtime expense. Measuring only direct labor down to the minute will reduce labor cost Decreases non productive employee s downtime that concerns locating lost job orders and other manual monitoring task. Compare employee s time on the job with estimated jobs more accurately.
Can keep track of performing and non-performing employees for evaluation purposes. 2. Precise Inventory Control For Lower Carrying Costs CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP provides a seamless operation by combining all inventory-related activities into one integrated system. Since there is once source of entry, help eliminates the mistakes that often occur with multiple data entry, and ultimately makes a faster in tracking data and materials as they flow through the system. CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP also reduces the processing time and resources required in performing inventory control by automating most or all of the activities that are manually done. Inventory counts are quickly achieve, with lesser involvement of personnel. Improvements come in the following ways: Accurately tracks in detail materials inventory Reduction of inventory carrying costs Keeps track of available materials needed for assembly Traceability of individual parts by lot, bin and serial number With customizable cycle counting, barcoding and scanning capabilities reduces the need for manual inventory counts To optimize your ROI, our system only involves minimal customization since it is designed specifically for manufacturing companies in the Philippines, in that way, it can categorize and track parts in a manner that fits your unique business needs. Also, CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP systems offered mobile capabilities, so that you can receive and move inventory from anywhere on the shop floor. 3. Real-time Cost Accounting for Precise Job Costing and Estimating Having an understanding of your true costs as needed is vital to organization, otherwise you lose potential business transactions. CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP takes the guesswork out of cost accounting by automatically tracks every aspect of a job from start to finish. When you know exactly how much a job costs, you can bid jobs, schedule labor, allocate materials, and price your products accordingly. With, CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP job costing is: FASTER. Availability and accessibility of data in no time. MORE ACCURATE. Eliminates manual errors by automatically recording all labor time, material issuance, and work order information. REAL TIME. Job costing occurs while the work is in progress. As soon as each job closes, you know how much it costs and why. You no longer have to wait days to know how much a job costs. You can stop losing jobs to competitors because you can t get accurate estimates out on time. And you can stop losing money on jobs because your bid was based on inaccurate costing. 4. Fast, flexible scheduling for improved on-time delivery. For many manufacturing firms, scheduling is the #1 anchor on productivity and on-time deliveries. CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP automates the scheduling process so that you can schedule workflow more efficiently and effectively. Managers can monitor the status of every job in progress, and the system automatically tells you which job you should be working on next. By taking into account work center capacities, employee availability and skill level, and other job factors, CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP enables you to improve on the following:
Capacity estimation Labor cost (Direct/Indirect) Changes in customer priorities Job scheduling Employees non-productive time With CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP, orders are accurately estimated, priced and quoted. Materials, labor and tools are utilized at maximum efficiency. Finished goods are packaged, shipped, tracked and invoiced with a high degree of precision. Deliveries are made on time, quality is assured, and the numbers balance out. And you can give customers realistic shipment dates with full confidence that you ll deliver on time. 5. Lower Materials Costs with Automated Purchasing. CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP automated purchasing helps to lower costs by reviewing what you have in inventory and work orders and identifying exactly what you need to buy for each job. Rather than buying in advance and carrying expensive stockpiles of inventory, you buy only as needed, freeing up cash flow for other areas of the business. With CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP, you get: BETTER PRICING. By consolidating all purchasing requirements into one central location, ERP allows you to buy in larger quantities at lower prices. REDUCED INVENTORY. Order what you need, when you need it, for significantly less inventory and lower carrying costs. LOWER OVERHEAD. Reduce the number of staff needed to perform the purchasing function. HUGE COST SAVINGS. Purchasing personnel have the time to conduct the research that supports more efficient and cost-effective purchasing. The Unexpected Dividend Increased Sales in today s just-in-time manufacturing environment, it s easy to get so caught up in getting the product out the door that you don t have time to look at ways to bring new business in the door. With CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP, it s a different story. When you deliver on time every time, word gets out in the marketplace. Existing customers tell others that you re a vendor they can count on. They start looking for ways to give you more business. And previously dissatisfied customers start coming back. CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP can also help close new business by showing potential customers how the software makes your production processes more predictable and reliable. How it makes you accessible to your customers 24/7, and how they don t have to worry about surprises when they place an order with you. Most important, CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP frees up time to think about how to go after bigger and more profitable customers. CANTIER MANUFACTURING ERP (see below list of modules), is an integrated solution. Cantier ERP One is designed to help Small and Mid-size manufacturers to manage and control their manufacturing activities from shop floor to top floor as a single integrated solution at an affordable price. These modules are designed to adequately handle SME manufacturing functions yet trim enough not to burden their limited resources. With this package implementation, SMEs will soon experience and reap the benefits of productivity gain with inventory reduction, thus improving their profits and cash flow that otherwise would not have been possible previously
CANTIER MES (see below list of modules), can be integrated with your existing ERP to have a better management of your shop floor to top floor.