The Hidden Cost of Integration Sprawl in Manufacturing
You probably didn’t plan to run seven systems. A warehouse management system (WMS) came in when you opened the second site. A customer relationship management (CRM) tool arrived because sales needed better order visibility. The scheduling tool followed when the shop floor started missing commit dates. Then came the electronic data interchange (EDI) platform, a customer requirement, […]
DSO is a payments problem, not a collections problem
Manufacturing DSO has climbed to historic highs. The lever to release working capital sits at the moment of payment, not in collections intensity. When days sales outstanding climbs, the reflex inside most finance teams is to turn to the collections department. More calls. Tighter dunning cadences. Pressure on customers who are slow to pay. The […]
Five Signs Your ERP Is Always One Step Behind the Floor
Most of the legacy ERP problems manufacturers struggle with trace back to a single cause, and it has very little to do with how fast the software runs. The deeper issue is timing: a system built to record what already happened will always show you the floor as it looked a few hours ago, even as the […]
Extending Your ERP Where It Matters Most with Syspro Marketplace
It usually starts with one specific request. Engineering wants computer-aided design (CAD) files synced to bills of materials, so revisions don’t fall out of step. Or finance needs sales tax automation that handles thousands of US jurisdictions. Or sales asks for an e-commerce storefront with live inventory from the ERP. Each ask points to the same thing: specialized capability that lives outside core ERP. […]
Are You Maximizing Your ERP Platform Investment?
Manufacturing teams often search for solutions to operational challenges while powerful capabilities sit dormant in their existing systems. A production manager builds Excel spreadsheets to track job costs. A quality director searches through paper records during an audit. A purchasing team buys third-party software to calculate landed costs. Meanwhile, the tools to solve these problems might already exist […]
Why AI Maturity in Manufacturing Depends on Execution, Not Experimentation
IDC’s latest report published this week, the ‘IDC MaturityScape AI-Fueled Organization 2.0 – 2026 Apr’ and accompanying ‘IDC Agent as Apps-The Rise of Apps – A Vendor Business Model Reset’, captures an important shift in the market. Most organizations are already experimenting with AI. The question is whether they can turn that experimentation into something practical, scalable, and genuinely useful in the day-to-day running of […]
Leveraging IoT for Manufacturing: Smarter Inventory Management through ERP Integration
Manufacturers face a constant challenge: balancing inventory levels to meet customer demand without tying up working capital in excess stock. Manual tracking methods and delayed data create blind spots that lead to stock-outs during peak demand or costly overstock situations that drain cash flow. The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing how manufacturers manage inventory. By connecting sensors, devices and […]