Sales orders, purchases, inventory movements and returns should post directly into the general ledger and subledgers. This setup cuts manual reconciliation and supports better margin analysis by style ...

Welcome to Take Five with Automation World. I’m David Greenfield, director of content, and in this episode we’ll be looking at the use of enterprise resource planning software—typically referred to as ...

Having used a combination of QuickBooks and Solarsoft ERP for years to run its manufacturing operations, Vital Plastics—a high-volume plastic injection molding and assembly company—experienced ...

Explore 5 essential digital upgrades powering smart factories—from ERP and MES to Digital Twins and AR - boosting efficiency, ...

Using a 15-yr-old home-grown legacy system, Fort Wayne Metals, Fort Wayne, Ind., a maker of precision fine wire for medical products, was experiencing issues in its management of complex production ...

ERP systems excel at automating back office processes. But their batch process design used to facilitate communication between modules, especially labor information, limits their ability to provide ...

Enterprise resource planning is the integration of various corporate functions using information technology. The main objective of a small or large manufacturing company's ERP project is to track its ...

In 2026 and beyond, AI agents will operate as the orchestration layer that drives decisions, triggers actions and aligns systems across functions. ERP becomes a node in a broader enterprise ...

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With large, well-known enterprises on one end of the competitive landscape and rising startups emerging on the other, growing businesses face an interesting dilemma. Every single competitor is working ...