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Microsoft Dynamics for Discrete Manufacturers.

The value of an agile and adaptable IT system is greater today than it ever has been. As new technologies develop and as new market opportunities open up it is essential to be able to bring new products to market quickly and profitably. This can mean introducing new manufacturing processes and business partners, often from overseas, adding complexity, delay and increasing levels of compliance.

Columbus IT has identified six key areas in the discrete manufacturing sector where we have helped our customers tackle these issues.

Improving Operational Efficiency - Using ERP solutions within discrete manufacturing to help you with the efficiency of your business processes to enable you to reach your strategic goals of improved productivity and cost reduction.


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Improving Operational Efficiency

Providing Insight into Business Information- How to improve production visibility through Shop Floor Control. How you can equip your people with the right information to enable them to make decisions based on fact, collaborate throughout your organisation and ultimately improve the performance of your business.

Collaborating across Systems - Using Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions for discrete manufacturing to improve the flow of information between a business and its partners - customers, suppliers and sub-contractors.

Improving Customer Service - Managing all the factors involved in quickly providing accurate quotes and delivery dates can dramatically raise your value to a customer.

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Improving Customer Service

Increasing Competitive Edge - Help your sales staff avoid the delay and additional cost to the customer when quoting for and configuring complex products with Microsoft Dynamics ERP for Discrete Manufacturing. Maximise efficiency in Change Management with the Engineering Change Management component in Microsoft Dynamics ERP.
 

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Increasing Competitive Edge

Reducing the Cost of Compliance - See how Compliance Management in Microsoft Dynamics ERP helps simplify compliance needs including REACH, WEEE and RoHS, with one central location for viewing, managing and controlling business process content, internal controls, and reporting.

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  Balfour Beatty

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 Optimizing processes

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“Prior to Dynamics AX we were over-ordering, under-ordering and actually have stock-out situations. Without exception now we don't have shortages at the point of build.”

Mark Nash, Manufacturing Director
Balfour Beatty Rail Track Systems Ltd.