Manufacturing companies include job shops, discrete manufacturing, fabrication, and process production. All of these situations need different software support.
Many manufacturing software can help:
Planning for purchasing to avoid stock-outs and down time
Allocating production resources to increase profit
Accurately determining costs
Keeping resources at maximum productivity
Outsourcing either domestically or internationally and keeping track of the associated production lead times and demand
Forecasting demand
Keeping ISO records (9001, 9000. etc.)
Controlling costs of transportation and manufacturing
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