ETO Manufacturers Face Unique Production and Development Cycles

Managing Production and Development Cycle is very unique for Engineer to Order manufacturers.  They must integrate development and production for a more seamless business processes as well as improve their ability to handle engineering changes in development, after production has started.

Headquartered in Colorado, Streamline Systems (www.streamlinesys.com)  knows Engineer to Order (ETO), Build to Order (BTO) and Assemble to Order (ATO ) manufacturing.  Larry Cohn, Managing Director recently shared that “Engineer to Order Manufacturers face a unique set of business challenges.  From complex quotation and order entry process, to long lead times and unprofitable service and installation aspects of business, optimal efficiency is not optional. Capitalizing on every opportunity, while simultaneously managing costs and ensuring projects are accurately billed and collected is the central need of all ETO manufacturing operations.”

Streamline Systems has identified other areas in which Engineer to Order manufacturers can find significant improvement in their operations including:

Complex Quotation and Order Entry Processes

Improve responsiveness to customers

Reduce processing time and improve accuracy

Product Configuration

Managing Project Costing

Track project costs against quotation estimates

Gain real-time visibility into costing

Compare project costs in real-time

Reducing Lead-Times to Customers

Eliminate manual information entry from engineering to production

Utilize models for configuration or effective planning

Improve inventory control and materials ordering to reduce production time

Increase Service and Installation Profitability

Utilize efficient tracking and planning tools for Service and Installation

More effectively estimate installation in the quotation process

At Streamline Systems industrial manufacturers manage and grow their business through the effective use of software designed for engineer to order manufacturing companies. “We focus exclusively on ETO manufacturers, who benefit from the knowledge and experience of ETO experts,” commented Cohn.

Additionally Streamline Systems just published a vital tool for Engineer-to-Order manufacturers; the white paper is objective and looks at the history, trends, and future of ETO manufacturing.  Larry Cohn and the ETO experts at Streamline Systems work with industrial manufacturers to manage and grow their businesses through the effective use of software designed for engineer to order manufacturing companies. “We focus exclusively on ETO manufacturers, who benefit from the knowledge and experience of ETO experts,” commented Cohn.  More in-depth than the blog, the paper discusses the development of ETO ERP Solutions, including AX2012 ETO ERP. The Streamline Systems ETO ERP white paper may be requested at:  http://www.streamlinesys.com/engineer-to-order.php.

The most important interactive resource being offered currently is the engaging daily conversation about the unique characteristics and challenges of ETO manufacturers via Twitter.  Tweets reveal how Dynamics AX 2012 is the most powerful, agile and simple ERP available.  Followers of ETO Tweets go to Twitter @StreamlineSysAX.

Streamline Systems, LLC

www.streamlinesys.com

Larry Cohn

PRinfo@streamlinesys.com

720-200-0142