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The Hidden Costs of Staying with QuickBooks (Alone) in Manufacturing

What follows is a story about what we often see from manufacturers using QuickBooks. Each one has their own specific story, but the result is the same.Mark is the CEO and founder of a dairy production company in Kansas City. Go, Chiefs!Like many businesses in town, Mark’s company started as a small family business operation […]

Nutraceutical Manufacturing ERP Handles Heavily Regulated Industry

Nutraceutical manufacturing operates in a unique and demanding landscape. Manufacturers must navigate stringent regulatory requirements while producing herbal extracts, dietary supplements, or other health-related products while maintaining consistent quality, efficient production, and optimized resource management. The need for robust traceability, accurate reporting, and seamless inventory control heightens these challenges.Nutraceutical ERP software isn’t just a tool […]

Transforming Process Manufacturing: The Power of BatchMaster ERP and QuickBooks Integration

QuickBooks is well-known for being a trusted financial tool for small and medium-sized businesses, providing an accessible way to manage accounting tasks. For process manufacturers, QuickBooks is a natural choice at first, offering familiar tools to handle finances and day-to-day operations. However, as the needs of manufacturers grow, particularly with the complexity of batch processing […]

Process vs. Discrete Manufacturing: Understand the Difference

Manufacturing ERP is a centralized platform for monitoring all business operations and processes. Its inbuilt modules and shared database allow manufacturers to streamline the supply chain, quality assurance, and operations across all departments.

Are 3rd Party Consultants Used to Implement BatchMaster Apps?

Implementing its own software as a software company, rather than relying on a consulting partner company,

What Are the Advantages to Financing BatchMaster Solutions?

BatchMaster Software and our finance partner enables your company to purchase our BatchMaster ERP solution when you may

What Does a Successful Implementation Look Like?

Customers perceive their software implementations as successful for a variety of reasons, including the following:

What Are the Customer Responsibilities During Project Implementation?

The project teams from BatchMaster and the customer all have a set of tasks and responsibilities that are defined in the BatchMaster project plan for your software application.

How Can the Project Implementation Time Be Shortened?

Shortening the time to implement your new add-on process manufacturing application or a new ERP solution requires careful

How To Expedite Lot Traceability & Recall Activities

Lot Traceability Software is typically searched by manufacturers who need to identify and recall certain products that they have produced.

Why Assign License Plates to Inventory in a Facility?

Assigning a barcoded serial number or license plate to your inventory in a warehouse can streamline warehouse operations and improve overall efficiency.

Should Paper Documents or Mobile Devices Be Used to Perform Tasks?

While many manufacturers are transitioning to digital solutions on their plant floor, there are some advantages to using paper documents for executing warehousing tasks, including:

Cloud ERP Unleashed: Transforming Process Manufacturing Mechanism like Never Before

Cloud ERP software gives companies access to their mission-critical operations at any time, from any location – and provides infinite abilities to scale and innovate.

How Does BatchMaster ERP Software Support Private Label Manufacturing?

A private label manufacturer, often referred to as a contract manufacturer or white-label manufacturer, specializes in producing goods for other companies (often retailers or brand owners) under their brand name or label.

HOW MANUFACTURING DASHBOARDS ELEVATE PRODUCTION REPORTING?

In the highly dynamic landscape of process manufacturing, companies face a multitude of challenges, ranging from inventory management complexities to quality control concerns.

Important Modules of ERP for Process Manufacturing

ERP applications play a vital role in optimizing business operations and enabling data-driven decision-making, which can lead to increased growth and profitability.

The Importance of Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR)

Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) are two fundamental accounting functions required by any process manufacturer doing business in today’s world economy. AR activities are key last steps in one’s ‘Order to Cash’ process,

How can Lot Tracking Software Help Process Manufacturing Companies?

Lot traceability is the recording and reporting of all raw materials received and consumed in production, as well as all finished goods produced and shipped.

QC & QA vs QMS? What Quality Functionality Do You Require?

As a process manufacturer, your company probably has several documented policies, processes and procedures that support its corporate quality initiatives, as well as address your industry’s various regulations and guidelines

Grow Your Direct To Consumer Business With BatchMaster and eCommerce

The first question you may ask is, “why does a manufacturing business need an eCommerce website?”. And the reason you ask this question is the notion that business-to-business (B2B) companies primarily sell direct and don’t need a web store front.

Overcome Your Fears Of Moving To The Cloud

Manufacturers are constantly under pressure to improve their operations while keeping costs in check. One strategic way they can fulfill these needs is by embracing digital transformation and moving towards cloud software and technology.

Why You Need an Integrated Multi-Carrier Shipping Strategy

Shipping is one of the core activities performed by manufacturing business and although there is a multitude of solutions in the market that offer a lot of functionality, the shipping process still suffers from various challenges:

Streamline Your B2B Communications with an Integrated EDI solution

EDI stands for electronic data interchange and it is defined as the electronic (computer-to-computer) exchange of business information which is converted into a standard format which all systems understand. EDI provides you an efficient

Maintaining FDA Compliance for Food Labeling

Food, beverage and supplement manufacturers constantly deal with changes in nutrition trends and regulations that require diligence to remain both compliant and competitive in their industry. One of the components of the compliance requirements

Integrated Payment Processing with iPayment from Boyum IT Solutions

BatchMaster Software’s partnership with Boyum IT Solutions provides BatchMaster ERP users a credit card payment solution that simplifies the accounting process, cuts down time spent on reconciling payments, and provides extra security for them and their customers.

Reasons To Implement An Integrated Credit Card Payment Processing App with BatchMaster ERP

Equipping your business and your teams with a credit card payment processing solution that integrates seamlessly with your financial and manufacturing software can speed up collections and reduce late/missed payments which is better for your cash flow.

Business Transformation – Adapting your current processes to ERP supported Good Manufacturing Practices

BatchMaster Software’s manufacturing solutions allow companies to leverage inbuilt GMP practices across a variety of plant operations, including formulation, production, quality, inventory

How BatchMaster applications help customers achieve and maintain their advanced food safety certifications

Today, food organizations promote their food safety certifications from either BRC or SQF as a sign of their investment in the health and well being of their valued customers. In addition, an advanced food safety certification enables forward thinking

How can Businesses Transform Customer Complaints into Operational Improvements?

After getting over my disgust of opening up a jar of ‘bad’ baby food, I ended up submitting a customer complaint to the company. So what happens next? I got a refund from the store, but what about the manufacturer?

Your Successful Implementation Depends Upon A Successful Data Conversion

Prospects typically ask me how long I estimate their implementations to be. I discuss the importance of a dedicated project manager on their side, making key staff members readily available to our consultants, and other resource related

Food Traceability Software for Insurance or Profit?

As a food manufacturer, your customers probably expect, no demand, the consistent delivery of high-quality products from your company. No customer wants your products to result in any adverse events or consumer complaints

5 Game-Changing Tips to Ensure a Successful ERP Implementation

Once you have selected ERP software for your organization, it’s time to implement it. We have read and heard about the numerous benefits of ERP for businesses of all sizes. But to actually experience the benefits, ERP software implementation must be successful.