Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Thu May 19 07:50:26 CDT 2011
Ah, programmer's full employment act of 2011. Nice. :) I'm at the other end - companies in the startup to $20,000,000 range - what I call the bottom 90% of the market - or independent subsidiaries or internal projects of larger companies. Intel uses E-Z-MRP at their facility up in Oregon for example. And Philips Medical has a captive supplier in China using it as part of their supply chain management system. Just fishing for some possibilities of working together. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:52 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Needed - Manufacturing System for smallfirm withlimited budget Hi Rocky, Typically from 100 people and up. For a medical manufacturer I would expect that number to be lower because they are regulated by the FDA. I have a 'base' system that is used at all my customers, and I work with them to develop business process modules to match what they need to do. However, two of my customers realized that they wanted to expand beyond a LAN, so I'm now learning VB.Net to rewrite everything. It's going to take a long time, but one of my customers is willing to pay me while I do that. Dan -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 11:34 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Needed - Manufacturing System for small firm withlimited budget Dan: What size manufacturing company uses your program? Rocky -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 11:34 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Needed - Manufacturing System for small firm withlimited budget Hi Brad, I've been building systems to automate a wide variety of business processes for about 13 years, although I do not create ERP/MRP databases. I currently have 4 long-term customers which are all manufacturing companies. Take a look at www.promationsystems.com to see if this is the kind of thing you might be looking for. Thanks! Dan -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:07 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] Needed - Manufacturing System for small firm with limited budget All, I work part-time as the solo IT person for a small manufacturing company (less than 50 employees). Currently the manufacturing process is controlled by a home-grown "system" that has evolved over the years. This system is based on paper forms and spreadsheets. The current process gets the job done, but has many shortcomings. Recently, discussions have begun regarding the need for improvements. The budget for software purchases is VERY limited, so bringing in something like Sage's MAS-90 is currently out of the question. (We use Sage's Business Works for general accounting). One option being discussed is to build new functionality with Access 2007 to augment the current process. With all of this as background, here are my questions... Are there any good, yet inexpensive manufacturing systems available for small firms? Are there any "Access Templates" available for manufacturing firms? I believe that building a small manufacturing system more or less from scratch would be a very time consuming project. I would rather not re-invent the wheel if possible. Thanks in advance for your help and insights. Brad -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com