Resources
Whitepapers, guides, webinars, and tools across our 16+ specialty platforms.
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10 Costly Pitfalls to Avoid in Sales Rep Incentives
A well constructed sales incentive program can dramatically improve revenue growth. Unless it hits a few snags...
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11 Skills Your Quality Team Needs to Have
Every effective leader needs effective followers.
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5 Key Benefits Of Statistical Process Control
The use of control charts alone should not define the entirety of a successful statistical process control (SPC) deployment.
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4 Steps to an Audit-Proof Measurement System
An upcoming audit can be a stressful time for a quality team. Whether pursuing a new certification or retaining a current one, audit preparation can be a daunting challenge to even the most diligent organization. Here are a few key steps you can take to ensure the audit process goes smoothly. (4 pages) Please complete … Continued
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5 Must Have Strategies For Enterprise Quality
Using Manufacturing Intelligence, manufacturers today have the opportunity to leverage Big Data
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5 Reasons to Overhaul Your Legacy SPC System
As soon as we invented mass production, we needed a way to control production processes.
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5 Steps To Transform Your Business
Today, savvy manufacturers realize that digital transformation of their operations is necessary to ensure an agile, resilient business future.
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5 Ways to Bring Your Process Data Up to Speed
Gathering quality data is essential for product and process improvement in any manufacturing operation.
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5 Ways to Bring Your Process Data Up to Speed
The success of any process-improvement effort depends on the accuracy and availability of your real-time statistical process control (SPC) data.
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7 Habits of Quality Obsessed Manufacturers
Quality control in manufacturing used to mean checking a box that said the widget rolling off the production line matched the customer’s specifications.
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A Primer in Quality Data Integration
On their own, data are backward-looking records of the past. The challenge for manufacturers is to integrate data in a way that turns bits and bytes into actionable information.
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9 Steps to Accurate Traceability in Manufacturing
In this eBook, you’ll find the 9 key steps that are essential to building an accurate traceability process on which your operations can rely. We break each of these steps down in detail so you’ll know exactly what needs to get done.
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Advancing Facility Planning
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Advantages of The Cloud
Transformation Starts with Quality
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Advantive Quarterly Newsletter
The Advantive quarterly newsletter is bursting with key industry trends, exciting product updates, and important information on how to connect with our team. Make sure to subscribe today so you never miss out on the latest news from Advantive!
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Advantzware Brochure
Learn how you can grow your business, optimize efficiency, and maximize profitability with Advantzware’s comprehensive and flexible ERP software solution.
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API Uses in Wholesale Distribution
API expands distribution ERP functionality through the secure movement of data between applications. This WhitePaper explains what an API is and explores real‐world uses of APIs in wholesale distribution including webservices, warehouse integrations, and more.
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Automate Complex Client Needs
At VeraCore we believe in working smarter, not harder. View our webinar to learn how you can get your warehouse working smarter by automating complex client needs. Today’s world of e-commerce is extremely competitive; sellers are constantly looking for creative ways to stand out from the crowd as demanding end-consumers expect to be delighted when … Continued
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Automatic Engineering
Asian manufacturers can duplicate Western improvements with MPM systems
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Backorder Management Strategies
6 essential techniques for handling inventory shortfalls The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines backorder as: “a business order yet to be fulfilled because stock is unavailable“. For many fulfillment service providers, the definition is even simpler; “backorder = headaches.” In most cases, (and there are exceptions) backorders are likely to result in missed opportunities for the client … Continued
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Best manufacturing practices for SPC Quality Control
Quality improvement is a journey, not a destination. On each quality journey, the principle of continuous improvement is a cornerstone for organizational success.
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Boost Your Data Collection Efficiency with Dynamic Scheduler
Learn how Dynamic Scheduler helps Proficient users improve data collection compliance, automate tasks, and streamline workflows.
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Boosting Production with PINpoint
Learn how PINpoint’s InSight Hub increased efficiency 13% and drove $12M annual revenue for a global manufacturer.
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Box Plots and Pareto Charts
As a follow-up to our popular “Exploring Control Charts” webinars, this webinar delves into Box Plots (also know as Box & Whisker Plots ) and Pareto charts.
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Build Resistance and Thrive
See first-hand the tools distributors are using to respond to changing times while continuing to grow and adapt to unpredictable disruption.
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Building the Business Case for ERP
“If you build it, they will come...” to understand the importance of ERP.
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Calculations in ProFicient
There are many different ways to get data into the ProFicient database, including 50 different Equation Editor math functions.
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Can Your Distribution Business Meet the Rising Customer Expectations?
In today’s distribution landscape, the complexities are well-known and widely felt. Customers expect more than ever—faster fulfillment, real-time inventory visibility, and highly personalized service.
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Cpk: Indispensable index or misleading measure?
Capability analysis is useful, enhancing communication between producer and customer and providing information about underlying processes. It is more than a simple statistical calculation, however. This white paper cautions that this analysis should be taken with a clear understanding by both sides of the communication about the process. (10 pages)
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Centralized Data Get the Insight You Need
Imagine taking all of your different quality systems and having all the important data from those systems flow into one place. We call that a unified data repository because it’s centralized.
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Enhance Customer Service with Order Management Software
Improve client satisfaction with VeraCore The customer is always right There is a reason this cliché is so overused; it’s true. A satisfied fulfillment client often becomes a loyal one, assuring future business and spreading word of their experience. Conversely, clients might swear off a business based on one negative experience. When you consider all … Continued
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Data Management System: Putting It All Together
Learn how you can leverage InfinityQS’ powerful statistical process control and analysis capabilities across the enterprise.
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DDI Digital Brochure
Inform’s selling tools align front-end operations, eCommerce, and mobile content with back-end logistics to form an integrated, seamless ERP solution.
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Getting the Most out of Defects Data Entry and Analysis
The order is set, supply has arrived, your team has momentum. After you've done everything else right, don't let defects and defectives take away success by adding time, costs and effort to what should be an easy win.
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Digital Transformation Improving Compliance
Even if you're not in a regulated industry, compliance is at the heart of manufacturing quality control.
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Does Your Quality Data Make The Grade?
As a quality professional, you’re constantly being asked to find and address problems.
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Download Cloud Mythbusters
Given that typical manufacturing employees spend up to 60% of their time collecting and processing information1
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Dynamic Scheduler: Never Miss a Data Collection
This webinar showcases Dynamic Scheduler, a tool that reminds your operators when it’s time to collect data via a desktop pop-up window. One of the world’s largest food manufacturers is using this tool on over 500 computers to ensure that data collection occurs as needed.
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Ecom Digital Brochure
Learn how DDI's Inform eCommerce Pro addresses the 5 critical features distributors need for powerful, connected eCommerce
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Are You Ready for E-commerce Growth?
Today’s fulfillment and logistics providers have experienced a major shift in their operations due to rapid increases in e-Commerce, consumer demands and a tight labor market. 3PLs are stepping up to fulfill more essential goods than ever before – from household items to groceries. The pandemic has driven consumers to make dramatic shifts in their … Continued
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Enabling Digital Transformation In Manufacturing
Quality transformation has become a key objective for manufacturers. 2020 was a trying year, to say the least.
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Enact a New Way to Work With Quality
Manufacturers collect process quality data in the hope of gaining strategic insights that can help improve operational efficiency, product quality, and yield as well as reduce costs and waste.
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Enact Easy to Try Buy and Implement
You know you need a real-time SPC solution.
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Enact: Favorite Features
Enact enables manufacturing intelligence.
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Enact in Action: Quality Compliance
Every manufacturer relies on quality plans to ensure product safety and meet customer expectations. But are those plans being consistently followed in real time? Watch our Enact in Action: Quality Compliancewebinar to see how Enact empowers manufacturers to simplify compliance and ensure accountability at every step. Learn how real-time visibility, automated compliance tracking, and actionable … Continued
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Enact SPC Quality Intelligence in the Cloud
When manufacturing quality is your priority, you need the ability to see
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Enact: Support that never sleeps
We understand that manufacturing never sleeps and that if you have a question, you need an answer right now and like everything in our online world, we don’t want to have to reach out and contact someone else in order to get our answer.
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Enact the Factory of the Future
When you talk about the future, there’s some fundamental things you have to have a place to do that.
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Enact: The Future of Quality
The manufacturing landscape is rapidly changing.
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Enact the Quality Intelligence Platform
Are you ready to reimagine where quality can you? Welcome to Enact from InfinityQS.
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Enterprise Integration Service (EIS)
With millions in operating costs on the line, high quality has become a performance imperative.
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Enterprise Integration System
With millions in operating costs on the line, high quality has become a performance imperative.
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Enterprise Quality Concerns You can't Afford to Ignore
Without an end-to-end Quality Management system, manufacturers are at risk for compromising product quality, brand integrity, and overall process efficiencies.
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ERP for FoodService Equipment Dealers
See how Inform ERP enables growth and improves profitability for Foodservice Equipment and Supply dealers through connected, industry-specific workflows, integrations and features.
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Five Costly Mistakes Applying SPC (and how to avoid them)
This white paper summarizes the five most common mistakes that can occur when applying statistical process control (SPC). It will provide ways to avoid making these mistakes, which could cost you wasteful scrap, valuable time, or an important customer. (12 pages)
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Factory Physics: The Key to Green Industries
Presentation Overview Introduction Inventory Analysis Factory Layout Analysis Work Methods Analysis Energy Observations
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Food Best Practices Data
Failures in the rules and processes that protect the U.S. food supply have led to numerous high-volume, high-visibility recalls over the last 10 years.
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Food Safety Prevention and Traceability
A recent outbreak of E.coli across 11 states, traced back to Chipotle restaurants, highlighted a growing concern over foodborne illness.
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Food Safety & Traceability
This video addresses the Food Safety Modernization Act and how companies can use technologies for electronic traceability to comply with new regulations.
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Food Traceability Best Practices in the Age of Big Data
Failures in the rules and processes that protect the U.S. food supply have led to numerous high-volume, high-visibility recalls over the last 10 years. Such recalls are financially damaging.
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Four Steps to Improving Customer Service
This white paper serves as a primer for improvement for a new generation. This white paper describes four quality improvement steps to providing better customer service. These four steps can help you maintain your customer’s loyalty and improve your overall business. (10 pages)
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Order Management Software Makes Fulfillment Billing Easy
Improve invoice turnaround by automatically calculating fulfillment billing charges “Fulfillment” can consist of a variety of services, including, among others, storage, taking orders (through various channels), kitting, on-demand printing, picking, packing, shipping and processing returns. Whatever the type of fulfillment services you are providing to your customers, how you keep track of these services and … Continued
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Gauge Control and Stability Evaluation
This webinar covers the entire gauge control cycle, but focuses on the often overlooked portion of gauge control—routine gauge stability evaluation.
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Georges Seurat, Jackson Pollock, and The Art of Quality in Life Sciences
What do Georges Seurat and Jackson Pollock have to do with quality in the life sciences industry?
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Get More Out of Your PLM
This whitepaper explores why generic systems fall short—and how a purpose-built, integrated approach can eliminate inefficiencies, reduce risk, and drive sustainable growth.
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Getting Off Paper Leverage Modern Methods
When manufacturers talk to us about digital transformation, they are primarily talking about getting away from paper. That’s because they know that manual quality management processes are holding them back.
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Getting the Most out of Defectives Data Entry and Analysis
The order is set, supply has arrived, your team has momentum. After you've done everything else right, don't let defects and defectives take away success by adding time, costs and effort to what should be an easy win.
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Global Transformation: Put Quality Data Into Action
Knowledge is power, as the saying goes.
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Global Transformation Put Quality Data Into Action
After years of disruption, today’s manufacturers need to embrace change to succeed.
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Going Mobile: How the Cloud and Real-Time Data Are Changing Manufacturing
Issues with supply chain quality should not be undervalued as they can be extremely difficult to measure and overcome.
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Growing Customer Trust through Inventory Control
This white paper is designed to help growth-minded distributors nurture customer trust through expanded inventory control via ERP business software.
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Handling Material Problems as they Arise
Organizing a manufacturer’s internal logistics and materials handling information can be a daunting task. Many companies store this detailed information within one or multiple spreadsheets or Access databases. The challenge with this approach is that part data is often obsolete, and it is difficult for multiple users to access simultaneously. In addition, the data is … Continued
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How can SPC software help overcome compliance challenges?
The biggest barrier manufacturers face in ensuring regulatory compliance is not knowing where all their statistical process control (SPC) data are.
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How Distributors Accelerate Growth & Success
How Distributors Accelerate Growth & Success
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How do dashboards change the way people work?
From high-level summaries to detailed information to prioritized notifications, dashboards make it easy for users to quickly find the information they need to work effectively.
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How does customizing content by user role benefit the business?
Get everyone on the same page — and give them the specific information they need to do their job better — while promoting the standardization your organization needs to be successful.
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How Does Enact Change the Way People Work
Turn today’s quality data into tomorrow’s strategic manufacturing decisions. It’s time for a game changer.
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How Does Enact Customize the Information Users See
Administrators can build dashboards and data collections that deliver specifically tailored information to users — within a system that’s easy to deploy and maintain.
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How does Enact handle data from different sources?
You don’t have to worry about where your data comes from. Enact handles all data consistently, so you can make better decisions effectively.
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How does Enact help prioritize the greatest improvement opportunities?
Pinpoint where to use your limited quality improvement resources, and get the most value from the largest improvements first.
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How does Enact quality management software deliver the right content to the right people?
Administrators can take advantage of Enact’s reusability to tailor information delivery — without building a special interface for every user.
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How Does Enact Support Users in Their Work
Enact is like having a helper who gives you exactly the information you need, when and where you need it, so you always know the right action to take.
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How Does Enact Work With Existing Data Collection
If you’ve already sunk money into data collection devices, you can use what you’ve got. Enact will plug into that environment.
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How does the Enact Process Model enable collaboration?
In complex processes, no one person knows what happens in every operation. But a visual model can create an easy reference that incorporates the input of many experts.
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How does the Process Model help map the critical places to measure data?
In any manufacturing process, organizations need to collect data that truly represents how good their products are — and where opportunities for improvement exist.Learn more about Enact. Video Transcription: An operation is defined by a place where transformation is taking place, so we’re transforming if we take the example of a cake we’re transforming eggs, … Continued
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How does the Process Model improve efficiency within teams and across the enterprise?
Understanding the connections among all the steps in a process reduces costs and the time needed to solve problems.
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How is Enact Eesigned for Reuse
You need to be able to re-use work you’ve already done so you can focus less on managing your software — and concentrate on managing your operations.
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How scalable and reusable is enact?
When you can scale quickly and re-use the elements you’ve created, deployments are fast, costs are dramatically reduced, and organizations see rapid ROI.
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How To Digitize Your End-To-End Food & Beverage Supply Chain
Learn how working with Advantive can help you achieve your technology goals in the food & beverage industry.
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How to Maximize Labor and Machine Efficiency
Explore how an AI-driven, integrated solution can maximize labor and machine efficiency—automating task assignments, cutting manual errors, and optimizing machine schedules for peak production.
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In-laws, Outlaws and Auditors
With the ever-increasing number of food safety regulations and product recalls, safety audits have become an inevitable part of the food and beverage manufacturing process.
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InfinityQS Enact: Beyond ERP/MES Quality Modules
Enact is a purpose-built SPC and quality intelligence platform focused on real-time process control and optimization.
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Automate Fulfillment with Order Management Software
Save time and money through automation As a fulfillment service provider, you understand that each of your clients is unique in some respects. Indeed, each of your clients may very well have their own specific criteria – business rules – governing how their orders are to be managed. As order volume and account complexity increase, … Continued
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Interactive Walkthrough: Yield Management in ParityFactory
See how ParityFactory's user interface and mobile solution makes yield management a breeze, no matter where you are.
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Introduction to ProFicient
Welcome to ProFicient, the most trusted and powerful real-time quality control and SPC software on the market, and the flagship of the InfinityQS International line of products.
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Into the Unknown: Prepare for Unforeseen Changes and Drive Efficiency with Manufacturing’s Missing Link
How do you prepare for the unknown? One of the best ways is with a full digital transformation.
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Job Controlled Data Entry
Automation, if used effectively, can significantly reduce errors—especially if your ProFicient projects require a great deal of operator interaction.
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VeraCore Software Makes Kitting Projects Easy
Kit assembly options for every scenario In fulfillment parlance, a “kit” is comprised of component products. It is a product, and might very well be a component product of an even larger kit. Questions to ask when fulfilling kits include: How do you define a kit? How do you track which products and product versions … Continued
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Kiwiplan Insights Center
Gain real-time visibility into production activity, track performance by shift and machine, and uncover efficiency opportunities like never before!
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Knowing is Half the Battle: A Quality Strategy Based on Real-Time Intelligence
Knowing is Half the Battle: A Quality Strategy Based on Real-Time Intelligenc.
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Knowing is Half the Battle: A Quality Strategy Based on Real-Time Intelligence
Manufacturers are able to leverage advances in mobile and global data technology to close intelligence gaps like never before.
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Leaving Your Legacy System
“If it’s not broke, don’t fix it” doesn’t really apply to legacy software.
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Panel Discussion for Lighting Showrooms
DDI System hosts a panel discussion featuring LightsAmerica and Lighting Inc. for an in-depth look at the biggest challenges facing showrooms today and technology solutions for growth and success.
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Live Q&A on Quality at Medtronic
As the global leader in medical technology, Medtronic is known for providing products that are safe, effective, and useable.
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Lot Acceptance Sampling
Acceptance Sampling is used to make dispositions on accepting or rejecting a lot (or batch) of manufactured products. It is most often used to evaluate products that are received from vendors or suppliers.
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Making Business Easier on You and Your Customers
Implementing new strategies for success makes distributors easy to do business with. Learn how to increase revenue, harness digital disruption, and maintain operational efficiencies.
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Manufacturing Intelligence 101
The pursuit of a world class enterprise manufacturing intelligence platform is a noble one.
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Manufacturing Process Management (MPM)
Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) represents a huge step in the quest to link product design with production electronically, in order to improve information quality and reduce time-to-market. Major strides have been made in recent years with the deployment of commercial applications capable of integrating the complicated and configurable BOM (Bill of Material) with that of … Continued
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Market Need
InfinityQS is the largest, most experienced provider of real-time SPC software and services worldwide. Our expertise, products, and technology are helping manufacturers improve quality and save money every day.
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Manufacturing Process Management (MPM)
Clearly, the greatest benefit from MPM can be seen in improved production efficiencies, derived from more tightly designed and managed production systems. It is not uncommon to see assembly line efficiencies increase by 10% (in mixed model environments). In addition, new, or modified, product launch times have been reduced by 25 to 50% primarily because … Continued
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Mastering Business Rules in ESP
Master business rules in ESP with practical strategies to automate decisions, improve workflows, and optimize performance with Kiwiplan.
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Mastering Inventory Forecasting
Are you struggling to optimize your inventory levels and reduce carrying costs? Do you want to learn how to fine-tune your purchasing process to increase fill ratios? Learn The: The difference between Reorder Point (ROP) and Reorder Quantity (ROQ) and how to implementthem effectively How to manage sporadic and unusual demand items Best practices for … Continued
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Maximize the Impact of ProFicient
Watch our on-demand webinar to learn how ProFicient’s reporting empowers every role—from operators to executives—with actionable insights that drive quality and performance.
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Measuring the ROI of Your SPC Software
Learn how to quantify the value of your quality system.
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Meet Enact
InfinityQS® Enact® is a cloud-based Quality Intelligence platform that provides unparalleled visibility and unmatched insight into manufacturing quality data.
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Meet The InfinityQS Loop
Welcome to the Excellence Loop by customers in the Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Food, Automotive, Sports, and Aviation industries.
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Meet the Excellence Loop
Welcome to the Excellence Loop by customers in the Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Food, Automotive, Sports, and Aviation industries.
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Move Business Forward - Jansan
With Forward-Thinking ERP Software Designed for JanSan Distributors, Like You
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Move Business Forward
Having a single-source system that understands your business enables wholesale distributors to offer customers a personalized experience while maintaining real-time visibility into daily operations.
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Moving Away From Manual Processes
Manufacturers know how important it is to modernize and automate their equipment and safety processes, and most do so gradually over the years.
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NorthStar Battery: 7 Habits of Quality-Obsessed Manufacturers
A true best-in-class quality system should be judged on results.
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Nothing to Fear
Audits are an inevitable part of manufacturing. When it’s time to prepare for an audit, it’s all hands on deck to locate, compile, and present the necessary documentation.
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Operational Insight
Tired of performing short-term quality fixes only to see the same problems pop up again and again?
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Optimize Every Process With Enact
Your goal is to drive consistent quality across your manufacturing operations. But your processes and product quality likely vary across shifts, lines, or sites.
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Optimizing Net Content Control In Consumer-Packaged Goods
Net Content Control (NCC) ensures that consumers get what they pay for. Achieving optimal NCC is a challenge, but also a hidden source of untapped profits for many Food & Beverage manufacturers.
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Papers Enlightened SPC For Modern Manufacturing
Modern manufacturers produce more products across more lines (or more sites) than ever before.
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Papers Enterprise Visibility See WHI Opportunities
Need a proven way to prioritize and validate quality improvement opportunities? See what you've been missing.
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Papers Frost Sullivan Product With Excellence
Learn how InfinityQS’ visionary innovations and technology excellence bring value to manufacturers.
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Papers Moving Away From Manual Processes
Update your data management techniques to save time, reduce waste, increase efficiency, and save money.
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ParityFactory Enhancements Showcase, Episode 3
Learn more about the latest enhancements that ParityFactory has released, how they can benefit your organization, and how you can start using them.
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Pepperi Power Plays: Clear Stock Faster with Smart Promotions
Learn how to use trade promotions to move excess inventory faster with automated pricing in this on-demand Pepperi webinar.
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Panel Discussion for PHCP, PVF, HVAC and Showrooms
Interactive discussion about the driving factors behind PHCP, PVF, HVAC, and Showroom distribution success, and the top business software features and integrations that are designed to get you there.
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Papers Role Of Manufacturing Intelligence Quality
Quality has a dramatic impact on business. Results of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) 2013 Manufacturing Outlook Survey found that quality of materials trumps availability, price, and customer service when manufacturers consider suppliers.
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Optimize Picking Workflow in Your Warehouse
The right WMS to streamline your picking operation Picking and packing are two of the most significant processes in any order fulfillment operation. Both are labor intensive (i.e. costly) and require a high degree of accuracy. The techniques utilized within the fulfillment operation may vary greatly based on a range of factors including: SKU count … Continued
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Pivotal Technology to Become a Service Leader
Take a look at the highly-developed features that successful distributors are utilizing in their ERP to increase customer reach, quickly respond to sales requests, and become a service leader.
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Prioritize Manufacturing Process Control Improvements
As a quality professional, you’re constantly being asked to fix problems. Instead of reacting to problems, what if you could provide solutions that truly enhance quality control in manufacturing operations?
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Proficient in Action
See how Advantive’s ProFicient reduces scrap, downtime, and costs with data-driven quality insights in action.
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Proficient On-Premises Quality Management and SPC
ProFicient is an established software application available on-premises. It delivers SPC and quality improvement capabilities to companies of all sizes and industries.
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Quality and the Missing Puzzle Piece: Data Integration Scenarios
At its core, quality control is all about quality consistency.
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Quality Craft Brews to Problems with Pass Fail Testing
The craft brewing industry is booming, offering tremendous opportunity for brewers whose distinctive products are in demand by discerning beer fans.
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Quality Metrics Survival Handbook
Every manufacturer needs a survival handbook.
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Quality Metrics: The Evolution of Manufacturing Intelligence
With deep roots in the tradition of excellence, manufacturing in Europe is known for innovation and quality.
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Quality Metrics: What You Need to Know
Product quality affects everyone in the organization, from the top floor to the shop floor. Ultimately, your company's success can be determined by whether or not you are looking at and communicating quality metrics in the right way.
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Quality on the Clock: Verifying Quality Checks Using Dynamic Scheduler
Quality on the Clock: Verifying Quality Checks Using Dynamic Scheduler
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Quality Re-Imagined
Quality seems to be a never-ending fight for manufacturers, regardless of industry.
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Re-imagining Quality in Beverage Bottling
Bottlers face challenges when they attempt to standardize processes and operations without clear visibility across lines, products, and plants.
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Re-Imagining The Role of Quality in Manufacturing
Learn more about Re-Imagining Quality or learn more about Enact: The Quality Intelligence Platform.
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Re-Imagining the Role of Quality in Manufacturing
Years of increasing costs, competition, and economic uncertainties have complicated your mission: to produce high quality goods at an attractive price—and an acceptable profit.
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Turn Data into Your Superpower with Enact’s Aggregated Dashboards
Actionable intelligence is the ultimate superpower for quality leaders. Imagine having the ability to see performance at a glance, pinpoint opportunities for improvement, and drive faster, smarter decisions across your operations—all from a single dashboard. That’s what Enact’s Aggregated Dashboards deliver.
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Right the First Time: Closing Your Compliance Loops
Most people associate “compliance” with meeting industry standards, certification requirements, or government regulations.
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Run on Signals, Not Spreadsheets
Discover how growth-minded distributors are freeing cash, protecting margins, and scaling faster with ERP built for the way they work.
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SaaS: Scale your solutions fast
One thing we've seen from manufacturers over the years is their need to reuse things.
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See What’s New in WinSPC 10
Explore new WinSPC 10 features, including faster data collection, live dashboards, and advanced analytics for improved manufacturing quality.
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Seven Traits of a Healthy Control Chart
This white paper provides an overview of seven attributes to consider when creating control charts in healthcare. These seven traits will help make chart analysis simpler so that you can make clear, data-based decisions. When choosing control charting software, you will want to use these seven traits as a guide. (11 pages)
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Service Customers from Anywhere, Anytime
An exciting overview of DDI's InformMobile, cloud ERP for your smartphone or tablet. Power your sales team with technology built for an immediate, real-time response on the road, in the showroom, or while working at home.
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Simple Statistical Techniques to Pinpoint and Significantly Reduce Waste
Anyone, if they want, can observe and measure scrap, but exposing the hidden factory and more importantly, why it exists, requires a different set of skills than sorting parts. The good news is there are logical ways to identify and eliminate much of the hidden factory. This presentation will apply simple statistical techniques to solve … Continued
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Six SPC Charting Problems Solved
This white paper describes six time and money-wasting practices that can occur when companies implement statistical process control and provides tips on how to avoid them. You can keep your company’s SPC efforts running efficiently by following the tips described in this white paper. (6 pages)
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Six SPC Charting Problems Solved
This white paper describes six time and money-wasting practices that can occur when companies implement statistical process control and provides tips on how to avoid them. You can keep your company’s SPC efforts running efficiently by following the tips described in this white paper. (6 pages)
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SPC Food and Beverage Industry
Food and beverage companies that implement Statistical Process Control (SPC) are empowered to make meaningful process improvements that reduce operating costs and ensure consistent quality compliance.
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Techniques for the Evaluation, Reduction, and Elimination of Excess Material Flow within Industrial Facilities
The flow of material represents 2, and practically even 3, of the 7 wastes as defined by LEAN practitioners. As such, the methods for evaluating, reducing, and eliminating excess material handling are fundamental to any LEAN improvement initiative. The 7 wastes defined by LEAN practitioners include the following: 1. Overproduction 2. Waiting (reduced by eliminating … Continued
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Thank You For Your Interest In ERP-ONE
A turnkey software solution, ERP-ONE delivers company-wide streamlined functionality to wholesalers and distributors through a complete spectrum of interoperable applications.
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The 5 Bottom-line Benefits of Statistical Process Control
Manufacturers rely on Statistical Process Control (SPC) to provide immediate feedback to operators
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The Benefits of Proplanner
Key Topics: Eliminate the need for excel with digital time study capabilities that save you time. Optimize production and minimize bottlenecks with superior line balancing tools. Increase quality with synchronized, up-to-date work instructions.
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The First Life of Data: Optimizing the Value of Live Industrial Data
In a lot manufacturing facilities, being in the know means knowing the data.
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The Future, Optimized.
Automated data collection, real-time analytics, and enterprise-wide visibility empowers teams to act faster, reduce waste, and boost quality.
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The Impact of the Cloud on Manufacturing Quality in the Global Supply Chain
Supply chain quality issues can be extremely difficult to measure and overcome when each partner in a product’s lifecycle often acts in isolation, each with their own standards, strengths, and weaknesses.
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The Importance of Inventory Tracking by Location
ParityFactory's ability to track by location is key to maintaining precise and sufficient inventory levels for real-time warehouse management.
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The Importance of Digital Lot Tracing for Food and Beverage Manufacturers
When it comes to inventory management and tracking, many food and beverage manufacturers are still using pen and paper or an all-in one ERP and WMS solution — both of which provide little visibility and traceability for inventory management. This can lead to costly recalls, increased waste, and higher labor costs. Additionally, all-in-one ERPs can … Continued
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The InfinityQS Difference
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The Role of Manufacturing Intelligence in Improving Quality and Reducing Customer Complaints
Quality has a dramatic impact on business. Results of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) 2013 Manufacturing Outlook Survey found that quality of materials trumps availability, price, and customer service when manufacturers consider suppliers1.
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The Second Life of Data: Quality Analytics and Manufacturing Efficiency
The value of first life data is clear to anyone with a real-time quality platform: instant feedback, visibility, alerts and corrective actions.
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The Value of Your Quality Data
Every quality pro knows the drill: You have too much to do and not enough time.
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Transform Your Operations with Increased Visibility and Automation
Digital is all the craze these days, but it is only as good as the software you are using to automate you shop floor. If you can’t connect to your software because it is in the cloud and your internet is spotty, it can’t do much for you. If your software doesn’t offer truly dynamic … Continued
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Transforming the Vaccine Manufacturing Chain
Vaccine production concerns could be remedied and even avoided with faster, more efficient and precise quality procedures that improve their availability, efficacy, and safety.
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Uncover Hidden Costs
“If it’s not broke, don’t fix it” doesn’t really apply to legacy software.
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Uncover the Truth About Capability Analysis
Dive into the complexities of capability analysis with our insightful whitepaper, CPK: Indispensable Index or Misleading Measure?.
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Unlock the Secrets to Food Safety and Traceability
Discover the essential tools for food safety and traceability with our comprehensive whitepaper, FSMA Best Practices: 7 Practical Food Safety Prevention and Traceability Tools.
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Using quality data to achieve manufacturing excellence
If you’re looking for a solution to the “quality problem”, look no farther than your quality data. With InfinityQS solutions and expertise, the information you already collect can break you out of the cycle of frustration and into what we call The Excellence Loop.
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VeraCore’s Version Control & Lot Tracking
A product that is stored in a warehouse and ordered by individuals might change in subtle ways over time. For example, a financial services company’s brochure describing the annuities it sells needs periodic updating to highlight the latest investment returns. While that specific information is refreshed, the brochure itself remains essentially the same. In this … Continued
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Warning: Calibration isn't enough (How to identify measurement problems)
This white paper makes a compelling case for why organizations need to conduct measurement systems analysis (MSA) studies. This white paper will reveal how to uncover hidden problems in your measurement system by using bias, inconsistency, and other MSA charts. (10 pages)
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Welcome InfinityQS Enact
We are on the cusp of releasing a new product, Enact, and it’s a transformation for not just our organization, but what we’re delivering to the market.
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Welcome to Enact
We are on the cusp of releasing a new product, Enact, and it’s a transformation for not just our organization, but what we’re delivering to the market.
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What Are the Needs of The Factory of The Future?
When you talk about building the factory of the future, there’s some fundamental things you have to have in place to do that.
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Welcome to the Dynamic Scheduler
The Dynamic Scheduler makes it simple to ensure you never miss a sample, allowing you and your operators to focus on what's important.
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What is the cost of a paper-based quality data collection system?
Think paper checklists are your lowest-cost manufacturing quality management option? Think again.
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What is the Ultimate Value of Having Data Centralized
Storing data in one central place ensures processes are standardized and people can all be on the same page – in any location.
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Which Control Chart Should I Use?
With over 300 types of control charts available, it can be overwhelming to select the most appropriate one for a specific situation.
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What ROI Can We Expect from SPC Software
A good quality management system, driven by a solid statistical process control (SPC) engine, should provide actionable information.
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Why Don't 'All-In-One" ERPs Work for Food Processing and Food Manufacturing?
Choose ParityFactory for your food processing and food manufacturing instead of an all-in-one ERP solution
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Why is the Process Model a core element of Enact?
When data is collected, it has to mean something. Get a visual representation of inputs and outputs — and the critical process steps where transformation happens.
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Win More Business With SQF Certification
Safety and quality are the backbone of the food and beverage industry.
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Working with Attribute Data
Working with Attribute Data
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All You Need to Know about Managing Your Growth, the Smart Way
Smart growth comes from understanding your operations inside and out. And the best way to do this is by using data or metrics to get a clear picture of what is going on inside the four walls of your warehouse. Tracking KPIs or metrics isn’t new – in fact, it’s one of the few things … Continued
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Streamline Manufacturing Excellence with Advantive’s Proplanner Solution
Struggling with labor shortages and production delays? Discover how APS solutions help manufacturers streamline planning in our free eBook.
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Prospect Customer Success Ebook
Read Inspiring Success Stories from Distributors like YOU!
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A Practical Guide to Selecting the Right Control Chart
Today, control charts are a key tool for quality control and figure prominently in lean manufacturing and Six Sigma efforts.
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A Process Engineer's Guide to Uptime, Compliance and Optimal Process States
The drive to improve performance metrics, such as OEE, has many manufacturers implementing technology for data automation, real-time alerts and dynamic sampling workflows.
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Here’s What Smart 3PL Software Looks Like
The fulfillment process may appear simple, but in actuality, there are a lot of moving parts involved, and the slightest snag at any stage of the process could throw the entire thing off, leading to delays, cost overruns, and ultimately dissatisfied customers. That’s why having the right software in place ensures your various teams operate … Continued
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OCR vs Lucy Guide
Learn more about Lucy's powerful automation & Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tools in our newest guide.
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Selection Guide: Quality Management Software
More manufacturers than ever recognize that their mishmash of databases, heroic spreadsheet efforts and archaic pen and paper tracking cannot handle the demands of today’s quality-sensitive markets.
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Simplifying B2B Commerce Guide
Simplifying B2B commerce starts with reducing friction. Learn why “good enough” solutions fall short—and what a more connected approach looks like.
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The Modern Distributor’s Guide to Omnichannel B2B Commerce
Learn how modern B2B distributors boost growth with unified omnichannel commerce. Download Pepperi’s free guide to connected sales and operations.
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The Ultimate Guide to Selecting a Cloud-based Quality Management Solution
This guide provides a practical approach for choosing the best cloud quality solution. Use these tips to engage your team, promote discussion, and ensure all your requirements are accounted for—and prioritized accordingly.
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The Zen Guide to Manufacturing Intelligence
In the age of big data, no manufacturer needs to be told that it is important to measure performance.
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Trek Bikes on Quality: The Pro's Guide to Global Manufacturing Excellence
Trek Bicycle, the builders of the best bikes in the world, share how they attained global supply chain visibility by moving from a pencil-based process to an enterprise quality system that utilizes both cloud and on-premises technologies.
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Buyer’s Guide: WMS and MES Software for Food & Beverage Operations
Download our free WMS & MES Buyer’s Guide for food and beverage manufacturers. Learn key features, vendor questions, and ROI tips to boost efficiency, compliance, and profitability.
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Zen Guide to Manufacturing Intelligence
In the digital age, no manufacturer needs to be told that it is important to collect data. But while it’s smart to gather data that helps us track quantities and monitor quality, real wisdom often remains elusive.
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Accounting Data Sheet
Gain unprecedented visibility into your business with Advantzware Accounting.
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Administrator Tools Data Sheet
Modernize business processes with Advantzware’s System Administration tools that support scalability and ease-of-deployment across the enterprise.
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CRM Integration Data Sheet
Advantzware is integrated with Zoho CRM, a web-based CRM tool from Google.
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Direct Machine Interface Data Sheet
Manage production, machines, people and OEE in real-time.
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Ecommerce Data Sheet
Fast-track your business with Advantzware Ecommerce.
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Estimating Data Sheet
Improve sales and profitability by streamlining your estimating process from customer request to quotation.
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Implementation Data Sheet
Our team of experts work hand in hand with you to identify your goals, business requirements and resources needed to ensure the Advantzware implementation is successful for your organization.
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Information Flow Data Sheet
Reduce manual touchpoints with a streamlined automated system built for the packaging industry.
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Inventory Control Data Sheet
Streamline data entry transactions, improve inventory turnover, reduce costs and gain visibility.
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Job Costing Data Sheet
The Advantzware Job Costing module is business intelligence for the modern packaging organization.
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Order Processing Data Sheet
Advantzware Order Processing is the heart of our ERP system, which supports custom packaging, distribution and just-in-time warehousing.
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Purchasing Data Sheet
Eliminate data entry errors, reduce labor costs, reduce overrun costs, lower material costs, improve production lead times while helping to manage the entire buying process with the Advantzware Purchasing module.
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Quality Control Data Sheet
The Quality Control (QC) module leverages the User Defined Fields functionality so that custom QC checklists can be created and accessed in the Shop Floor Data Collection module with tabs and fields of various types that can be entered by employees.
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Request for Quote Data Sheet
Speed the estimation process with the Request for Quote (RFQ) module that empowers sales and customer service team members to enter specifications for manufactured items.
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Scheduling Data Sheet
Advantzware is the professional’s choice for improving workflow efficiency with intelligent production scheduling.
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Sharp Shooter Data Sheet
Provide real-time wireless scanning to streamline inventory movements, control costs and manage assets while utilizing fewer resources in shorter time.
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Shop Floor Data Collection Data Sheet
Experience unprecedented visibility into your production operations as you automate formerly manual processes with real-time shop floor data collection.
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System Hardware Data Sheet
A hassle-free solution for our customers who don’t have the time or resources to worry about servers and the maintenance of them, keeping up with patches, virus protection, back-ups with the added confidence for optimum performance.
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System Reporting Data Sheet
Harness the power of your data through an integrated suite of reporting and dashboards.
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Prepare for an Uncertain Future with Automated Packaging Processes
How do you prepare for the unknown? One of the best ways is with a full digital transformation.
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Cybersecurity & Responsible AI Foundations Whitepaper
Don’t Let AI Become Your Biggest Security Risk AI adoption is accelerating—but most organizations are still figuring out how to use it safely. This whitepaper breaks down how Advantive ONE: Keeps customer data isolated and protected Ensures AI respects user permissions Prevents unauthorized data exposure or model misuse Stays aligned with enterprise security and compliance … Continued
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Ecommerce Whitepaper
Why Having an ERP-Connected Webstore is Imperative for Distributors
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Get More Out of Your ERP with Industry-Specific Software
For food and beverage manufacturers, ERPs are often incomplete and don't provide all the necessary functionality to reduce waste, increase visibility, and minimize costly recall. Learn how you can take control of your ERP in our latest whitepaper.
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From Compliance to Control Whitepaper
State bans are redefining food manufacturing. Learn how to move beyond compliance and take control of operations.
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The Intelligent Industrial Enterprise: How AI Is Reshaping Manufacturing and Distribution
Discover how AI helps manufacturers and distributors reduce complexity, unify operations, and gain a competitive edge.
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From E-commerce to In-Store Displays, the Need for Packaging Grows
Learn more about the strength of e-commerce in the packaging industry and how to optimize your corrugated displays from the Kiwiplan team.
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Precision in Motion: Why Process Optimization is the Future of Manufacturing
Discover how Manufacturing Process Optimization (MPO) helps manufacturers cut costs, boost quality, and improve resilience. Download Advantive’s free whitepaper to learn the four core capabilities of MPO and how to build a future-proof manufacturing strategy.
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Price vs. Value: The True Cost of Modern Solutions
Learn more about the true cost of modern solutions in the packaging industry in our latest whitepaper from Kiwiplan.
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QuickBooks Whitepaper
10 Signs Your Distribution Business is Ready to Upgrade from QuickBooks
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Transform Your Shop Floor: Unlock the Power of Purpose-Built Manufacturing Solutions
Discover how to optimize your shop floor with Advantive’s purpose-built manufacturing solutions. Learn how Proplanner, PINpoint MES, and Quality Solutions help manufacturers eliminate data silos, improve visibility, ensure compliance, and boost throughput for faster, smarter, and more efficient operations.
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Unlocking Real-Time Quality with WinSPC10: The High-Speed Data Collection Revolution
Learn how WinSPC 10’s high-speed data collection transforms SPC into a proactive tool for quality, efficiency, and strategic advantage.
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On-Demand Webinar: From Bookkeeping to Business Control
How growing distributors free up cash, protect margins, and scale lean teams — without adding headcount. Distributors who rely on accounting-first systems hit the same wall: Cash trapped in slow-moving products Stockouts and delays that frustrate customers Lean teams stretched thin by manual work Decisions made on gut feel instead of real-time data In this … Continued
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What’s New in Enact: Enhancements That Boost Quality & Efficiency
Enact continues to evolve, and these new enhancements bring more speed, accuracy, and confidence to your quality processes.
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From Line Data to Line Performance: How Bottlers Are Advancing Process Optimization
Discover how operations teams leverage real-time quality data and industry best-practice to improve net content control, reduce manual audits, and standardize processes.
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Master Calibration: How GAGEpack Helps Quality Heroes Maintain Precision
Keeping your gages properly calibrated isn’t just a best practice—it’s the foundation of consistent, high-quality production. But managing hundreds (or thousands) of gages manually? That’s a challenge even the best teams struggle with. That’s where GAGEpack comes in.
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Maximizing Efficiency and Accuracy with Inform WMS
Learn how Inform WMS can enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and improve visibility in your distribution operations.
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Enhance Enterprise-Wide Lot Traceability with Proficient and EIS
Learn how Proficient and the Enterprise Integration Service (EIS) can revolutionize your lot traceability management process and provide a comprehensive view of your operations.
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Optimize Net Content Control in Consumer-Packaged Goods Manufacturing
In this webinar, you will learn how to leverage Enact's powerful capabilities to reduce giveaway, mitigate risks from regulatory compliance, and protect your brand.
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Pepperi Power Plays: Build Flexible Promotions Without Complexity
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how to create item-level promotions to prevent pricing conflicts, reduce errors, and scale .promotions.
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Parity Factory Advantive - Customer Journey Webinar - November 8, 2023
This is the webinar recording for the Parity Factory / Advantive Customer Journey Webinar from 11:00am EST November 8th, 2023. This recording will be available for a limited time.
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Precision in Motion Webinar
Discover how Manufacturing Process Optimization boosts efficiency, quality, and foresight in today’s fast-changing manufacturing landscape.
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SPC and AI: Defining Roles for Predictive Quality Without Losing Control
Watch the on-demand webinar on integrating AI into SPC-based quality systems for predictive quality and improved manufacturing operations.
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Supercharge Quality—How Automation Transforms SPC into a Real-Time Advantage
Quality issues can cost time, materials, and revenue—but what if you couldcatch and correct them before they happen? In this 30-minute webinar, we’ll show howautomation transforms SPC from reactive to proactive, helping manufacturers: ✔Reduce defectsby detecting variations in real time ✔Increase efficiencyby eliminating manual data collection delays ✔Drive smarter decisionswith accurate, up-to-the-minute insights Discover howautomated … Continued
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Pepperi Power Plays Webinar: Get More from Trade Promotions
Watch this Pepperi webinar to learn how to improve trade promotion visibility, reporting, and adoption with expert insights.
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Flexible Reporting & Customized Forms
Essential tools for reporting, customized output and integrations Accessing and reporting on data is an essential part of fulfillment. But without the right tools in place, what sounds like a simple task can quickly become tedious and time-consuming. Customers often need a unique set of reporting data, which means that having a system to gather … Continued
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Frost Sullivan Report
In this detailed report, Frost & Sullivan analysts share insights about the near-term challenges manufacturers face as industries evolve to keep pace with ongoing disruptions.
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Mastering Advanced Report Writer
Are you spending too much time wrestling with reports? It’s time to take control. Discover how Advanced Report Writer can help you generate the insights you need—without the complexity.
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Transform Your Quality Control with Enact’s Cloud-Based Data Collection and Reporting
Types of Data Collections Supported by Enact: From automated data inputs to manual operator entries, learn how Enact’s flexible data collection methods fit seamlessly into your processes. Benefits of Each Data Collection Type: Explore how Enact’s variety of collection methods improve data accuracy, enhance compliance, and boost operational efficiency. Easy Configuration for Tailored Data Collection: … Continued
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Video Series: Data Acquisition & Automated Processes with Man-IT™ MES
Video Series: Data Acquisition & Automated Processes with Man-IT™ MES
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Video Series: Packing with Man-IT™ MES
Video Series: Packing with Man-IT™ MES
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Video Series: Parts and Routing Verification with Man-IT™ MES
Video Series: Parts and Routing Verification with Man-IT™ MES
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Video Series: Process Implementation with Man-IT™ - Part One: Defining a Digital Production Environment
Video Series: Process Implementation with Man-IT™ - Part One: Defining a Digital Production Environment