Electronics contractors traditionally face short product life cycles, long procurement lead times, and excess inventory.  To combat these problems, many OEMs have shifted their business processes to a more direct assembly and delivery model.  Electronics contractors need software solutions that can adapt to this changing environment.  Epicor's solutions for electronics manufacturers help you integrate your supply chain, manage outsourced operations, reduce inventory, and deliver high-quality components to your customers, on schedule, every time.

Epicor for Electronics: A Quick Guide

• Sophisticated production control tools streamline the process of turning orders into actual work on your floor, enabling you to build and ship components on the extremely short lead times that electronics OEMs often require.
• Easy-to-use visual scheduling tools help you identify and eliminate bottlenecks before they hit the shop floor.  For example, you're building circuit boards and suddenly you're facing an overload at a soldering work center.  Your scheduler can easily drag-and-drop the soldering operation's schedule forward or backward to alleviate the overload.  You can see at a glance the effect this will have on the rest of the job and on other soldering operations at that same work center.
• Integrated sales, production, shipping, and financials make it easier for you to manage a broad supply chain.  You can see the status of every operation in every job in your plant-or at a subcontractor-with the click of a button.
• Bar-coded data collection tools help shop supervisors gather accurate labor information while telling operators exactly what they should work on at any given time.
• Comprehensive reports mean that when your customer inquires about the status of their order, you'll know at a glance where the job stands. 
• Quality Assurance modules help you conform to the tight tolerances your industry demands.  Shop floor employees can identify non-conforming parts or materials and move them out of production into inspection queues, where inspectors can create DMRs and the MRB can take appropriate action.
• Integrated, Web-based information-sharing functions enables you to collaborate with suppliers and customers across the globe-a necessity in today's outsourced  environment.

Epicor also offer electronics contractors a complete suite of professional services, including training, online and phone support, consulting, customization, and installation and implementation services.

For more information on how Epicor's manufacturing solutions can help make your electronics manufacturing business run more efficiently, contact Epicor at 800-449-6772, or by e-mail at vantage.info@epicor.com.