Most business don't just hang out a shingle anymore.  Instead, they rely on a dizzying array of sophisticated signs to brand themselves and communicate with their own customers.  Furthermore, innovations in graphic design and digital printing mean that sign design is becoming more complex-which in turn means more complex fabrication processes.  Epicor's manufacturing solutions can help sign-builders handle a diverse range of materials, jobs, and production runs, from high-volume, simple designs to low volume, highly complex custom signs. 

Epicor for Sign Building: A Quick Guide

• Sophisticated production controls streamline the process of turning orders into actual work on your floor, enabling you to build and ship components on tight lead times.
• Advanced estimating and quoting functions let you build quotes from scratch or base a quote on a similar job you've performed in the past.  For instance, if you're quoting a price for a 24-foot neon sign, base the quote on the actual results of similar jobs you've run in the past, reducing the possibility that your business will be tied up with low-margin jobs.
• Scheduling tools let you run both large-volume orders and small-volume custom signs through your shop.
• Comprehensive tracking reports mean that when your customer inquires about the status of their order, you'll know at a glance where the job stands. 
• Web-based eCommerce and online customer service tools give your customers and suppliers real-time access to order, shipment, and payment data. 
• Sophisticated multi-site scheduling tools help you coordinate multiple manufacturing business units so that individual components come together at the right time: final assembly. 
• Business Intelligence tools help you see and react to the variables that affect your productivity, such as the flow of materials into your shop floor and production bottlenecks.
• Detailed reporting teaches you which jobs are most profitable.  You'll know which jobs you should submit bids on and which you should leave to the competition.
• Document Management tools lets your production team view external files, such as graphics and videos, that are associated with specific projects.  You can attach an illustration of a sign or a customer's logo to a job, and it can be available to all operators throughout the life of that job.

Epicor also offer sign-builders 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 sign-making business run more efficiently, contact Epicor at 800-449-6772, or by e-mail at vantage.info@epicor.com.