ProfitKey To Exhibit At Society Of Manufacturing Engineer’s MFG4 Conference May 8-10

Posted on 02/15/2012 by

Amongst the many other efforts in 2012, ProfitKey is getting back into the industry full-swing, starting with SME’s 2012 MFG4 Conference, being held  May 8-10 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut.  This will be a great opportunity to meet with our executives, face to face, and ask in-depth questions about our industry leading manufacturing ERP software.  We will be stationed at booth #1238, so please feel free to stop by, drop off your business card, and enter for a chance to win a free hand-held Motorola tablet.  Also, look for us in the March & May editions of Manufacturing Engineering and the May edition of Modern Machine Shop . Continue reading →

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Finding the Key to Small Manufacturer’s Profits – Part 2

Posted on 01/11/2012 by
Written by P.J. Jakovljevic, Courtesy of Technology Evaluations Center ( TEC )
 

Part 1 of this blog series discussed the genesis of ProfitKey International, one of the longest-standing enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers for small to midsize discrete manufacturers that has never been merged with another peer product. After the protracted bankruptcy saga of its former parent company, HALO Technology Holdings, ProfitKey was recently bought out by Phoenix Asset Management, and is now keen on starting a new chapter.

What Is ProfitKey Exceptionally Good At? Continue reading →

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Finding the Key to Small Manufacturer’s Profits – Part 1 [A guest blog]

Posted on 01/04/2012 by
Written by P.J. Jakovljevic, Courtesy of Technology Evaluations Center ( TEC )
 

This article will start with a trivia question: please name the mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor that has existed the longest in the market with an ERP product that has never been merged with another product? In addition, the vendor and its product offerings have never been covered by TEC and myself. As a hint, the company was founded in 1979 and has always focused on discrete make-to-order (MTO) and engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing. Continue reading →

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Manufacturing Company Prepares for Successful 2012 User Conference

Posted on 12/21/2011 by

There have been many changes in recent months at ProfitKey International, including new ownership, which has injected new life into the company.  With that, our 2012 User Group Conference, held April 12-15 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida , will allow customers an opportunity to see and hear where we are going as a business and how it will benefit them.  When we first announced the conference, back in September, we received a resounding amount of inquiries.  Immediately after the opening of registration, companies have been excited to sign-up and get involved. Continue reading →

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“If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It Differently”

Posted on 11/30/2011 by

Do Over ButtonHow many times have you heard yourself mutter that under your breath?  Your ERP implementation is probably a good example, especially if you’ve been using the same system for several years.  You’ve thought of a much better scheme for part numbers; you’re stuck with the vestiges of four or five different attempts at setting up work centers, fully one-third of your parts no longer exist, and it’s nearly the same for your customers and vendors.  Continue reading →

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Be Thankful For Manufacturing Software

Posted on 11/23/2011 by

Thankful for ManufacturingBefore cell phone and text messaging, communication was a much elongated task.  Before the internet, people had to wait for things in the mail, sometimes even lost them.  Before home alarm systems, people’s personal belongings and safety was more of a major issue.  What do these things all have in common?  Security and efficiency, and before manufacturing ERP software became a mainstream commodity, job shops also faced these uncertainties. Continue reading →

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Do You Have A “Bet the Farm” Backup For Your Manufacturing ERP Data?

Posted on 11/16/2011 by

Backup your manufacturing dataDo you wake up in cold sweats from nightmares of your cloud or data system crashing, losing years of important data?  Do you still have filing cabinets the height of the Prudential building and paper trails as long as the Charles River?  If so, it is certainly not uncommon to feel this way, especially in the manufacturing industry.  Like many job shops, there can often be a feeling of insecurity when it comes to your data; but this does not need to be the case. Continue reading →

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