Resource Manager-DB PRESS
User Solutions, Inc. Announces
Resource Manager-DB: Manufacturing Software MADE
EASY
South Lyon, MI: User Solutions, Inc., has
announced immediate availability of Resource Manager DB. By
combining the best features from the award winning Resource
Manager for Excel with the best ideas from customers, Resource
Manager DB enables most any operation to immediately improve
their planning, scheduling, and tracking capabilities. Written
in Visual Basic and utilizing the Jet Engine run time database
(same as Microsoft Access) with Microsoft Excel as a flexible
report writer, Resource Manager DB provides the user
unsurpassed flexibility for leveraging Excel on local PCs, and
sharing data across a network.
Flexible and Quick Implementation
Finally, the user can achieve their goal of
an affordable planning and scheduling solution that quickly
adapts to their needs. Combining ease-of-use for small to
medium sized firms, with powerful reporting and open
integration for larger operations, Resource Manager DB enables
customers to efficiently manage critical resources such as
labor, materials and work centers. For the first time, users
can leverage their intuition and knowledge combined with the
familiar Microsoft Office platform to assist them in managing
one or more of: capacity planning, customer orders, purchasing,
delivering products and services on-time, reducing cycle times
and inventory shortages, MRP and WIP, planning labor and
workcenter requirements, tracking and all schedules. The
product features on-the-fly configuration and rescheduling,
allowing the user to see the benefits almost immediately,
without any complicated analysis or set-ups.
"Best Value, Dollar for Dollar"
According to Chuck Barrett, Production
Planner from MN, "I recently had an opportunity to test-drive
the database version of Resource Manager and came away really
impressed that they have been able to retain the simplicity and
functionality of the Excel based version while at the same time
giving it a significant boost in power and elegance. This
compares quite favorably with much larger systems catering to
small and mid-sized users costing many thousands of dollars
more. Dollar for dollar, this is one of the best values in
manufacturing software".
Advanced Planning and Scheduling
Included
Resource Manager DB contains many advanced
planning and scheduling features normally found in systems
costing 10 times more. Resource Manager DB features: alternate
routings, alternate workcenters, automatic optimization,
multiple constraints, and detailed workcenter calendars that
can be adjusted at any time. Now, inevitable labor
fluctuations, workcenter downtime, and unexpected material
shortages can be immediately accounted for, allowing the user
to regenerate a schedule with new priorities - on demand.
Real-time Resource Calendar reports include: Load Utilization,
Backlogs, Bottlenecks, Capacity Pockets, and more. In addition,
a special Dynamic Reconfiguration allows the user to easily and
quickly reconfigure scheduled Production, on-the-fly, to
reflect reality.
"Powerful, yet Simple Design"
Gorilla Genomics, Inc., of Alameda
California, provides molecular reagents to the biotechnology
and pharmaceutical industries in their quest to understand gene
expression. According to Ray Sanchez-Pescador, VP
Manufacturing, "We require careful planning and tracking of raw
material inventories and shop operations. There are multiple
operations, routes, and combinations of routes in the
production of these reagents. Thus, we were interested in
purchasing a tool that would allow management to forecast our
material consumption and purchasing requirements. In addition,
we required a tool that would help the shop operators know what
operations needed execution on a specific day/week given our
rapidly changing environment. While we found that most products
were complicated, expensive to purchase and implement, and a
serious overkill for our small organization, Resource Manager
provided us with a reasonably priced tool that was closer to
the needs of a company our size. Due to its powerful, yet
simple design and familiar MS Excel interface, implementation
and training expenses could be minimized".
Dr. Sanchez-Pescador continues, "The
transition to the new, robust Resource Manager DB continues to
provide us with additional benefits. Among them, the ability to
integrate Resource Manager DB with the rest of our SQL-based
infrastructure, and eventually with an ERP system. Once
Resource Manager DB is fully implemented, we will be able to
model our production processes, proactively plan production
runs and modify the plan in real time, manage our material
purchases, provide the shop operators with clear instructions
on a day to day basis, and finally, track actual progress
against the original plan".
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