A hybrid material back-flushing system for Made2Manage™

We are very excited to announce that “Pick-Flushing” for the MobileManage™ Shop Floor is code complete.  What is “Pick-Flushing”?  It simply is the ability to pick the materials for a Made2Manage™ job and move them to a staging location (inventory location)...

Is the Barcode dead?

Not dead but evolving.  To most people, when they hear the word ‘barcode’, they envision the vertical bars arranged horizontally on a product or label.  A UPC code is an example of this.  This barcode was developed 50 years ago, and revolutionized...

Electronic Work Instructions for Made2Manage™

Electronic Work Instructions (EWI) is more than just the CAD1, CAD2 and CAD3 images in Made2Manage™. Besides just collecting data, a key feature of MobileManage™ is to deliver information as well; enabling the shop users to be more productive.EWI can certainly be...

A MobileManage™ labeling solution for Made2Manage™

I am often amazed at the labeling processes many of our Made2Manage™ customers have in place. They are generally home-grown processes developed over years, by different people, with little to no consistency.  Many times, they employ different labeling tools, manual...

Lot and Serial Control add-on for Made2Manage™

Many customers struggle with using LotSN control in Made2Manage™.  It can quickly become a productivity nightmare.  Writing down lot numbers, or circling them on a paper-based picklist is not the best way to meet compliance requirements.  MobileManage™ has been...

Job Pick vs Job Issue in Made2Manage™

MobileManage™ introduces the concept of Picking versus Issuing for the components on a Job. In Made2Manage™ you issue materials to a job. At the time of issuing, material is relieved from the issuing location and your WIP is increased. In reality, most Made2Manage™...

Better Labor Tracking – the key to productivity.

MobileManage eTime – A simple interface eases adoption, increases employee productivity, improves scheduling and provides better visibility to your labor costs.  What’s not to like? Real-time updates to Made2Manage. Schedules instead of Shifts.  MobileManage...

Productivity Feature: Clock-On\Auto-Off

In our continuing effort to improve the user experience in MobileManage™, we have just added a feature we are calling “Clock-OnAuto Off”.  This is a customer configurable feature to reduce the number of entries required to report time in Made2Manage.  By...