Month: October 2016

The shop floor is where everything is happening. It is the hub of every manufacturing business, the rudder that steers the ship. Without tight control of what is happening on the shop floor, you can quickly veer off course, costing you time and, of course, dollars. The True Compass of Real-Time Data One of the…

As stated by Matt Jarzemsky, writer for Yahoo!, private equity has a new favorite industry: tech. The world is starting to see a widespread expectation and acceptance of technology and specifically, software in every aspect of our lives that private equity firms feel there is no better place to put their money. You can now…

Headquartered in Northfield, New Hampshire, Eptam Precision Plastics is the leading high-precision plastic machining company targeting demanding applications. Servicing a variety of industries including aerospace, medical, and defense, Eptam Precision Plastics depends on Global Shop Solutions to deliver a superior shop management system that interfaces with the way they do business. The result has been…

There are many aspects of successfully running a manufacturing company, but having the right ERP software can determine how successful your company is or could become. From our inception, Global Shop Solutions has continued to empower and evolve our customers into operating the most efficient way possible. We created a product thats sole purpose is to…

One of the toughest jobs in manufacturing is estimating. If done right the company can be very profitable and deliver a quality part on time, every time which leads to increased sales. If done wrong, well, let’s just say that isn’t good. For many manufacturers being able to compare your estimates versus your actuals is…

Growing up you always hear that girls should be playing house or dressing up dolls while boys play with trucks and sports. But for one young girl boundaries were meant to be broken. Aneesa Muthana was only 11 years old when she first started working in her father’s machine shop in Chicago. She was highly…

When selecting an ERP software provider for your manufacturing business, you have to spend as much time looking beyond the software as you do at the software. You need to make sure the software system is built from the ground up and all modules are fully integrated. You need to make sure the system is…

A family-owned company founded in 1949, Enoch Manufacturing designs and manufactures a wide range of precision machine parts for industries ranging from aerospace to sporting goods and clients ranging from Fortune 500 firms to emerging businesses. Located in Clackamas, Oregon, Enoch’s 48,000 square foot facility produces more than 3.5 million parts each month. When Enoch…