Month: June 2018

Metalforming manufacturing companies anticipate a decline in business conditions during the next three months, according to the June 2018 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report. Prepared monthly, the report is an economic indicator for manufacturing, sampling 109 metalforming companies in North America. The June report shows that 31% of participants forecast an improvement in economic activity…

Short lead times, continuous changes to customer orders, and shop floors that always seem to be in flux pose an ongoing struggle when getting on-time delivery rates to where they should be. Which, in turn, leads to losing business to competitors with more reliable on-time delivery rates. Sound familiar? If you’re not one of the…

Global Shop Solutions is proud to celebrate 25 years of ERP software excellence under the leadership of Vice President of R&D Erika Klein. As the daughter of Dick Alexander, founder of Global Shop Solutions, Klein has lived and breathed the company since she was a young girl. From joining her parents at the office after…

Labeling errors can be costly to manufacturers. Thanks to the help of our partner, TEKLYNX, we can help you reduce errors and print more efficiently. Follow these 3 best practices to avoid making costly errors and print more effectively. Create database-driven label templates. Manually typing your label information into your label design software makes it…

Manufacturers all around the world all complain about slow label printing speeds on the shop floor. Thanks to the help of our partner, TEKLYNX, we can help you simplify your label printing process. Follow these 3 best practices to have more efficient and more productive label printing. Optimize software to printer communication. All printers have…

We are excited to announce that Global Shop Solutions has been placed in the FrontRunners Quadrant for ERP software. Selected out of 150+ other systems, we are very proud of this honor. For over 40 years, Global Shop Solutions has made it a priority to provide the highest quality ERP software for manufacturers and surpass…

And How You Can Make Them Disappear You can ask any manufacturer what their toughest issues are, and there’s a good chance that getting their parts through the shop floor fast enough is one of them. If you’re surprised by that response, don’t be. In this day and age, customers are expecting quicker turnaround times…

#ICant. You’ve seen and heard this hashtag all over – social media, the news, Jimmy Fallon or Jimmy Kimmel, from the mouth of your children or grandchildren. Someone lightheartedly expressing a frustration – that normally makes us laugh. But what if that frustration actually cost you customers? What if #ICant decreased your sales, increased your…