DTI Views Projects from Charging Labor, Material, and Overhead with Accuracy due to Encompix ETO ER

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 10, 2004 -- DT Industries, Inc. (DTI) is a global leader providing automation systems and solutions fundamental to the assembly, testing and packaging of a wide variety of consumer and industrial products. Jamie Bailey, information technology manager, recalls �the custom software was a maintenance nightmare. It had no system administration functions so everything had to be managed by programmers. They developed it and they maintained it. There was a lot of back door

knowledge required just to keep the system running.� Choosing Cincinnati-based ETO (Engineer to Order) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) was a big decision for DTI.
, Ohio, Livonia and Saginaw,
Joe Osterday, Director of Finance

You can open up a project and start charging labor, material, and overhead � it's that simple,� said George Seidler, director of information technology. Migrating from a custom-written system to a standard package can sometimes lead to a lot of modifications. �The real question is do modifications add value to the business, or is it just a case of personnel preference? In most cases I suspect that a large volume of the custom work was a result of personnel preferences by the reigning department head. We are trying to stay with the standard system. We want to stay on an upgrade path,� said George Seidler.

Top management involvement is the key to any successful ERP project. At AT-NA the general manager and vice president of operations, along with all the department heads were heavily involved. �We did a lot of PR early on to get people committed. I think that was one of the main reasons why we had a successful implementation. We believed this would produce a more sustainable effort to get the system implemented,� said George Seidler. �The implementation methodology we used was very solid. We kept it simple and basically did what was required to go live. Our approach was to not make any immediate changes other than to stabilize the system for a couple of months.�

Encompix (www.encompix.com) has filled the manufacturing software requirements of Engineer-to-Order companies since 1992. The company name reflects our commitment to developing business application solutions that encompass the complex areas of project-based and job-based manufacturing.

According to TR Cutler, spokesperson for the ETO Institute (www.etoinstitute.org), �No other ETO Software manufacturer has done more to advance the knowledge and education about the unique aspects of Engineer-to-Order manufacturers. This leadership position voluntarily assumed by Encompix is commendable and needed in an environment when manufacturers may not recognize the process distinctions versus industry sector differentiation.�

Encompix provides ETO manufacturers with a competitive advantage by improving bottom line results.