Attending Dreamforce 2024 provided Rootstock with significant opportunities to engage with manufacturers, revel in the power of AI, and strengthen our relationships within the Salesforce ecosyste...
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During our milestone 100th Learning Hour, we debuted our new ideas portal, aptly named the Rootstock Idea Factory. This innovative portal enables Rootstock customers to submit potential ideas for...
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Let’s look at the concept of MRP, how it has become critical to manufacturing productivity, and where AI innovations are boosting its value. The Evolution of Materials Requirements Planning Man...
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On September 4, 2024, our Enablement Team will be hosting our 100th Learning Hour—an event that marks a significant milestone and a cause for celebration. Rootstock’s Learning Hours are l...
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The Success Community is the go-to online hub for all things Rootstock—the place where customers connect with other users, partners, and Rootstock employees to discuss product and technical top...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/reinvigorating-the-rootstock-success-community/
What is Mobile ERP? Most manufacturers are familiar with or have long utilized ERP software, or enterprise resource planning software. It helps production, operations, finance, accounting, human ...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/mobile-erp-solutions-for-modern-manufacturing/
When you think about your supply chain, what do you imagine? Are you thinking about procurement and manufacturing, or do you imagine warehousing and logistics? Are you thinking about how ERP can ...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/importance-of-erp-in-supply-chain-management/
Manufacturing automation continues to advance at a breakneck pace. Technological innovations fuel much of that progress, but automation in manufacturing goes far beyond robotic assembly lines and...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/top-trends-in-manufacturing-automation/
Manufacturers are obsessed with productivity, and rightly so. But optimizing productivity requires insights across the operations and up and down the supply and demand chains. You need to know wh...
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When it comes to leading the pack of manufacturing ERP solutions, having a seasoned expert like Joshua Tillotson on board is a game-changer for Rootstock’s customers. Holding the title of Manuf...
What is Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM)? Manufacturing operations management (MOM) is the process of controlling the structure and systems used by manufacturers to produce products effi...
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Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing today because it promises to change everything, from managing our day-to-day lives to managing a massive manufacturing faci...
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Manufacturing CRM (customer relationship management) software allows industrial organizations to not only gain visibility into real-time customer, order, and sales data but also provides a base f...
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The only thing you can always count on in product development is change. Engineers will continue to change and improve a product design until it is done–or they run out of time. Updating dimens...
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Manufacturers of all sizes continue to feel the strain of economic uncertainty, supply chain and workforce constraints, and widening skills gaps. That’s in addition to the manufacturing industr...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/6-benefits-erp-for-financial-management/
Production planning manages everything needed to run your manufacturing operations, from workers and materials to schedules and equipment, and everything in between. Your manufacturing operations...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/streamlining-production-planning-and-control/
Success Signals: Customer Chronicles Industria Innovations Industria Innovations, based in the Toronto ONT area, supports retailers and brands in their private label needs within home furnish...
Many believe manufacturers are delaying software spending due to the economy, but there is strong evidence to the contrary. In IDC’s InfoBrief, 2023 State of Manufacturing Technology Survey,...
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The debate among Lean manufacturing vs Agile manufacturing zealots made headlines regularly during the supply chain disruptions of the past several years. Advocates for each defended their approa...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/lean-vs-agile-manufacturing-for-your-business/
It’s an old adage that you “can’t save your way to prosperity” or “cut your way to growth.” But in today’s uncertain and volatile world, there seems to be plenty of watercooler talk...
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The complexities of balancing inventory and supply chain management are enormous. Each element offers its own challenges, but they must also work in concert to help manufacturers meet demand effe...
Manufacturing is a data intensive business and the best companies use all the information at their disposal to plan their work and work their plan. That plan, better described as their strategy, ...
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Selecting an inventory management software for your manufacturing enterprise is not a decision to be made lightly. To make your decision easier, we’ve provided a list of the ten most important ...
With its dependency on legacy and often decades-old equipment, controllers, and systems, the industrial manufacturing sector has been slow to embrace the complete digital transformation undertake...
Manufacturers need powerful tools to stay competitive and meet the demands of their customers, while doing more with less. While strong individually, when Rootstock Manufacturing ERP and Salesf...
Does your three-letter acronym for enterprise resource planning, or ERP, end with an “s”? If so, you’re a manufacturer on track to right-size those ERPs with an ERP consolidation strategy o...
Welcome to a new blog series profiling Rootstock customers: Success Signals: Customer Chronicles Each week, we will highlight a “signal of success” for one of our customers. This s...
As business strategies for the new year emerge, so do challenges facing manufacturing organizations- from technology adoption to macro-economic conditions, there is a large amount of uncertainty ...
Welcome to a new series of weekly blogs profiling Rootstock customers: Success Signals: Customer Chronicles Each week, we will highlight a “signal of success” for one of our custo...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/equipter-grows-30-percent-since-implementing-rootstock/
Best Practices for Improving Supply Chain Demand Planning The supply chain is critical to ensuring manufacturers have the raw materials, components, and other supplies necessary to produce finish...
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Welcome to the first in a series of weekly installments of a new Rootstock blog series: Success Signals: Customer Chronicles Each week, we will highlight a “signal of success” for one of ...
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Sometimes, a customer leads a company into new territory. In this case, a dozen Rootstock customers did just that. Welcome our guest blogger Chad Wright, CIO at Boston Dynamics, Rootstock Man...
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Manufacturers need shop floor control in order to effectively schedule, track, and report on work orders and their progress through the production process. Work progress is usually defined as a p...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/basics-of-effective-shop-floor-control/
Manufacturing business intelligence or BI is the process of collecting, reporting, and interpreting data to inform strategic decisions that can be used to drive continuous improvements. The Impor...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/complete-guide-manufacturing-business-intelligence/
Welcome to Rootstock Software’s Manufacturing News Roundup. We’ve assembled a list of the most relevant and engaging industry news from the recent quarter. This news update can help you stay ...
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Anyone who has been in manufacturing for more than a decade has seen a version of this scenario before. Consumers slow their spending, companies miss their targets, stock prices fall, and cost-cu...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/3-ways-to-build-manufacturing-resilience-and-be-prepared/
To compete in today’s increasingly volatile economy, manufacturers need a connected, automated, real-time means to manage supply chains, source new groups of suppliers, and collaborate with ind...
Digital transformation is a term that means many things, even to an individual manufacturer. You’ve likely been in an ongoing digital transformation since you rolled out email in the ‘90s, ER...
ERP vs MRP Explained What is the difference between ERP vs MRP systems? There’s plenty of confusion around both terms, given their features and similarities. What no one disputes is that both t...
If you’ve had the pleasure of logging onto a video-conferencing call with Stu Johnson, our newly promoted VP of Product Marketing, you’re sure to notice his backdrop. Posted on the wall behin...
Manufacturers are back! Not that manufacturing has been on a hiatus by any means, but the International Manufacturing Technology Show—traditionally held every two years—was back in action, in...
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Modernizing your manufacturing operations by moving to a cloud ERP solution brings flexibility and agility; intelligence and insights; collaboration and connectivity; a 360° view of customers, p...
Dreamforce 2022 is nearly upon us! It’s bringing the Salesforce community together in a big way for the first time in two years. But there’s no looking backward; this year’s theme is “Com...
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It’s great to be back in the swing of in-person events. We’re excited to reengage with old friends, meet new people, and hear what’s top-of-mind for manufacturers as supply chain and econom...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/meet-rootstock-at-imts-show/
It’s always nice to be noticed. Lately, Rootstock has been noticed quite a bit by the analyst community! We know how helpful these analyst reports, insights, and rankings can be when manufactur...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/analyst-accolades-continue-to-pour-in-for-rootstock/
We’ve worked with hundreds of companies over the years, helping them find the right ERP solution, set realistic goals, and put the right processes in place to turn their Cloud ERP vision into a...
It’s difficult to look forward with confidence. Economic news is less than positive, and the analysts are increasingly pointing towards on oncoming recession. It’s more of the same from the p...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/savvy-manufacturers-have-already-modernized-cloud-erp/
Small and midsized manufacturers make up the backbone of the industrial economy. Yet, even though these businesses may not have billion-dollar balance sheets, they are still driven to modernize, ...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/leader-in-nucleus-research-smb-erp-technology-value-matrix/
Today it is typical for large enterprises to have hundreds of disparate software applications, while even small manufacturers can have dozens of applications to maintain. Consider the effort to t...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/next-gen-manufacturing-building-your-manufacturing-mos/
“Future-proof” is an interesting concept. It doesn’t conjure up the same safety and security as “bullet-proof”, but from an IT perspective —(and according to online dictionaries—see...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/future-proof-it-a-platform-for-the-next-normal/
The ERP market continues to show impressive growth, especially given the move away from multi-million-dollar on-premises deployments and to fast, flexible, and highly capable cloud-based ERP proj...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/rootstock-selected-best-vendor-erp-blog-by-softwarepath/
New England was a veritable hotbed of manufacturing activity at the turn of the 20th Century. As the Industrial Revolution waned and industrialized manufacturing became the norm, this area churne...
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You’re always on the lookout for new ways to differentiate and compete, but business disruptions can put you on your heels looking for greater visibility so you can respond where others react. ...
Rooted·In was amazing! There’s just no other word to describe Rootstock’s first-ever customer conference, which we recently held in Austin, Texas at Hotel Van Zandt. It was a great opportuni...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/rootedin-conference-recap/
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You’ve undoubtedly read the effusive statements by various ERP vendors on how customers love their products and customer success is a top priority. You’ve also probably raised a skeptical eye...
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Everyone at Rootstock is responsible for customer success. We may not all work directly with customers, but each role empowers other members of our team to focus on making customers successful. O...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/ensuring-success-with-rootstock-customer-enablement/
What You Need to Know About Discrete Manufacturing ERP If the global pandemic has taught manufacturers anything it is that the need to scale and respond quickly with access to real-time, big data...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/features-and-benefits-discrete-manufacturing-erp/
We couldn’t be more thrilled to tell you about Rooted·In, Rootstock’s first-ever customer conference! It’s happening May 2-4 in Austin; Texas and we hope to see you there. This year is alr...
Rootstock was recently a sponsor of an IndustryWeek webinar entitled “Future-Proof Your Manufacturing” that featured four Salesforce customers who are also using additional enterprise solutio...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/manufacturing-operating-system-on-a-unified-platform/
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Welcome to Rootstock Software’s first Manufacturing News Roundup of 2022. This is the time of year when manufacturing industry analysts make their predictions for the coming year, so our News R...
Today there is a dizzying variety of solutions available for running your manufacturing business, from product lifecycle management (PLM) and customer relationship management (CRM) to enterprise ...
Spreadsheets have been a transformational tool for organizations of all types since the row/column technology was introduced way back in 1979. But since then, and even with massive advancements i...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/in-2022-manufacturers-move-beyond-spreadsheets/
Manufacturers today thrive on the certainty of continuous business that comes from channel partners, OEM partners, retailers, and high-value customers. The visibility to a predictable demand prov...
For 2022, research firm Gartner predicts an increase in ERP investments as more manufacturers push to renovate and replace legacy ERP systems with cloud and hybrid ERP strategies. Gartner has alr...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/gartners-2022-predictions-for-erp/
Welcome to Rootstock Software’s latest Manufacturing News Roundup. Here’s a summary of news stories from November 2021 that we found interesting and think you will too. Only Collaboration Wil...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/manufacturing-news-roundup-for-december-2021/
This past year has been a trying one for many of us, especially in the manufacturing industry. If it’s not supply chain disruptions, it’s the Great Resignation. If it’s not the chip shortag...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/4-ways-to-stay-on-santas-nice-list-this-year/
While problems with global supply chains continue to dominate the news, there are other developments of interest to manufacturers. Here’s a summary of some of those news stories from October 20...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/top-8-current-news-stories-for-manufacturers/
Imagine you are on the road on a cold night. You get into a coffee shop to get a hot Latte to keep you awake. You come out and your car doesn’t start! You call your roadside assistance company ...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/how-to-drive-operational-excellence-in-field-services/
The pursuit of a better customer experience must start with the end-user that is serving that customer. This is particularly true for any enterprise software that is designed to become the digita...
Here’s a summary of some of our favorite manufacturing news stories from Q3 2021 that you might have missed. Global Medical Device Contract Manufacturing Market Analysis & Trends – Industry F...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/manufacturing-news-roundup-q3-2021/
Enterprise Resource Planning. It’s a term that has been in the manufacturing industry for more than 25 years, and it has become a key component of either competitive advantage or organizational...
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In the field of information technology, I think this has been an epoch year in which cutting edge technologies are being widely used and adopted like never before. For example, information dissem...
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Salesforce Admins have a lot on their plate. Enabling fast access to data and a crystal clear, company-wide view of performance is towards the top of your list. One thing you don’t need is anot...
The right cloud ERP solution can catalyze transformation across your manufacturing business, from sales through customer service, and the critical engineering, production, supply chain, inventory...
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The State of Manufacturing 1. Hyundai Completes Deal to Acquire Boston Dynamics https://www.bostondynamics.com/hyundai-motor-group-completes-acquisition Boston/Seoul/Tokyo, June 21, 2021 – Hyun...
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Originally published April 25, 2019, updated July 1, 2021 Customer-centric manufacturing isn’t just the latest industry buzzword. It’s a real shift in business strategy that puts the customer...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/importance-of-customer-service-in-manfacturing/
It’s summer, and you know what that means: ROAD TRIP! You’ve been on road trips before, so you know the journey with friends or family means so much more than the destination. Those unforesee...
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Providing a differentiating customer experience starts with reimagining how you can bring your customers closer to your products and services. This needs to happen at a time chosen by the custome...
When our customers succeed, we succeed. You’ve probably heard that before, but here at Rootstock Software, it’s much more than an advertising slogan. It’s our primary focus. It’s why we a...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/rootstock-puts-customer-success-first/
The pandemic put an immense amount of stress on medical device manufacturers as they experienced an explosion in demand while navigating the challenges of lockdowns, supply chain disruptions, and...
The market value of the U.S. cannabis industry is projected to reach $30 billion annually by 2025, according to industry research group New Frontier Data. This is a conservative estimate as othe...
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COVID had a huge impact on the manufacturing industry in 2020, and manufacturers are still feeling its effects on their operations. But there is good news amid the supply chain disruptions of the...
https://www.rootstock.com/cloud-erp-blog/manufacturing-news-roundup-for-q1-2021/
You’d love to dance your way through a digital transformation, swinging to the sounds of product innovation, business acceleration, and unfettered visibility. But, maybe you’re a bit hesitant...
Your business runs in the real world. So, you have real challenges and a real need to synchronize every aspect of your business, from sales to service, and everything in between. Sales runs on Sa...
Part Two – 7 Qualitative Benefits of Cloud ERP In our previous post, we talked about the quantitative benefits of Cloud ERP. And while improving ROI and costs savings are critical to manufactur...
Webinars have long been a great way to expand one’s knowledge of a subject without leaving the office, whether on-site or at home. Rootstock Software offers many webinars on subjects of particu...
It’s good to finally put 2020 behind us, but the personal and economic impacts will continue to be felt for years to come. That’s especially true for the medical device industry. And, as you ...
Part One – Six Quantitative Benefits of Cloud ERP You probably already know that Cloud ERP lowers capital expenditures by eliminating the need for your own data center, hardware and other infra...
Giving your customers the best service is just as important as giving them the best products. But customers have been expecting more when it comes to service, and they are increasingly willing to...
Most people in business know Salesforce as a hugely successful company that dominates the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market. If you use Salesforce CRM, you already know how it helps y...
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Salesforce’s announcement about the acquisition of Slack for $27.7 billion turned heads at the end of 2020. Although the deal won’t close until the late spring or summer of 2021, we thought i...
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