{"id":1705,"date":"2021-12-17T09:13:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T01:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobman.com.au\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2022-10-03T20:07:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:07:30","slug":"how-erp-software-helps-manufacturers-navigate-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/articles\/how-erp-software-helps-manufacturers-navigate-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"How ERP Software Helps Manufacturers Navigate Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is part of an ongoing series about <\/i>transforming manufacturing businesses with ERP<\/i><\/a>. You can catch up on all the news <\/i>on the Jobman blog<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

In early 2020, the Australian manufacturing industry was tipped on its head<\/a> along with the rest of the world. Demand wobbled as uncertainty spread, state border closures made logistics a waking nightmare, and preventative health measures pressured small workshops to adapt quickly.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the most significant challenge during the pandemic\u2019s early stages was securing enough raw material to complete the jobs in progress without significant delays or cost overruns. Superior Kitchens & Cabinets in Albany, WA, was among thousands of Aussie manufacturers and cabinetmakers who felt the pinch when supply chains broke.<\/p>\n

\u201cCOVID came in and decimated the industry,\u201d says Jake Maring<\/a>, owner of Superior Kitchens & Cabinets.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been throwing up all these problems with material shortages\u2026Because we were working on a job-by-job basis before, we used to order as much as we needed for that job, but that all changed with COVID\u201d.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, Superior Kitchens & Cabinets were already implementing Jobman when the pandemic spread to Australia. Jobman, an ERP for cabinetmakers and manufacturers<\/a>, enabled the team to secure their supply chain and strengthen relationships with suppliers and customers.<\/p>\n

Now they\u2019re prepared for anything.<\/p>\n

Securing supply chains and strengthening supplier relationships<\/h2>\n

Supply chains will be unstable for a while<\/a>. It\u2019s up to manufacturers to identify their vulnerabilities and implement strategic fixes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that we\u2019ve got Jobman, we can go into every single job, we know what we\u2019ve got coming up, we can order the materials for it,\u201d says Jake.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are actually pre-ordering our stuff months in advance\u201d.<\/p>\n

Without an ERP, figuring out what materials to order ahead of time is a time-consuming manual process. Production managers need to sort through quotes, confirmed orders, inventory lists and production schedules. Even then, there is still some guesswork involved to make sure they aren\u2019t overordering.<\/p>\n

But an ERP brings all that data together into a single simplified system, providing an overview of the entire business:<\/p>\n