The whiteboard is the truth
The ERP has work orders; the sequence that actually runs lives on a board and in someone's head.
Manufacturing
The ERP knows the plan. The floor knows what happened. We connect the two.
Work orders, BOMs and shipping live in the ERP; the real sequence lives on whiteboards and in spreadsheets. We build the screens and connections that bring the floor back into the system, and we keep the SQL Server and reports that run the business healthy.
Light manufacturers tend to have the most capable ERP in the building and the least time to use it. The result is a spreadsheet for scheduling, another for shipping, and a stack of SSRS reports written by someone who left.
The Dynamics GP sunset sharpens the question: mainstream support ends December 31, 2029 and new subscription licences stopped in April 2026. Stay, move to Business Central, or build the pieces you actually need is a decision that deserves someone technical on your side of the table.
What we usually find
Where the plan and the floor part ways.
Shipped before it is invoiced
Packing slips typed by hand, the ERP updated later, and the invoice following days after the truck.
Reports nobody dares touch
SSRS reports and SSIS packages that still work, until the person who wrote them is asked to change one.
What we build
Floor screens, shipping integration, and a decision on the ERP.
Shop-floor screens
Work-order status, material issue and completions captured where the work happens, writing back to the ERP.
Shipping and invoice on ship
Carrier labels and packing slips from the order, tracking back, and the invoice created on shipment.
Reports you can change
SSRS and Power BI over your ERP: schedule adherence, scrap, on-time delivery, margin by job.
The GP decision
A fractional technical lead through the stay-or-move decision, vendor demos and the migration if there is one.
Customer and supplier EDI
Forecasts, releases and ASNs for the customer that requires them, mapped and tested against their spec.
The SQL Server underneath
The ERP database kept patched, backed up and on a supported version.
Where to start
The usual first steps for a manufacturer
Common questions
From manufacturers, before the first call.
We are on Dynamics GP. Do we have to move?
Not yet, and not necessarily. GP has mainstream support to December 31, 2029 and security updates to April 30, 2031. The assessment lays out staying, moving to Business Central, and building the specific pieces you need, with costs for each.
Can you take over our SSRS reports and SSIS packages?
Yes. Inherited reporting with no documentation is the most common starting point we see. We read what is there, document it, and change it carefully.
Do you do shop-floor hardware, scanners and label printers?
We build the software side and specify the hardware: scanners, label printers and tablets that work with it. Your IT provider or we can source and install.
Bring the whiteboard.
Thirty minutes, no obligation. We reply within one business day.