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Why Dynamics GP Has the Right Ingredients for Process Manufacturers

Like paint, chemicals, or any other formula-based product, there’s a recipe you can follow for success in process manufacturing. The main ingredient is the quality of the manufacturing process –…

Vicinity’s Process Manufacturing Software Clients – Categorized & Defined

Vicinity is Process Manufacturing Software Who are process manufacturers? Process manufacturing companies use a recipe or formula to produce their product. Often, production is made in batches and these batch…

When Should You Move to Cloud Hosting? Vicinity Software’s Story…

A number of arguments can be made about transitioning to “the cloud.” I wanted to share our story on how we made our move to cloud hosting to help give some perspective on…

Accurate Reporting Builds Trust

At the end of any period, it is critical to be able to measure how your business did and to have the ability to report those findings to various people,…

Grouping Production Batches Saves on Cost Per Unit

Different manufacturing organizations use different strategies when it comes to scheduling their production runs. One strategy that manufacturers often use is “manufacturing to order” instead of grouping production batches. Many…

To Batch Yield or Not to Batch Yield?

Formula manufacturers need to keep a keen eye on the batch yields they experience by formula. Aggregate batch yields easily lull you to sleep over time. A company can make…

How an ERP Implementation Can Go off the Rails

There is very little that has a greater effect on a company’s success than its ERP system. That system functions as both the memory and conscience of the business and…

How Formula Manufacturing and Formula ERP Software Can Solve 3 Common Mistakes

We are going to talk about the three most common and critical R&D mistakes and how a formula ERP software system like Vicinity can help formula manufacturers correct them or…

7 Essential Resources for Microsoft Dynamics Customers

The great thing about Microsoft Dynamics™ is the wide variety of customer resources available to their software users. In this blog, we will discuss seven essential resources for Microsoft Dynamics…

What the Heck is Microsoft Dynamics®?

If you are running a process manufacturing company, you probably know that an accounting/distribution system is necessary to keep your business growing. Your business needs a software system to manage…