Is BPCS a part of your heritage?
For many companies, BPCS usage goes back to its earliest versions. Today, many of them are still using the older versions of BPCS, calling for the need to implement a new ERP system.
Are you one of them?
You would agree that instead of taking a high cost and high-risk approach involved with implementing a new ERP system, business leaders turn to BPCS consulting services (a more cost-effective and risk-free way) to improve the bottom line.
Eager to explore what BPCS ERP consulting has got for you?
Get ready to find answers to –
- Why are BPCS ERP consulting services worth your attention?
- How do different BPCS ERP solutions & services improve the bottom line?
- How does a BPCS solution provider enhance operations for the manufacturing industry?
And much more on your way.
Let’s get going without further ado.
BPCS Consulting – A Bet Worth Taking?
BPCS ERP LX is a venerable ERP system.
Previously named BPCS ERP LX, ERP LX is the successor to BPCS, developed by SSA.
ERP LX runs on many IBM systems. Most notably, the ERP system runs on IBM AS/400 or IBM System platforms.
There are numerous companies still using BPCS, while some others have upgraded to ERP LX. Irrespective of whether you are using a BPCS system or ERP LX BPCS consulting provides a wide range of services for BPCS systems or ERP LX deployments.
The line of services include –
- BPCS ERP application development, application customizations, and module development.
- Implementation and integration services for integrating BPCS systems/ ERP LX into the existing IT environment.
- BPCS/LX or ERP maintenance, support, and helpdesk operations (onsite and remote).
- Modernization services for BPCS/LX ERP systems.
- Business process optimization; migration services, and BPCS systems consulting.
- BPCS/LX ERP data management, analysis, and reporting.
- BPCS training for end-users.
- Administration services for BPCS, iSeries and DB2 database server.
- BPCS managed services and support services for onsite and offshore operations.
Let’s now see how these services drive digital transformation for your business.
How Can BPCS Consulting Trigger a Business Transformation?
Businesses have varying challenges when it comes to BPCS ERP.
It may include –
- Modernizing user interfaces
- Delivering ERP functionality smoothly
- Managing the rising cost of ownership
- Making the business processes smoother
- Inability to handle scalability demands as the business grows
- Customizing BPCS to address specific organization challenges
- Inefficient integration of outdated BPCS system with the new technologies, and whatnot!
Despite having the best RPG developers in your team your organizations may feel constrained for time, effort, and cost.
Why?
Because technology is changing rapidly, and it may become increasingly difficult for your in-house IBM i development team to keep up with the pace.
In such a case, instead of transitioning to a new ERP system or building new features with the help of your in-house team, it’s ideal to opt for BPCS ERP solutions and services provider.
The BPCS ERP consultants take the burden off your shoulders by being an active technology partner in change and transformation.
Their thought-out strategy for BPCS systems migration, modernization, and integration bring you the best results and minimize the risk.
Let’s now dig deeper into various BPCS consulting services and explore how they enhance your operations.
How Does BPCS Consulting Help with BPCS Integration?
Are you looking to integrate the BPCS system with modern tools and technologies or third-party applications?
BPCS solution provider has got you covered with BPCS integration services.
BPCS integration is the process of integrating the BPCS ERP system with external third-party software or applications. It could be third-party systems or software that your organization uses every day. It can also include on-demand systems that need smooth integration with your BPCS ERP software.
BPCS system integration by a reliable BPCS consultant can also be part of a larger goal to integrate all business functions to BPCS. It is done to create a single unified source of truth, data and computation.
By integrating systems and sub-systems into BPCS ERP AS400, your business witnesses –
- Costs decrease
- Higher productivity
- Better communication between different teams
- And fewer errors
There’s more to it.
- An integrated BPCS/ LX ERP system facilitates real-time data updates and knowledge dissemination across the organization.
- It makes data accessible to all stakeholders transparently via the BPCS system.
- It enables workflows to run smoothly, processes to function efficiently, and eliminate the need for manual searches , and even removes duplicate data.
- It helps all data types such as inventory counts, accounting, sales, customer orders, catalogue, and price to be synchronized.
- It brings access to real-time data to all key executives and representatives of the organization.
- It ensures that all your business departments are on the same page while working in different sectors.
The BPCS consulting partners realize the need for regular enhancements to facilitate integration. They also build a new functionality that helps you achieve seamless cross-functional integration in future.
Let’s understand it better with the help of an illustration.
For manufacturers, their BPCS system or BPCS LX ERP is often at the core of their business operations. Manufacturing software systems can be 1-way, 2-way, or complex.
Despite the complexity of systems, an expert BPCS consulting partner can integrate systems of all complexity levels confidently.
The BPCS LX consultants leverage the ION system integration platform along with Business Object Documents (BODs). In addition to the inbuilt BODs, they build custom BODs to apply to unique business requirements.
How Does BPCS Consulting Help You with BPCS ERP Enhancements?
ERP BPCS consultants carry expert knowledge of every BPCS version.
They help you modify and enhance the BPCS version to fulfill every unique business requirement.
Furthermore, a BPCS consulting services provider leverages their expert knowledge to enhance your BPCS code by using exit points and ION. They do so without changing the existing code of the BPCS system.
This empowers your end-users, (even those with minimal technical knowledge) to create workflows on their own.
A reliable BPCS ERP consulting partner creates these feature enhancements so that your business users can start using the new features with minimal training.
ION has several workflows that are reusable because they are inbuilt. A BPCS consultant reuses these workflows to build new workflows and business processes into the BPCS systems to fulfill emerging business needs.
They carry profound experience in data collection, data management, manufacturing, execution systems, BPCS modernization services, cloud integration, web accessibility, mobile accessibility, re-engineering, and more.
Their goal is to help you re-engineer the existing BPCS software, cloud-enable the existing application portfolio, and modernize the BPCS systems ERP applications.
How Does BPCS Solution Provider Track and Monitor Production Applications to Enable Business Growth?
BPCS ERP system is a blessing for the manufacturing industry leaders.
An expert BPCS LX consultant helps build BPCS system applications to help manufacturers, such as you to accurately track and monitor the activities.
The consultants allow you to obtain real-time data generated at production sites by closing the gap between lean manufacturing initiatives and BPCS LX ERP system.
They also empower you to build applications to run on IBMi Power Systems which can be used for core functions of your business process or a manufacturing process.
These applications can be used in business processes such as –
- Quality assurance
- Job management
- Downtime control
- Capacity balancing
- Parts management
- Labor time collection
- Production support and monitoring, etc.
There’s more to it.
They help you create real-time dashboards to enable the operations staff to plan daily processes well in advance.
As a result,
- The robust reporting features enable traceability.
- Product quality is controlled and managed regularly.
- You are able to analyse and report setup, downtime, and wait-time.
Furthermore, tracking and monitoring of the BPCS system makes the production environment to be paperless.
This means, there is no paper-based data entry. Data is recorded dynamically, and it can be accessed from all types of personal digital assistance, such as mobile phones, laptops, or desktops.
The ERP BPCS consulting partner also allows for tracking and monitoring BPCS applications to enhance business productivity in various ways.
This includes –
- If employees need excessive time in manual data entry or fill out forms to report labor output, the BPCS ERP AS400 consultants help electronically capture production hours to improve job tracking, costing, and scheduling.
- When inventory counts are being reported at the time of consumption, it doesn’t give insight into material shortages or overages. Instead, the BPCS solution provider helps you implement a proactive way of inventory reporting that has to be implemented using ERP BPCS systems.
- Historical data that is obsolete and not updated doesn’t provide any value, but real-time data provides valuable insights. The BPCS consulting partner helps you modify the applications to carry out such use cases.
- Production environments that produce a lot of paperwork need to go paperless. The BPCS ERP consultants help you achieve the goal by transitioning all production data dependencies to an electronic medium using BPCS ERP software.
- They also help you move production reporting away from mid-day meetings to real-time production tracking by way of strategic BPCS applications.
How Does BPCS Consulting Drive the Modernization of BPCS Systems?
Are you looking to modernize your existing BPCS ERP software or make it compatible with modern tools and technologies?
BPCS ERP system modernization services by a trusted BPCS consultant have got you covered.
The BPCS experts understand both the BPCS system and your challenges – allowing them to elevate the BPCS AS400 system to stay updated with the new-age BPCS landscape powered by modernization services.
The team of BPCS experts comes together to revitalize your obsolete legacy system for a new-age experience. And bring you the best of both worlds.
With a reputed BPCS ERP solutions partner by your side, you need not worry about being manipulated into subpar BPCS modernization solutions. They offer cutting-edge modernization strategies to closely meet your special business needs.
How Do BPCS Consultants Enhance Analytics and Reporting Capabilities?
Are you looking to improve the data analysis and reporting capabilities of your BPCS system?
BPCS analytics and reporting services by a capable BPCS ERP solutions & services provider have got you covered.
ERP LX reporting and analytics services refer to translating raw data into actionable insights. It involves collecting and integrating data from multiple sources and creating customized reports leveraging modern-day data visualization tools.
These services by a professional BPCS consulting partner with proven experience in data visualization help you –
- Easily pull data from different sources
- Apply deep data analytics principles
- Streamline organization-wide reporting
- Gain deeper insights and make strategic decisions
- Provide access to clean data across the organization
- Turn complex data into easy-to-understand insights
This was about how a capable BPCS consulting company helps you unlock true value and positive ROI with diverse services.
Next up – let’s look at the production performance parameters BPCS ERP system can monitor.
What are the Production Performance Parameters that can be Monitored with BPCS Implementation?
BPCS /LX ERP implementation by an expert BPCS consulting partner has helped manufacturers to achieve high visibility into their manufacturing operations.
On a day-to-day basis, manufacturing companies are able to perform production performance analytics on multiple business functions.
They are also able to accommodate varying levels of customer demand and use smart resource allocation methods to smartly fulfill customer needs.
Some of the areas that manufacturers are able to gain better visibility through BPCS systems are:
- Labor, overhead analysis, and materials analysis
- Order operations, status, and in-process orders
- Production quality, labor productivity, labor efficiency, labor utilization
- Machine productivity, machine efficiency, machine utilization, and machine output
Some of the maintenance and repair performance areas that BPCS helps you with are –
- Machine downtime monitoring; unplanned events planning.
- Equipment maintenance planning, historical analysis, maintenance schedules, and backup.
- Machine utilization planning by analyzing backlog and setting up appropriate guards for better machine utilization with BPCS ERP LX.
- Work order status monitoring to identify potential delays.
Conclusion
As we reach the end of this insightful read, we’re confident that you’re sold to the idea of BPCS consulting services.
Are you now looking for a reliable ERP LX consultant?
Search no further than Integrative Systems.
At Integrative Systems, we help your businesses upgrade/modernize the existing BPCS setup as per your demands.
Our BPCS experts have decades of experience in offering ERP BPCS consulting services and solving unique business challenges.
We can build custom BPCS systems applications to support your manufacturing, production, distribution, and warehouse processes.
We’ll take immense pride in helping you realize the true value of your BPCS software investment and bring positive ROI.
Our range of BPCS services include –
- BPCS Development and customization using RPG, ASET/ADK, ODW
- BPCS implementation and integration
- BPCS managed services and support
- BPCS administration services
- BPCS analytics and reporting
- BPCS modernization
- BPCS consultation
- BPCS migration
- BPCS training
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