E-Max ERP

E-Max Review

주석: We have enjoyed a 20 year experience with E-Max , and are looking forward to the next 20 . We have always found them helpful and knowledgeable , and they have always "understood " every manufacturing issue we faced , and offered a solution

장점:

The full visibility of every detail and the flexibility it offers

단점:

Nothing.

E-Max Review

주석: Been with E-Max for 12 years, it works well for our needs. They have been very responsive whenever we have had any issues.

장점:

E-Max is well suited for our needs. We have a clear overview of all our orders in E-Max. Our on-time delivery has improved significantly since we introduced E-Max as we can track the progress of every order through the business as it happens. The inventory control has been great. This has been useful for quoting future jobs. E-Max also has a number of reports available through the system from the everyday order acknowledgment and invoices to stock valuation and forecasting reports which saves us a lot of time.

단점:

Not many. It does take time to train and learn the system but once you become comfortable with the process it is much quicker than how we previously did these tasks. Getting the correct reports for our process did take a bit longer as we really needed to use and understand the system to work out what reports we needed but the E-Max team were helpful in offering us advice on this.

Not ready for Market

주석: Obviously given our rating, our overall experience was not good and we would not recommend this system to other manufacturing businesses such as our own. Perhaps the older system may have worked but we already operated a system with similar functionality so made no sense for us. After taking the decision to abandon the implementation we have also found the senior management to be quite elusive to further discussions.

장점:

All though we, like others in our area, decided to abandon the E-Max implementation (after around 18 months) there were some positives. The support team in Glasgow were found to be very responsive and did try very hard to sort issues, however, were many time let down by the basic system therefore leading to an unsatisfactory outcome.

단점:

Simply, after 18 months of trying, we and E-Max could not get this system to work in our business. at around 9 months the technical director personally took hold of our system and eventually we offered them 6 re-attempts at configuring the system and getting this to work, however, every new system failed testing in some fairly critical ways (either stock control or accounting being the main factors). We were unique in that we have three brands under our our group company and I do believe this may have been a contributing factor to the eventual withdrawal. However, at quotation we were assured this would not be an issue. Additionally were are in conversations with another 3 businesses who are more simple in their set up and they found similar issues and have either pulled the implementation or reverted to the older E-Max system which does seem to work much better but is not a true ERP solution.

Review of E-max

주석: Generally good, it was a slow start but I do understand that implementing a new ERP system takes time, we had issues implementing SAGE and EDI but it was resolved as it was a learning curve for both parties.

장점:

As it's been designed for Manufacturing, Emax works in all areas of our business, we use 80% of the system whereas other ERP systems which aren't manufacturing-based we would only use 30% - Value or money

단점:

I would like to be able to change the wording in some sections, this would save time Additional training that's LIVE as you usually have issues whilst using EMax and having someone that you could contact straight away and discuss instead of raising a ticket as normally you have either dealt with the problem i have done something else to get around the problem! I think an APP would be good.

QA Weld Tech Emax Review

주석: Since implementing E-Max we have experienced an improved control over shop floor processes and planning and timely provision of management information generated by the system helps drive business decisions.

장점:

The flexibility of the software really helped us phase the implementation process over a longer period of time to ensure disruption of work was limited. The system is also able to evolve with industry change and improvements to best practises.

단점:

Most major issues we've come across with E-Max have been able to be rectified. We have experienced small inconsistencies with regards to fonts and sorting of data when using the search function. The introduction of spellcheck would help too.

APE Review

주석: Overall, we have had a good experience with E-max. Not only is the system itself great the customer support is also great. We start with E-max when the system was less than 5 years old and we would still recommend it to this day.

장점:

SFDC (Shop Floor Data Collection) is very easy to use. We use this everyday to clock in and out and on and off jobs. APE has been using E-max for 15 years and we are extremely happy.

단점:

There is so many different reports inside E-max that it can be confusing finding the correct report without contacting support for advice.

Emax has Changed our Business

주석: We have always found the Emax team to be supportive of any requests we have made. The software always delivers on our needs. The team have a "can do" attitude which is evident at every layer of the company.

장점:

Switching to Emax has revolutionised our business. It allows us to analyse real time data in order to improve our productivity and efficiency. Although we operate in a bespoke industry, the system is flexible enough to allow changes to help our ever changing operations.

단점:

Creating reports can be tricky sometimes.

E-max Review

장점:

Before e-max we were using many separate spreadsheets and access databases, which were not linked, so having a single system to run the business has helped us become more efficient and we like the way the system links from enquiry to invoice. Whilst im sure we aren’t using it to its full potential yet, the dashboard and reporting functions of e-max are making a big difference in helping our staff manage the business along with access to live and useful data.

단점:

The general feedback I have received from staff is that the system requires a lot of “clicks” to make transactions which takes longer than our previous system (Sage manufacturing) and all the screens looking the same can cause confusion when first training.

Emax Review

주석: It has aided our business allowing us to keep control of costs , we can stock control, manage working hours, raise works orders, purchase orders, invoice and send to sage for payment. We can get analysis of materials used, hours worked for each project.

장점:

It can do a variety of tasks to aid our business, stock control, manage working hours, raise works orders, purchase orders, invoice and send to sage for payment. We can get analysis of materials used, hours worked for each project.

단점:

Because we are bespoke, it has to be tailored to our needs,

Review of E-max

주석: The team at E-Max have a very caring approach and a real willingness to help improve our business.

장점:

One of the biggest pros of the E-Max system was the format and feel of the system, offering complex information and breaking it down into simple data. This has enabled the introduction of the system within Appletree with ease for new users.

단점:

We have not experienced any cons with E-Max.

Review of our time with E-Max

주석: We are in the initial stages of setting up. The system looks good with lots of features, we are taking the time to get things right before we go live. This has been the approach by our consultant and we believe this is the right approach.

장점:

Cost-effective system for traceability of materials and products, SFDC is easy to use for employees on the shop floor.

단점:

Takes time to set up the system, customers should be made aware of the timescales and resources required to implement the systems.