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LIKE TO KNOW?
• Tightly pre-integrated with your ERP package
• Drag-and-drop report creation
• Complete drill-down functionality to the source
• Easy consolidations of financial reports
• Powerful dashboard functionality
• Extensive training tutorials and documentation
HOW WE DELIVER
The Intuitive ERP system has established a track record of success,
helping more than 800 companies in 20 countries improve their
competitive position. The solution stands out in the marketplace
for its ability to increase the quality and visibility of information
manufacturers need to make the strategic and tactical operational
decisions that achieve core business goals. Here are some of the
ways Intuitive ERP manufacturing software delivers significant
business value to customers:
• Provide seamless integration of planning, materials
management and procurement, manufacturing, financial,
and business intelligence processes
• Leverage the Microsoft .NET architecture to provide ERP and
WHAT WE DO
Intuitive ERP software is a full-function, integrated enterprise
solution designed specifically to help mid-market manufacturers
increase productivity, lower operational costs, and strengthen
customer satisfaction. Through seamless integration and
automation of business processes across the enterprise, Intuitive
ERP software builds flexibility, control, and improved information
visibility into every facet of your business environment.
THE COMPANIES WE SERVE
Intuitive ERP software is an ideal solution for supporting
companies who manufacture discrete product lines requiring
repetitive, high-mix production, including product configuration
and engineering change management (ECM). The manufacturing
software solution is used extensively by companies in a wide
range of industries, including electronics, industrial machinery
and equipment, fabricated metal products, medical devices, and
aviation.
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CRM capabilities that are faster, more secure, and easy to
administer, modify, and integrate with other applications
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• Leverage eCommerce and customer relationship
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Streamline manufacturing operations
management (CRM) capabilities, and a well-developed
Intuitive delivers comprehensive ERP manufacturing functionality
services and support offering to make it easy for your
to help better manage work-in-process activities. The solution also
customers to do business with you
provides powerful tools to improve forecast accuracy and shop-
• Make it easy for your employees to do business with each
floor scheduling.
other by standardizing and integrating business processes
Anticipate and address changes and potential problems
across the enterprise
Intuitive ERP manufacturing software features advanced
• Provide data analysis tools to enhance decision-making
• Support multi-national manufacturers with Multilanguage
and multi-currency capabilities
WHY WE EXCEL
Comprehensive ERP manufacturing functionality and an advanced
architecture based on the Microsoft® .NET framework combine
to make Intuitive ERP software a leading ERP solution. Intuitive
delivers superior software, in part, because the company solicits
planning functionality that helps better manage inventory,
increase production scheduling flexibility, and improve delivery
performance. The solution makes it possible to introduce
engineering changes without adversely impacting manufacturing
operations.
Track the flow of money across your supply chain
Intuitive ERP software features capabilities to streamline all
financial transactions with suppliers, customers and within the
enterprise. Sophisticated functionality provides instant access to
financial data.
customer input throughout the development process, builds deep
Streamline sales processes
functionality based on this input and insights by Intuitive experts,
The Intuitive ERP solution delivers advanced functionality that
and thoroughly tests all new capabilities before they are offered to
shortens the sales cycle and automates order processing.
customers.
Configuration functionality makes it possible to quickly respond to
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customer requests with accurate pricing, product configuration,
specifications, and bills of materials.
Improve product engineering and quality
The Intuitive ERP solution delivers functionality that performs
The Intuitive ERP system provides tools to assist in optimizing
end-to-end. Intuitive is the only ERP manufacturing solution
quality in your products, business processes, and overall
based entirely on the Microsoft .NET framework. By creating a
performance. There are capabilities to integrate with leading
new Intuitive ERP architecture in pure .NET technology, Intuitive
computeraided design (CAD) systems, as well as capture and
is delivering an ERP system that is easy to install and administer,
analyze data using statistical techniques to help you reduce waste,
provides seamless interaction between all parts of your business,
improve productivity, and better meet compliance and traceability
and provides enhanced security. It provides a platform that can
requirements.
help you sustain your growth and compete successfully without
burdening your company—and your IT department—with an
overly complex and hard-to-adapt product.
Here are some of the reasons mid-market manufacturers have
chosen the Intuitive ERP solution and been glad they did.
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Increase customer satisfaction
Using Intuitive ERP software to improve product quality, streamline
the sales processes, and offer comprehensive services and support
will enhance your customer satisfaction.
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Focused on solving your specific challenges
Intuitive ERP software is a customer-driven solution designed
specifically to help mid-market manufacturers address their
most pressing business challenges. The ERP software integrates
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NEED
Our approach to your long-term success can be summed up in a
few words: focus, collaboration, commitment, and continuity.
capabilities for all manufacturing and non-manufacturing
Focus
processes so your organization operates efficiently as a unified
You’ve focused your business on manufacturing discrete product
entity. By increasing the pace and quality of information flow,
lines using repetitive, high-mix production processes that address
productivity can be improved, costs can be lowered, and customer
the product configuration and engineering change management
satisfaction can be enhanced. Because the Intuitive ERP system is
requirements of your customers. You haven’t tried to be all things
easy to install, easy to learn, and easy to use, most customers can
to all people and neither has Intuitive. We’ve developed enterprise
complete their implementation in less than 90 days, providing a
resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management
rapid return on investment.
(CRM), business intelligence (BI), and other capabilities specially
Leveraging the right technology
The Intuitive ERP solution features a modern architecture based
on Microsoft .NET technology. By forming a strong partnership
with Microsoft and embracing .NET, Intuitive is able to offer its
customers a flexible, integrated, and easy-to-use manufacturing
software solution.
Making it easy for the user
Intuitive ERP software features a workflow that makes it easy
for employees to visualize their business processes, search for
information they need, move information they have processed,
designed to meet the needs of mid-market manufacturers in a
focused set of industries. Intuitive serves the enterprise software
needs of companies that manufacture electronics, industrial
machinery and equipment, fabricated metal products, medical
devices, and aviation.
Collaboration
To give you the functionality you need to succeed, we’ve adopted
a collaborative process guided by a simple principle: You’re best
served when you tell us what you need and we deliver, rather than
us telling you what we have or what we can develop.
and tailor the user interface to meet personal preferences and
To put this principle into action, the Intuitive product development
specific job requirements.
process and the Aptean acquisition strategy are 100% driven by
Complementing your capabilities with Intuitive services
Intuitive software offers customers access to an experienced team
of ERP consultants, trainers, and technical support professionals.
Direct, on-site support is available for training, customizing the
solution, and addressing user-specific technical requirements.
In addition to on-site support, Intuitive offers 24-hour access
to a support knowledge base, software updates, technical
documentation, and more. In-person training programs are
complemented by the Intuitive Virtual Classroom, a live on-line
training program.
customers. We create multiple opportunities for customers to tell
us what they need from their ERP solutions and to share their
perspective on the challenges facing all discrete manufacturers.
As part of this collaborative approach, we offer:
• Access to a special support site where customers can directly
request enhancements to Intuitive products
• Direct participation in the product development process from
defining requirements to reviewing product designs
• User group meetings with Intuitive product experts
• Beta testing opportunities
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Commitment
Continuity
We understand that listening to customers is essential, but not
Intuitive experts have been serving the enterprise software needs
enough. To be a true partner with our customers, we have to
of mid-market discrete manufacturers for nearly 20 years. Backed
follow through on what you tell us. Intuitive experts develop
by the vision and financial stability of the Aptean Corporation,
and deliver capabilities that fit your infrastructure and support
Intuitive is positioned to extend this record of customer-driven
your entire product lifecycle, including sales, engineering,
innovation, product excellence, and quality service and support
manufacturing, service, and support. We’re committed to helping
well into the future.
you meet the challenges you face today and will likely face in the
future. Our best-practices product definition and development
are complemented by the Aptean commitment to only acquire
companies that strengthen what we can do on behalf of
customers in our targeted industries.
More than 9,000 customers around the world rely on us to give them a competitive edge. By providing innovative,
industry-driven enterprise application software, Aptean helps businesses to satisfy their customers, operate most efficiently,
and stay at the forefront of their industry.
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