For manufacturers, thriving in business means constantly striving for peak efficiency. But maintaining a competitive edge in an industry known for rapid, constant change often hinges on using a flexible, reliable automation system. It is a familiar challenge for Access Group, and one that is met with both technical and manufacturing expertise.

A local maker of aerospace electromechanical products relies on its manufacturing resource system for every facet of operations. “Our system pretty much runs our business,” explains the vice president and general manager. “We get orders and launch them into the system, then it manages those orders, from buying parts to building and shipping product to payment of the invoice.”

Despite such a critical need for reliability, they spent many years coping with the restrictions and frustrations of a system that provided only poor manufacturing controls and required excessive maintenance. “We weren’t happy with our existing supplier,” he says. “It wasn’t until we really started talking to Access Group that we became pretty aggressive at making a switch to another software company.”