SocrateOpen, a competitive advantage for productive areas

Emerging demands of contractors, competition from foreign market products, cost pressures, technological changes or increasingly short life cycles of products are hot topics to many Romanian managers. The situation is most obvious for companies activating in productive sectors, where processes are more elaborated and changes are more difficult to manage. Moreover, since big names in the global economy have set up plants in Romania, many Romanian companies have started to produce components and sub-assemblies for them. And to remain competitive and to avoid losing contracts in favor of other manufacturers (local or foreign), these companies are bound to deliver quality products to customers. In those circumstances, cost reduction and operational efficiency are no longer just simple words. Romanian companies had to rethink their business strategies, by implementing an integrated business management solution. Based on a complex ERP solution, companies from productive sectors can control costs and reduce inventories, can accelerate production and shorten delivery time, etc. For these companies, the ERP solution needs to combine real-time access to business data with the industry specific requirements (food industry, discrete manufacturing, etc). Because a manufacturer must be able to collect real-time data directly from production processes, to have access to information related to time use of machines and equipment, peak moments, maintenance, etc.

The ERP & CRM solution developed by BITSoftware, SocrateOpen, streamlines and automates critical processes resulting in lower manufacturing costs and improved efficiencies. SocrateOpen includes a robust MRP engine, using forecasts, customer orders and inventory levels to create a material plan and automatically generates both purchase orders and work orders. From MRP, Bill of Materials processing, to Purchasing, Materials Management, Order Processing, Financials, SocrateOpen consolidates and automates company`s work-flows, so that its resources are targeted and used effectively and strategically.