Streamlining Business Processes in PLM with ERP

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">ERP and contract management should be digital, but too many companies are still not streamlined and communicating with other businesses as effectively as possible. With the help of companies like Zumen, companies and computers are getting more connected and solving the issues that slow processes down.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of The Digital Enterprise Society Podcast, Thom Singer and Craig Brown are joined by Viswa Kuppuswami, founder and CEO of Zumen, Inc., a SAAS startup product manufacturing company that focuses on managing the direct material procurement process. They discuss the importance of effective ERP (enterprise resource planning), overcoming and preventing supply chain issues, and how to automate workflows more effectively. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s podcast, you will learn:</span></p> <p><strong>3 critical systems to effective enterprise systems</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ERP software, according to Viswa and Craig, comes first. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Production planning and manufacturing processing comes next. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">PLM or PDM is the third step, although ideally it would be first. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">For growing and scaling companies, the first thing they need from a business perspective is a proper ERP system.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Streamlining the BOM-to-delivery process </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Zumen focuses heavily on the new product processing. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">As a product is designed and built, the accurate cost is also built into the product.