The Importance of Safety and Compliance in Manufacturing: How VIA Makes a Difference

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Whether you’re new to the industry or have been working the manufacturing floor for years, understanding the connection between safety, compliance, and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solutions, is important. In the dynamic world of manufacturing, safety and compliance is not just a moral obligation, it’s a pivotal factor that guarantees the sustainability and profitability of … Continued

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By utilizing InfinityQS to implement SPC and Six Sigma best practices across our manufacturing processes, Ben & Jerry’s will continue to identify opportunities for cost savings and ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction. The result is the perfect pint for our customers.

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VIA IT’s automotive manufacturing solutions set the industry standard in traceability and sequencing software for the plant floor. In my opinion, it is the one product that all others should be compared to.

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With Kiwiplan MES software, we have created plant-specific business rules and customized the solution to fit our exact paper packaging needs. It has helped us increase visibility across all facilities and stay competitive in difficult market conditions.

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By utilizing InfinityQS to implement SPC and Six Sigma best practices across our manufacturing processes, Ben & Jerry’s will continue to identify opportunities for cost savings and ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction. The result is the perfect pint for our customers.

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Nina King

Quality Supervisor

VIA IT’s automotive manufacturing solutions set the industry standard in traceability and sequencing software for the plant floor. In my opinion, it is the one product that all others should be compared to.

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Matt Warren

Traceability Manager

With Kiwiplan MES software, we have created plant-specific business rules and customized the solution to fit our exact paper packaging needs. It has helped us increase visibility across all facilities and stay competitive in difficult market conditions.

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Thomas M. Herlihy

Executive Vice President

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Try a free demo and see why we are the established market-leading provider of purpose-built software for specialty manufacturing and distribution companies around the globe.

By utilizing InfinityQS to implement SPC and Six Sigma best practices across our manufacturing processes, Ben & Jerry’s will continue to identify opportunities for cost savings and ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction. The result is the perfect pint for our customers.

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Nina King

Quality Supervisor

VIA IT’s automotive manufacturing solutions set the industry standard in traceability and sequencing software for the plant floor. In my opinion, it is the one product that all others should be compared to.

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Matt Warren

Traceability Manager

With Kiwiplan MES software, we have created plant-specific business rules and customized the solution to fit our exact paper packaging needs. It has helped us increase visibility across all facilities and stay competitive in difficult market conditions.

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Thomas M. Herlihy

Executive Vice President

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With decades of experience working with manufacturers of all complexities, our goal is to help our customers make products in better ways, with higher quality, efficiency, and productivity. Our VIA IT system experts are here to make your lives easier through support and mastery of our software. Whether we are providing software support, implementation services, or best practice consulting, you can rest assured that our experts are looking out for your best interests.

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VIA MAN-IT is an out-of-the-box MES system that can optimize and transform your manufacturing operations. Our intelligent, automated system helps you:

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VIA IT’s premier MES software is built to optimize and transform manufacturing operations across any industry. By enabling the movement from manual paper-based processes to more intelligent, automated systems, VIA IT can help you streamline operations, improve traceability, and limit exposure to product recalls. With effective process management, product tracking, and shop floor automation, our systems can improve production efficiency, provide meaningful business insights, eliminate room for error, and enable the better utilization of resources.

Decrease waste and inventory on hand while increasing productivity and profit margins with VIA IT. Our MES software includes order execution functionality you need to optimize flow through your product lines and configure OEM requirements across your operations to maximize availability and ROI. Helpful features include:

  • Just-in-Time (JIT) Sequencing
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  • Broadcast Receiver: Translates your OEM requirements and provides them to the production lines for execution.

VIA IT offers configurable platforms deliver locally-hosted and clock-packing applications at your fingertips. With no-code customization, you can easily control your packing and printing with or without IT infrastructure. Packing features include:

  • Built-in error proofing
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  • Import or modify your existing label definitions
  • Flexible packaging requirements for batch or serialized material
  • Built-to-order pack sequencing
  • Customizable options to fit your unique manufacturing needs

Our MES software includes integral reporting and analytics functionality, including pre-built dashboards, custom KPIs, real-time shop floor performance data, and access to a platform to launch corrective action.

VIA IT’s warehouse management system (WMS) provides the means to create, execute, and track the location, quantity, and quality status of raw materials within a warehouse. Tracking material warehouse locations, control of batch sizes, and movement throughout your facility is a vital part of the traceability story.

Create a digital twin of each and every product produced, in order to maximize yield and stop manufacturing defects before adding more value. Gather and associate in-process as-built product identity, inspection results, parametric data, and tooling information to achieve multi-level content tracking of products, sub-assemblies, ingredients, environmental variables, and chain of custody.

VIA IT’s supplier sequencing vital flow functionality enables build-to-order as well as pick-and-pack ordering to streamline production, reduce inventory, lower costs, and increase profits. Parts can be built to order by either a single part number or as part of a part family or configuration.

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As part of Advantive team, we are unmatched in delivering outstanding services and support for our entire suite of VIA IT manufacturing products. When it comes to VIA IT solutions, expertise means years of experience applying critical business, process, and systems knowledge to a wide array of manufacturing circumstances. We’re committed to helping you meet all of your requirements in terms of scope, time, cost, and quality. Whether we are providing software support, implementation services, or best practice consulting, you can rest assured that our experts are looking out for your best interests.

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VIA IT offers industry-leading functionality with a pragmatic solution delivered by practitioners who understand the manufacturing industries and shop floor operations. Our solutions have an open integration model, allowing you to connect to a wide variety of technology systems, PLMs, SCM tools, and ERPs. Our Software is developed from the ground up to be business unit agnostic—giving you full control over your organization’s technology stack.

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VIA IT’s automotive manufacturing solutions set the industry standard in traceability and sequencing software for the plant floor. In my opinion, it is the one product that all others should be compared to.

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Advantive’s specialized MES, Process Planning, and WMS solutions deliver the functionality and scalability manufacturers need to drive transformational outcomes and increase production efficiency. Our purpose-built manufacturing software solutions are designed based on years of industry knowledge, and our teams are dedicated to not only be your software provided, but also you strategic partner.

  • Food and Beverage MES & WMS: Easily reduce waste, increase visibility, and minimize costly recalls.
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  • Automotive MES: Get an out-of-the-box MES system that can optimize and transform your manufacturing operations by mitigating risk, reducing costs, and improving scalability.
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