Are Consona Products Right for Your Growing Business?

As a growing independent provider of software products and services for a variety of industries, Consona has recently become a major force on the enterprise resource planning landscape, especially among firms that are following the current market trend and focusing strong attention on smaller and mid-range business clients. Consona has taken a leadership position largely as a result of its diversity and versatility.  Like many products suites offered by new and established integrated solution providers, Consona products are flexible, reliable, and built to accommodate seamless upgrades. But Consona stands out in its ability to offer tailored solutions with sophisticated industry specific features. And these industry specific products are moving steadily in a downstream direction, expanding in capability while becoming increasingly affordable. Many features that were recently considered add-ons or extras are now standard aspects of Consona back office modules, and the company is continuing to push the boundaries of accessible offsite hardware and cloud computing options, which can help smaller firms sidestep the cost of server system ownership and maintenance. This leads to increased demand for Consona products and faster investment returns for the company’s smaller business clients.

What are some of these products provided by Consona and are they right for your business? First, a brief list of products can provide a general sense of the industries best poised to benefit from Consona software implementations.

Intuitive: Intuitive products are designed to provide support to a range of manufacturing firms and the smaller and mid-sized level, specifically in the product sector, like electronics and aviation.

Made2Manage: Made2Manage supports custom manufacturers with design, engineering and bill of material needs.

Encompix: Encompix solutions handle complex scheduling and tracking needs for engineer-to-order manufacturing firms.

Axis: Axis supports companies at every level of size and complexity in the metals, cable and wire manufacturing fields.

Cimnet Systems: Cimnet Systems offers integrated solutions for professional service, outsourced engineering services and circuit board engineering and fabrication.

DTR: DTR can provide a wide variety of enterprise resource planning options and advantages for plastics processors.

Relevant: Relevant software solutions are designed to support Department of Defense Contractors who rely on Earned Value Management requirements.

If you own or manage technology infrastructures for any of these fields, and you’re about to begin investigating the possibility of ERP implementation for the first time, you’ll want to take a few key steps before you begin the process. First, conduct a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation of your existing software system so you can see how your workflows are functioning and where your system strengths and weaknesses lie. Gather reports from your employees to gain a complete picture of where your system falls in terms of functionality and efficiency. Then use that information to create a detailed needs assessment that can help guide your search as you look for the Consona products that work for you. Once you know what products and systems stand to benefit your operations the most, you can move forward by researching product reviews and white papers, viewing online product demonstrations and arranging personal meetings with Consona software system representatives and resellers.