Discrete Manufacturing

Auto Manufacturing Image For over twenty years, our core specialty has been aiding manufacturers. In particular, we guide discrete manufacturing firms – be they make to stock, make to order, engineer to order, job-cost or a mix – in their efforts to become leaner, more efficient, less redundant and more profitable. We do this through careful planning, training, guidance and of course, the implementation of technologies and software geared specifically at improving your profits through intelligent automation.

Best of all, our team is among the most experienced and highly credentialed anywhere, and the majority of our staff have been working together here for ten, fifteen, even twenty years. Simply put, you won’t find a team with more hands-on, project-specific, customer-focused talent than the one at PSSI.

Maybe that’s why some of our earliest customers are still clients today… why our key staff remains intact after many years… and why we continue to improve the services and products we can deliver to our manufacturing sector clients year after year.

The specific software solutions we choose to represent have been carefully and deliberately chosen to offer you the best business management solutions money can buy. We focus on the small to mid-size (25 to 250 employee) manufacturing or distribution company where our modifiable solutions are proven to best address your unique challenges. Following is specific information about the various manufacturing systems we represent and support.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV

With Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, you can boost operational efficiency and effectively manage production, including production orders, bills of material, supply planning, and capacity requirements planning. Flexible processes and integrated information equip you to make accurate promises to customers, respond quickly to last-minute requests and changes, and take advantage of new business opportunities to help your business stay ahead of the competition.

Please click to review additional information about Microsoft Dynamics NAV manufacturing systems..

Sage Pro ERP

Sage Pro ERP Manufacturing is an advanced production and financial management solution with the built-in flexibility you need to customize and expand your system, no matter how your business changes. From simple desktop personalization and user-specific customization, to virtually unlimited source code modification, Pro Manufacturing adapts to the way you do business.

Please click to review additional information about Sage Pro ERP manufacturing systems.

TIW ALERE

ALERE Manufacturing from TIW Technology has been designed according to APICS standards, for small to midsize companies. It has a broad range and depth of features that make it extremely appealing to a wide variety of businesses. ALERE Manufacturing includes all the functionality that you would expect in a sophisticated manufacturing package. What you might not expect are the carefully designed "extras" that make ALERE Manufacturing work in your business.For example, the material list on a work order can be edited to add new components, change quantities, delete unneeded items, all the while keeping the inventory allocations up to date.

An exceptionally strong BOM processor allows entire indented bills of material to be graphically constructed on one screen using Treevision. The finite scheduler handles forward or backward scheduling to the nearest minute or hour and runs extremely fast. The MRP report supports both "bucketed" and "bucketless" planning and can be synchronized with the finite scheduler to provide JIT material planning. A work order can be released, materials issued, standard labor posted, finished goods placed in inventory, and the order closed with a single button.

Please click to review additional information about TIW ALERE manufacturing systems.

Sage MAS90

Three powerful manufacturing modules (Bill of Materials, Work Order Processing, and Material Requirements Planning) provide detailed and accurate tracking and reporting throughout the entire manufacturing process - from forecasting, to the shop floor, to completion. The Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 manufacturing solution offers a range of features that will help maximize efficiency through all stages.

The Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 manufacturing modules give you the ability to create multi-level bills and produce accurate, informative reports detailing bill structures. And when goods are finished, they can be completed to Inventory Management or Sales Order for seamless integration with the distribution system. Additionally, manufactured component items can be completed to other work orders during the manufacturing process.

Please click to review additional information about Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 manufacturing systems.

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Customer Service Manager
Clean Seal, Inc.
South Bend, IN
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Sandy Garver

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Alpha Systems, Inc.
Elkhart, IN
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“We can put in so many more orders so much faster, and the system has saved us from hiring more staff.”

Kent Dennis

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St. Joseph Paper & Packaging
South Bend, IN
“We’re far better organized today as a result of implementing our system.

"With all the time and labor we’ve saved, we now devote more time to contacting clients and serving our customers.”

Justine Williams

Office Manager
St. Joseph Paper & Packaging
South Bend, IN
“It went brilliantly!

“I’ve been involved with many of these projects, both large and small, and this is the smoothest I’ve ever seen one go.

“It’s nice to have faith in your partners.”

Penny VanHorn

CFO
Trevco, Inc.
Troy, MI
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Lila Leonard

Vice President of Finance
Rollie Williams Paint Spot, Inc.
Elkhart, IN
“In fact, you know the thing I liked most? That you got our ERP implementation done in a very professional manner, but we also had fun!”

Connie Napier

Project Coordinator
Glunz & Jensen / K&F, Inc.
Granger, IN
"Your group was great through the entire process — always professional, friendly and quick to respond.

“I’ve worked with your team several times over 15 years, and I wouldn’t have felt comfortable with anyone else. As always, you were on-time and on-budget.”

Connie Napier

Project Coordinator
Glunz & Jensen / K&F, Inc.
Granger, IN
“This was the smoothest upgrade I’ve ever been involved with — and I’ve been through a lot of them in my career.”

Kent Deal

General Manager
Glunz & Jensen / K&F, Inc.
Granger, IN
“With [our new system from PSSI] we can do virtually anything. One person can handle multiple jobs and many roles.”

Michelle Nordlof

General Manager
Aeronautical Electric Company
Chicago, IL
“I’ve worked with your team several times over 15 years, and I wouldn’t have felt comfortable with anyone else. As always, you were on-time and on-budget.”

Connie Napier

Project Coordinator
Glunz & Jensen / K&F, Inc.
Granger, IN
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Lila Leonard

Vice President of Finance
Rollie Williams Paint Spot, Inc.
Elkhart, IN
“We have gained more than a 25% increase in order ship rates while total warehouse staff has actually decreased.

“Without this software, our shipping could never have kept up with our sales increases.”

Eric Kronemeyer

VP Operations
Alpha Systems, Inc.
Elkhart, IN
“[Clean Seal] now achieves 99.9% on-time shipments.”

Apryl Turczynski

Purchasing Manager
Clean Seal, Inc.
South bend, IN
“We would need a lot more people on our staff today if we did not have this system.

“[With our system from PSSI] we produce more, with fewer errors, in less time. And we catch the rare mistake sooner.”

Doris Fletcher

Vice President Manufacturing
Union Products, Inc.
Cromwell, IN
"PSSI has provided us with great customer service. They have helped us in many ways since we became partners with them. I would definitely recommend them to someone else."

Ms. Maria Grossman

VP & Controller
Indiana Municipal Power Agency
Carmel, IN
“E-Z WMS has eliminated the need to have paper in our system. We eliminate the paper chase, the hand-written confusion, the missed communications. At the same time it allows us to provide key employees with information on multiple work centers, thus allowing them to manage more work centers.”

Alan Wyne

General Manager
Berry Plastics (formerly Rollpak)
Goshen, IN
“E-Z WMS allows us to run our business with as few as one-sixth the number of employees our competition uses.”

Alan Wyne

General Manager
Berry Plastics (formerly Rollpak)
Goshen, IN
“We would need a lot more people on our staff today if we did not have this system.

“The system has eliminated purchasing pressures. We can plan now.”

Doris Fletcher

Vice President Manufacturing
Union Products, Inc.
Cromwell, IN
“The barcode and data collection systems have given us real-time inventory analysis. We’ve cut our number of inventory counts in half already. It’s real-time from the shop floor straight to the balance sheet.

“Our inventory accuracy has been dramatically improved, and that’s been a huge payback, in addition to improved reporting.”

Connie Napier

Project Coordinator
Glunz & Jensen / K&F, Inc.
Granger, IN
“You guys are always so quick to respond. Everything went really well during the upgrade process, despite staff changes at our end. I really have nothing negative to say.

“I’ve worked with your team several times over 15 years, and I wouldn’t have felt comfortable with anyone else. As always, you were on-time and on-budget.”

Connie Napier

Project Coordinator
Glunz & Jensen / K&F, Inc.
Granger, IN
“EZ-WMS has virtually eliminated our mis-shipments. The discipline required by the system in picking, packing and shipping makes the process faster and provides a much higher degree of accuracy than was possible prior to the deployment.”

Alan Wyne

General Manager
Berry Plastics (formerly Rollpak)
Goshen, IN
"They have always been there to help me out."

Ms. Angie Hill

Accounting Supervisor
Computer Care Company
Adrian, MI
“Utilizing the software we got from PSSI fully yields big savings to us."

Dean Skwarcan

Vice President
St. Joseph Paper & Packaging
South Bend, IN
“The speed at which our warehouse team was able to learn to use the system was another plus. I can teach someone all they need to know to use the system to pick orders in about fifteen minutes."

Alan Wyne

General Manager
Berry Plastics (formerly Rollpak)
Goshen, IN
"With [our system from PSSI], we’re putting out more quotes with fewer customer service reps than we otherwise could do.

“Today, we do 35% more business, using one production shift compared to the previous three shifts, with over 40% less staff.”

Bill Dawson

Vice President
General Manager
Clean Seal, Inc.
South Bend, IN
“The system has really improved our customer service! We can take multiple orders simultaneously, check orders faster, know when incoming product is due, keep our customers informed and make better promises on delivery.

“We’re far better organized today as a result of implementing our system.”

Justine Williams

Office Manager
St. Joseph Paper & Packaging
South Bend, IN
“I’m a firm believer in working smarter not harder, and [our software from PSSI] does just that for us.

“The project was on track for the agreed upon cost and schedule. We searched a long time for the right system… we checked references, and it was clear that PSSI was at the top of the list.”

Bill Dawson

Vice President
General Manager
Clean Seal, Inc.
South Bend, IN
“The PSSI staff helped us achieve giving our people the tools they need, and to keep us focused on doing even better in the future.”

Bill Dawson

Vice President
General Manager
Clean Seal, Inc.
South Bend, IN

Discrete Manufacturing

Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Sage Pro ERP

TIW ALERE

Sage MAS90

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“Now we can quickly look up customer history for things like pricing and purchases, when and how we shipped, quantities, order numbers, customer P.O.’s and much more, instantly.”

Cindy Borich

“E-Z WMS has eliminated all the spikes in our inventory counts. It has reduced mistakes, sped up shipping and made a major difference in our comfort level at year-end. It’s unbelievable the difference it has made in a year.”

Sandy Garver

“We have reduced paper invoicing and all those associated costs in paper, staff and postage by 75%.

“We can put in so many more orders so much faster, and the system has saved us from hiring more staff.”

Kent Dennis

“We’re far better organized today as a result of implementing our system.

"With all the time and labor we’ve saved, we now devote more time to contacting clients and serving our customers.”

Justine Williams

“It went brilliantly!

“I’ve been involved with many of these projects, both large and small, and this is the smoothest I’ve ever seen one go.

“It’s nice to have faith in your partners.”

Penny VanHorn

“Through it all, you guys always did the right thing.”

Lila Leonard

“In fact, you know the thing I liked most? That you got our ERP implementation done in a very professional manner, but we also had fun!”

"Your group was great through the entire process — always professional, friendly and quick to respond.“I’ve worked with your team several times over 15 years, and I wouldn’t have felt comfortable with anyone else. As always, you were on-time and on-budget.”

Connie Napier

“This was the smoothest upgrade I’ve ever been involved with — and I’ve been through a lot of them in my career.”

Kent Deal

“With [our new system from PSSI] we can do virtually anything. One person can handle multiple jobs and many roles.”

Michelle Nordlof

“I’ve worked with your team several times over 15 years, and I wouldn’t have felt comfortable with anyone else. As always, you were on-time and on-budget.”

Connie Napier

Lila Leonard

“We have gained more than a 25% increase in order ship rates while total warehouse staff has actually decreased.

“Without this software, our shipping could never have kept up with our sales increases.”

Eric Kronemeyer

“[Clean Seal] now achieves 99.9% on-time shipments.”

Apryl Turczynski

“We would need a lot more people on our staff today if we did not have this system.

“[With our system from PSSI] we produce more, with fewer errors, in less time. And we catch the rare mistake sooner.”

Doris Fletcher

"PSSI has provided us with great customer service. They have helped us in many ways since we became partners with them. I would definitely recommend them to someone else."

Ms. Maria Grossman

“E-Z WMS has eliminated the need to have paper in our system. We eliminate the paper chase, the hand-written confusion, the missed communications. At the same time it allows us to provide key employees with information on multiple work centers, thus allowing them to manage more work centers.”

Alan Wyne

“E-Z WMS allows us to run our business with as few as one-sixth the number of employees our competition uses.”

Alan Wyne

“We would need a lot more people on our staff today if we did not have this system.

“The system has eliminated purchasing pressures. We can plan now.”

Doris Fletcher

Connie Napier

“You guys are always so quick to respond. Everything went really well during the upgrade process, despite staff changes at our end. I really have nothing negative to say.

“I’ve worked with your team several times over 15 years, and I wouldn’t have felt comfortable with anyone else. As always, you were on-time and on-budget.”

“EZ-WMS has virtually eliminated our mis-shipments. The discipline required by the system in picking, packing and shipping makes the process faster and provides a much higher degree of accuracy than was possible prior to the deployment.”

Alan Wyne

"They have always been there to help me out."

Ms. Angie Hill

“Utilizing the software we got from PSSI fully yields big savings to us."

Dean Skwarcan

“The speed at which our warehouse team was able to learn to use the system was another plus. I can teach someone all they need to know to use the system to pick orders in about fifteen minutes."

Alan Wyne

"With [our system from PSSI], we’re putting out more quotes with fewer customer service reps than we otherwise could do.

“Today, we do 35% more business, using one production shift compared to the previous three shifts, with over 40% less staff.”

Bill Dawson

“The system has really improved our customer service! We can take multiple orders simultaneously, check orders faster, know when incoming product is due, keep our customers informed and make better promises on delivery.

“We’re far better organized today as a result of implementing our system.”

Justine Williams

“I’m a firm believer in working smarter not harder, and [our software from PSSI] does just that for us.

“The project was on track for the agreed upon cost and schedule. We searched a long time for the right system… we checked references, and it was clear that PSSI was at the top of the list.”

Bill Dawson

“The PSSI staff helped us achieve giving our people the tools they need, and to keep us focused on doing even better in the future.”

Bill Dawson

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"Your group was great through the entire process — always professional, friendly and quick to respond.

“I’ve worked with your team several times over 15 years, and I wouldn’t have felt comfortable with anyone else. As always, you were on-time and on-budget.”