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ALERE® Manufacturing

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.

Make to Order
Job Shops
Engineer to Order
Make to Stock

Since day-to-day processes are important to running your company, the design of ALERE Manufacturing has focused on making those processes as easy as possible. ALERE Manufacturing features:

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.

To help you understand what ALERE can do for you, an ALERE Product Specification Brochure and an ALERE Manufacturing White Paper are available. Click on the Attachment links below to access the pdf documents.

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“Once you know how to use the system, there isn’t anything you can’t get out of it. The system is really user-friendly and intuitive for our office users. The screens are well laid-out and consistent. But the real versatility shines through for the power-user, who can drill down to unprecedented levels to extract key data and trends from the system – it’s fast, simple and powerful.”

Lila Leonard

Vice President of Finance
Rollie Williams Paint Spot, Inc.
Elkhart, 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
"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
“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
“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

Warehouse Manager
Alpha Systems, Inc.
Elkhart, 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
“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
“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
“Through it all, you guys always did the right thing.”

Lila Leonard

Vice President of Finance
Rollie Williams Paint Spot, Inc.
Elkhart, IN
"They have always been there to help me out."

Ms. Angie Hill

Accounting Supervisor
Computer Care Company
Adrian, MI
“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

President
St. Joseph Paper & Packaging
South Bend, IN
“[Clean Seal] now achieves 99.9% on-time shipments.”

Apryl Turczynski

Purchasing Manager
Clean Seal, Inc.
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
“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
"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
“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
“Utilizing the software we got from PSSI fully yields big savings to us."

Dean Skwarcan

Vice President
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
“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
"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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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

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

ALERE® Manufacturing

To help you understand what ALERE can do for you, an ALERE Product Specification Brochure and an ALERE Manufacturing White Paper are available. Click on the Attachment links below to access the pdf documents.

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Lila Leonard

“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.”

"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

“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!”

“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 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

“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

Connie Napier

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

Lila Leonard

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

Ms. Angie Hill

“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

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

Apryl Turczynski

“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

“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

"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

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

Alan Wyne

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

Dean Skwarcan

“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

“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

"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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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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.”