• Accounting
Benchmark has created accounting and financial reporting applications for various industries
(banking, investment management, construction lending
and manufacturing), and from Quickbooks, McCracken and Peoplesoft integration utilities, to the development of complete ERP general ledger,
accounts payable/receivable and reporting systems.
• Business Intelligence (BI)
The overall name for the technology that allows companies to
slice and dice information a hundred different ways—virtually instantaneously—is
Business Intelligence (BI). These tools can provide valuable insight into personnel efficiencies, marketing results,
production trends, sales force effectiveness, costs and profits (to name a few). The technology is not new.
What is new, however, is that such analysis is no longer the sole purvue of a back-office analyst
or programmer, but can now be
easily and quickly accessed by any manager with a desktop computer or
mobile device.
• Inventory Management
The inventory management requirements for manufacturing companies
can be daunting whether it's for finished goods, WIP and raw materials tracking,
JIT/Kanban stocking requirements, control number (unit/lot/batch) tracking,
assemblies and kits, OEM min/max
levels, product revision control, retail vs. wholesale, LIFO vs. FIFO
accounting, inter-plant transfers, and much more. Benchmark has built custom
applications to bring simplicity and efficiency to these complex business processes.
• Barcoding
Benchmark can provide barcoding solutions for a broad range of applications.
Whether its inventory management, work-in-process tracking, retail sales or data-entry of
handwritten forms, adding barcoding to your workflow not only increases efficiency,
but also helps to ensure data accuracy and the timely availability of that information throughout the organization.
• Rubber Compounding
In rubber manufacturing, the ability to properly record and
monitor the effectiveness of rubber compound formulations is a key element
of product success. Compounding formulations are often closely guarded trade
secrets, mandating limited and secured acess to their details. In
highly-regulated fields, such as medical device manufacturing, the ability to
track compounding lots back to their formulations and maintain process
integrity, is a critical
factor in regulatory conformance and manufacturing efficiency.
• Imaging Solutions
Benchmark's imaging solutions address the problems associated with
image access and relevance. For many
companies, the use of pictures and drawings plays an integral role in day-to-day workflow processes. While many companies have
"gone digital," too often, these digital image assets are buried inside standalone databases or, worse yet, in nested levels of shared
folders on a network server. Our imaging solutions bring these assets up front, associated with the business
record for
which the image was created... customers, vendors, inventory items, production
processes, machinery, etc. For example, images and drawings associated with a manufactured item are right there, in the master record of the manufactured
part and are available whenever that part is referenced in sales orders, invoices, quality control processes, etc.
• Quality Mgmnt System (QMS)
Quality Manuals, Work Instructions, Inspection Criteria, Nonconformant
Materials, Corrective and Preventative Actions, Process Control, Product
Identification and ISO/FDA Compliance Requirements... represent various aspects of quality management for which Benchmark has built custom QMS applications. For our clients
with existing off-the-shelf QMS applications, we have integrated those applications with other line-of-business
applications to ensure that the collective efforts of the QA department are not lost by the actions of other departments
(like accidentally shipping non-conformant parts, selling first-article parts as
finished goods, providing incorrect certification documents to the client,
etc.).
• Tool & Mold Management
In the highly-competitive manufacturing arena, companies
that implement effective tool-crib management enjoy a strategic advantage in meeting their customers' JIT agreements,
as well as more effectively meeting their internal goals for quality and production
efficiency. Benchmark's tool and mold solutions help our clients answer questions
such as, "What is the current value of our inventory?" "Where ARE the tools?" "What is the vendor's turnaround
time for rework / repair?" "What are the comparative production efficiencies and
defect rates between two molds for the same part?"