Print MIS systems can help you manage your in-plant’s production and improve its efficiency, while collecting crucial shop floor data.

By Bob Atkinson

Here are some suggestions to help you choose a system:

• Look carefully at the way you work now. Examine the tasks that you feel are most difficult and inefficient. Analyze each vendor’s literature, Web site and product demos. Which ones offer modules that handle your difficult tasks well? Are they in your budget range? Do they allow you to work the way you do now, without upsetting your shop’s processes?