Deliver on-time in less time every time.
Increase visibility to your shop floor & deliver on time with the industry’s first ERP that considers unplanned variability on the shop floor. Built in Protected Flow Manufacturing (PFM) module helps manufacturers take control of their production schedules by constantly prioritizing jobs to minimize wait times and maximize on-time delivery. The PFM Enterprise (PFM/E) cloud-based manufacturing ERP will help you get up and running quickly, ensure you have inventory when you need it, decrease your on-going costs, and enable you to concentrate on what you do best – running your business.
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"Turbo Charge” Your Shop Floor

Reduce manufacturing lead times, improve material flow, and deliver on time to your customers in less time with PFM/E’s integrated PFM module. Utilizing color coded “threat levels” on jobs, the PFM module ensures that you are working on the right job at the right time.

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The Right Amount of Inventory – Always

Ensure you always have enough inventory – finished goods, subassemblies, and purchased items – but never too much with PFM/E’s integrated Demand Driven MRP.

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Delivered From the Cloud

PFM/E’s cloud-delivered solutions eliminate costly in-house servers and bloated IT budgets. Your team can access critical data quickly and securely from anywhere via a laptop, tablet, or phone.

Protected Flow Manufacturing Enterprise's benefits go beyond on-time delivery and precise inventory control.
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Scheduling That Actually Works

Scheduling is buffered from variability thanks to the embedded PFM module execution engine. An easy to read list of jobs organized by “threat level” priority and resource ensures the shop floor always knows what to work on.

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Expedited Quote to Cash

Enjoy greater business efficiency, more accuracy, and better visibility from initial quote to final payment thanks to streamlined and automated Quote-to-Cash processes.

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Eliminate Issues

Predictive analytics and artificial intelligence tell you what problems will be in future, so they can be addressed before they happen.

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Dynamic Material Planning

Reduce the impact of shorter lead times and fragmented customer demand on operations by eliminating guesswork when it comes to safety stock levels and reducing wasted raw materials.

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Quick Implementation

In just two months or less your business can be benefitting from PFM/E’s business enhancing capabilities.

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Groundbreaking Innovation

With over 25 years of ERP development behind them, the PFM/E design team re-imagined what ERP is and how it should work.

Why Our Customers Refer Us
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In the beginning of January, we were over one hundred jobs overdue. At the end of January, we had just 40 jobs overdue. A month later, we were only 14 jobs behind and these jobs were only one or two days behind. We’re running jobs through the plant more efficiently.

Jeff Cederstrom, President
Arch Global Precision
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We can now see the load against all resources going forward into the future and most importantly see which ones are likely to be bottlenecks and which orders are unlikely to be delivered on time. If we must add additional capacity, we’re confident that doing so will improve on-time delivery and throughput. Now we understand and see clearly what will happen to all deliveries by accepting that extra order.

Val Zanchuk, Owner
Graphicast
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Business Driving Results
78%
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late jobs in just three weeks
>65%
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increased capacity
100%
amount PFM/E
reduced overtime

Core Features & Benefits

Scheduling That Really Works

PFM Enterprise uses a revolutionary approach to shop floor resource management called Protected Flow Manufacturing (PFM). The PFM module anticipates and plans for the things that can happen on the shop floor such as missing material, personnel issues, machine problems and changing customer demand. This results in a believable and optimized shop “schedule” that people trust.

Cloud Based Access Anywhere & Anytime

Seeing what is happening in your business and making the changes needed to stay on track is as easy as opening up your browser. There is no need to deal with expensive infrastructure that can stop you from seeing your operations when you need to.

Two cutting-edge solutions in one ERP.

PFM Enterprise combines two new industry changing solutions in one ERP system.  Protected Flow Manufacturing (PFM) prioritizes the shop floor operation by an innovative approach that uses protective buffering.  Demand Driven Material Planning (DDMRP) then ensures that the right amount of inventory will be available to both production and customers by using calculations based on real-time consumption. PFM Enterprise is the only ERP on the market that delivers these two revolutionary approaches as part of their native ERP.

How has Production Scheduling and Control changed over the last 240 years?

For all of you who have had long careers in Production Scheduling and Control or anyone who is just starting out in the field, Synergy has assembled this 240-year historical timeline of just how Production Scheduling and Control got started, and where it’s going. Take this historical tour to understand the challenges that manufacturers have always had and the ways that people, computers, software, and new thinking have tried to solve them. We welcome feedback and suggestions for additions or revisions. We hope you enjoy the trip!
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Designed for your industry.
Aerospace & Defense
Automotive Manufacturing
Electronics & High-Tech
Energy Manufacturing
Field Service, Maintenance & Repair
Furniture & Fixtures
Industrial Equipment & Machinery
Industrial Manufacturing
Medical Device Manufacturing
Metal, Glass, & Plastic Fabrication
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Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace & Defense

The aerospace, defense, space and security (A&D) industries are major contributors to our economy. They thrive if supported by scalable, industry specific applications. Synergy Resources’ applications and modules aid scientific and engineering talent in cutting-edge A&D industries. Synergy Resources helps you meet your goals faster-even while confronting escalating costs and market complexity.
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Highlights
  • Engineering with CAD integration
  • Engineering change control
  • Specifications and data "flow down" for ITAR, DFAR, etc.
  • Actual job costing
  • Project Management with Earned Value Management and milestone reporting
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Automotive Manufacturing

Automotive Manufacturing

As a manufacturer in the specialty vehicle industry, such as boats or emergency vehicles, you need a solution that can quickly respond to unique product configurations and accurately budget and manage actual costs associated with these jobs or projects. Infor VISUAL ERP is it!
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Highlights
  • Configuration management
  • Serial and lot control
  • Design and engineering
  • Capacity planning & scheduling (Lean, TOC, JIT)
  • Actual costing
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Electronics & High-Tech

Electronics & High-Tech

As a high tech or electronic manufacturer, you need control over component and finished goods inventory at the revision and tracking number level to efficiently and effectively service customers. Infor VISUAL ERP delivers the supply chain visibility to meet these demands and also offers comprehensive material and capacity planning functionality, which maximizes productivity.
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Highlights
  • Alternate item on bill of materials (BOM)
  • Item cross reference (supplier and manufacturer)
  • Approved vendors and manufacturer lists
  • Supply chain visibility with Web based portals
  • Reference designators
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Energy Manufacturing

Energy Manufacturing

Synergy has a track record of implementing the right software, deploying efficient business processes, and developing the right metrics. This provides you with the insight and visibility you need into business operations and drives desired behaviors.
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Optimize People, Processes, & Technology.
  • Strengthen Your Supply Chain
  • Sophisticated Project Management
  • Connect Service Efforts to Operations
  • Localization & Financial Accounting Visibility
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Field Service, Maintenance & Repair

Field Service, Maintenance & Repair

Revenue growth, customer satisfaction, and strategic goals around competitive differentiation are requiring field service and MRO organizations to rapidly transform. Manufacturing companies that once outsourced field service are seeing the growth and profit potential of an "insourced" aftermarket service team. Staying competitive with solutions that allow you to track costs, improve inventory availability, and take advantage of digital technologies such as IIoT, GPS, and predictive AI is not only advantageous, but necessary.
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Highlights
  • Improve Customer Satisfaction & First Time Fix Rate
  • Reduce Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
  • Optimize Routing of Field Service Techs
  • Support for Depot Repair, Break-Fix & More
  • Offer Managed Service Contracts
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Furniture & Fixtures

Furniture & Fixtures

Today's customers demand that furniture and fixture manufacturers offer new product lines and custom options for existing products on demand. We can help you build speed and flexibility into your engineering and production processes so you can meet expectations.
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Highlights
  • Industry Expert Partners
  • Increase Quote Win Rate
  • Improve Planning & Scheduling
  • Cut Operational Costs
  • Shorten Product Development Lifecycles
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Industrial Equipment & Machinery

Industrial Equipment & Machinery

If you're like most of our equipment manufacturer customers, you compete by selling a complete solution that includes aftermarket services, countless configuration options, and available spare parts. Our solutions have a broad set of capabilities to meet your unique challenges. You'll have the control and visibility you need throughout the entire product lifecycle.
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Gain a competitive edge and extend your aftermarket offerings.
  • Win More Business
  • Meet Customer Delivery Expectations
  • Increase Velocity of Spare Part Sales
  • Collaborate With Suppliers & Customers
  • Leave Your Competitors Behind
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Industrial Manufacturing

Industrial Manufacturing

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Highlights
  • End-to-end customer relationship, sales, purchasing, performance, and financial management
  • Estimating with multiple quantity breaks
  • Integrated capacity planning (Lean, TOC, JIT) with unlimited "what-if" scenarios
  • Material planning with real-time visibility of demand and supply
  • Cost control (actual, average, standard)
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Medical Device Manufacturing

Medical Device Manufacturing

Synergy's Continuous Improvement teams have helped medical device manufacturers to increase productivity both in the office and on the shop floor. Our ERP products enable employees to complete assigned tasks faster and make more products without increasing costs.
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Highlights
  • End-to-end customer relationship, sales, purchasing, performance, and financial management
  • Estimating with multiple quantity breaks
  • Integrated capacity planning (Lean, TOC, JIT) with unlimited "what-if" scenarios
  • Material planning with real-time visibility of demand and supply
  • Cost control (actual, average, standard)
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Metal, Glass, & Plastic Fabrication

Metal, Glass, & Plastic Fabrication

Our ERPs are purpose-built for MTO, ETO, CTO/ATO, MTS, and mixed-mode manufacturing companies. The end-to-end solutions helps manufacturers like you increase efficiency, accurately manage cost position, meet and exceed customer expectations, and accelerate growth.
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Highlights
  • Purpose-Built ERP
  • Estimate with Confidence
  • Improve Delivery Performance
  • Paperless Real-Time Shop Floor Data Collection
  • The Right Materials at the Right Time