Key features within ALERE Manufacturing have the potential to help you significantly improve your manufacturing operation and reduce costs.
To sign up for this program, go to the TIW ALERE Seminar Registration page.
After a year's hiatus, PSSI is delighted to host our 8th annual Roundup Customer Conference. Learn about the latest in software technology innovations from many of the industry's leading names and providers.
Once a year, on one day, in one place Midwest companies can:
For copies of the Presentations, in PowerPoint or pdf format, click on the following link to the : Presentation Request Form
And it’s all FREE at our 8th annual Roundup!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
8:00 am - 4:30 pmContinental Breakfast & Lunch Will be Served
6561 Lonewolf Dr., Suite 200
South Bend, IN 46628
* 13 information-filled breakouts on topics of timely interest today
* Opportunities to meet with key technology provider executives
* Software demonstrations
* Private meetings
* Free continental breakfast, and free lunch
* Door prizes and giveaways
April 10, 2008: “Lean” Down as You Beef Up:
How to Use “Lean” Processes to Improve Your Business Performance
“Lean” is a process of breaking processes down, simplifying them, then recreating procedures for business improvement. As you implement a Lean philosophy you will realize more efficient production and improved customer service while requiring less time and labor and reducing costs.
At this half-day free seminar you'll learn about the basic "blocking and tackling" techniques that get results NOW ! You'll learn:
With the help of Advanced Performance, Inc. -- professionals with over15 years of Lean implementation experience -- you will learn how to make it happen at your company – now! This will be an interactive session with room for give and take -- including a discussion of Advanced Manufacturing techniques that you can use to get bottom line results quickly.
Owners and general managers should attend this valuable (but free) seminar particularly if your firm:
Attendees at this seminar will also learn how to qualify for a no charge assessment at your plant.
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When: | April 10, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. |
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| Where: | PSSI Offices 6561 Lonewolf Dr., Suite 200 South Bend, Indiana 46628 |
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| Cost: | No Charge Includes Continental Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. |
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| Phone Registration: | Call PSSI: 574-239-2444 Toll Free: 877-273-2444 |
October 30, 2007; 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. – MANAGING Your Business Using Microsoft Dynamics-NAV (Navision)
Microsoft Dynamics-NAV 5.0 will help you manage your business more efficiently and effectively.
Microsoft Dynamics-NAV (formerly "Navision") is the fastest growing ERP solution in the mid-market today. If you're a manufacturer, you owe it to yourself to attend this seminar and find out what thousands of manufacturers worldwide have already learned: that when it comes to MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS and gaining the competitive edge that comes from fast, flexible and powerful business intelligence ... Microsoft Dynamics NAV (i.e., "Navision") is the name to know!
Productivity Solutions is an authorized Microsoft Dynamics-NAV reseller and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist. We present this seminar in conjunction with our friends at Microsoft and Cost Control Software, Inc. (a certified Microsoft ISV Partner) in the interest of educating small to mid-size manufacturing and distribution companies on options available to you to better manage your business, with the premier business intelligence tools on the market today.
At this seminar, you'll learn what Dynamics-NAV can do for your manufacturing enterprise: the tool s ... the applications ... the role-based views of the enterprise ... the amazing drill-down and reporting capabilities ... it's all here! And like all PSSI seminars this one too is absolutely FREE. Even the breakfast is on us!
In today's environment, everybody contributes to the business' success -- now, learn how the "people-ready" approach to Microsoft Dynamics-NAV will enable your firm to lean out processes and maximize efficiencies straight down to the bottom line.
Topics to be covered include:
Date/Time/Location:
At this seminar you will discover how to:
Maximize Profitability
Determine what drives your profitability
Make management decisions that are aligned with your profitability goals
Increase profitability with no corresponding increase in expenses or capital investment
Discover 3 decision rules and 4 metrics that can be immediately put to use.
Achieve a Viable Vision
Use a process that leads to achieving rapid, substantial growth (a Viable Vision)
Make investment decisions that enable growth
Devise strategies that maximize profits and lead to a Viable Vision
Create an "Unrefusable" Market Offer
Use a technique to help you understand your capabilities, industry and customers
Develop a market offer that your customers would consider
The steps necessary to deliver an "unrefusable" market offer
Using The Theory of Constraints, as developed by the Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute, Dr. Donn J. Novotny helps companies build profits through the development, dissemination, and application of many powerful tactical solutions derived from this theory.
As President of The Goal Institute, Dr. Novotny does “results-based” consulting. 90% of his fees are based on results. And the fees are dependant upon actual bottom-line results, not just accomplishing tasks. If your sales and profits don't increase then you don't pay the bonuses. Period.
For nearly 20 years, the staff at Productivity Solutions has been serving the information processing needs in the regional business community - albeit organized as a different company. To show our appreciation to our customers, we are hosting a Customer Appreciation Day / Open House at our office on Wednesday, June 27th, from noon 'til 5:00 p.m.
Our Open House / Customer Appreciation Day is aimed at introducing you to the most valuable and current information on using software to run your business today. You may recall our previous Roundups of past years. This year, we’re doing a scaled down version specifically for clients of our solutions from Sage Software, Inc. In addition, we are holding the event at our offices, to make it easier to demo software, meet privately, and answer your questions.
Plus, this year’s event is only one-half day, jam-packed with the latest news and information to help you better plan, run and grow your business. We won’t waste your time, but we will help you grow your business!
You and your staff invest hundreds or thousands of hours every year entering data into your computers. What is the value of the information coming out? Attend the Business Intelligence Benefits Seminar at PMI on March 15th to learn how to minimize data entry time and maximize your business intelligence output using MAS 90 and 200 Version 4.2 and Visual Interrogator.
Among the highlights of MAS 90 version 4.2 you will see are:
Visual Interrogator is perhaps the most powerful, easy to use business information reporting and charting system on the market today, providing actionable information from Sage MAS 90 and 200, and other databases you may currently be using. VI provides you with additional capabilities which are especially powerful if you have data stored in multiple databases and different formats. See how you can quickly and easily unlock the potential of your business through flexible multi-database custom reporting.
Whether you are currently using one of the versions of Sage Pro (a/k/a SBT Pro Series, Accpac Pro Series), or looking for an outstanding accounting, manufacturing and distribution system, you owe it to yourself to look at Sage Pro Version 7.4. In Sage Pro V7.4, Sage has introduced 90 functional enhancements. Additionally, there are 131 enhancements to the "user interface" and data management... features designed to make your job simpler and your life easier. Of course, Sage Pro ERP remains completely modifiable to precisely match your business needs.
Visual Interrogator provides you with additional capabilities which are especially powerful if you have data stored in multiple databases and different formats. VI allows you to quickly and easily unlock the potential of your business through flexible multi-database custom reporting.
As a business executive, you understand that your company's sustained success rests heavily on the ability to convert data into actionable information in order to make informed business decisions. Ultimately, access to data and the ability to analyze it quickly assists you in your constant efforts to increase profitability.
Visual Interactions allows you to quickly and easily unlock the potential of your business by providing a complete end-to-end business analytics solution to retrieve, analyze and distribute data results. The Visual Interactions solution comes ready to use with your existing financial system and is quick to implement with everything needed for analysis, reporting, and decision making.
PMI's 7th Annual Roundup, a day-long series of educational seminars on Business Policies, Procedures and Information systems, was held at the Windsor Park Conference Center in Edison Lakes, Mishawaka, IN, on
August 17, 2006.
PLUS: Special Keynote Presentation by Dr. Donn Novotny:
Viable Vision: Turn your top line into your bottom line in four years
This year’s three break-out session tracks will focus on:
PMI, in conjunction with Zig Ziglar Training Systems and Sage Software, sponsored an educational seminar on Maintaining Customer Relationships. The event, held at the PMI offices in South Bend, IN, drew a substantial crowd. The featured speaker was Krish Dhanam from Ziglar Training Systems. Krish is a true product of Ziglar Training Systems. Born in South India, Krish came to the United States in 1986 to achieve his dreams and fulfill his potential. By teaching and facilitating seminars across the globe Krish launched his professional speaking career. Today he has successfully spread the message of hope, preparedness and change in sixteen countries and forty states across America. Testimonials validating his superior presentation style, technique and humor have been received from the likes of Christian Dior, Lennar Homes, State Farm Insurance, Nortel, EDS and Weyerhauser. Krish is the author of The American Dream from an Indian Heart, released early in 2005, and was a contributing author to Top Performance, written by Zig Ziglar.
May 25, 2006, at the PMI Office in South Bend
7:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 Seminar presentation by Krish Dhanam
10:30 Seminar wrap-up
November 29, 2005: Introduction to MAS 90 and MAS 200 Version 4.1
What can MAS 90 or MAS 200 Version 4.1 do for your business? During this free, three hour seminar, we will review the considerable enhancements to be found in Version 4.1. Sage Software, the publisher of MAS 90 and MAS 200, has called this the most significant version of the software since the release of MAS90 for Windows. This is your opportunity to learn about the enhancements, first hand. All attendees will receive a free copy of the Sage white paper: "Release Guide to Version 4.1"
Times: 9:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. on November 29, 2005
Refreshments: 30 Minutes prior to starting time
Location: The PMI offices at 6561 Lonewolf Drive, Suite 200, South Bend, IN.
September 29, 2005: PMI to Exhibit at St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce Business Expo After Hours 2005
On Thursday, September 29, 2005, PMI will take part in the Michiana area's business-to-business networking event of the year: Business Expo After Hours 2005, presented by The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County. To be held at the Century Center in downtown South Bend, between 4:00 and 7:30 p.m., the Expo features 125 exhibitors and numerous business networking opportunities. We think you will enjoy the informal environment of the event; highlighted by good food from area restaurants, a cash bar and live music.
September 22, 2005 & September 26, 2005: Improved Accpac Financial Reporting with JetReports
Are you getting all of the information you need from your accounting software – in a format that works for you? Join our free on-line seminar to learn how to get better information, faster, automatically: Any Report. Any Way. Right Now
To see how JetReports can cut your costs and simplify your life, join PMI and Katherine Turner-Lawrence, PMI’s JetReports representative, for a free, web-based JetReports overview specifically for PMI’s Sage Pro ERP clients. You can attend the presentation from the comfort of your office at no charge to you. You can have as many of your staff watch the presentation as you want. All you need is a telephone for the audio portion and an internet connection for the video.
The Free Web Seminars will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. CDT (that’s South Bend, Indiana time, folks) or Monday, September 26, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. CDT. The two presentations will be the same, so choose the one that best fits your schedule. The JetReports seminars are free, but you must pre-register with us prior to the day of the event.
June 16, 2005: PMI Roundup — Seminars and Expo
PMI Roundup 2005 is now history. More than 150 people -- guests, vendor representatives and the PMI staff -- crowded the Windsor Park Conference Center for the day.
Among the comments received from our guests:
"First class job"... "Kudos to you all"... "First year -- loved it!"... "The Greatest" (speaking of keynote by Donn Novotny)... "Very enlightening"... "Great Roundup"... "Everything was very good"... etc.
The photo below shows of some of the PMI Roundup 2005 guests as they await the keynote address to be presented by Dr. Donn Novotny of The Goal Institute, Inc. (Dr. Novotny is seen at bottom right.)
For the sixth year, we have invited vendors from all over the country and local business partners to present their best solutions to you. With PMI bringing in talent from such companies as Microsoft, Best Software, TIW Corporation, and many others, this is your opportunity to take one day for a complete technology learning experience. During the day's event, there will be many breakout sessions on specific software products and technology issues that should be of interest to all of our clients and prospective clients. At any given hour of the day, we will have three unique sessions in operation. Additionally, many of our vendors will have displays set up so you may visit with them, ask product-specific questions of the factory representatives, and see demonstrations of their more recent products. This is also an excellent opportunity to meet the entire PMI staff and to learn more about future directions of our company.
When: Thursday, June 16, 2005 (7:30 AM to 5:30 PM)
Where: Windsor Park Conference Center, Mishawaka, Indiana
Why: Don't miss out! Mark your calendar now for a full day of education and networking!
Keynote Presentation: Necessary, But Not Sufficient
Featuring Dr. Donn Novotny, President & Founder, The Goal InstituteHear world-renowned speaker and adviser to Fortune 100 firms Dr. Donn J. Novotny talk about why software is necessary, but not sufficient, in solving today’s business problems and supply chain needs. Donn’s presentation, taken from the title of Eli Goldratt’s best-selling book of the same name, will focus on the planning and process requirements to make a software investment pay off. For 16 years, Dr. Novotny was a senior partner in the Goldratt Institute, before founding The Goal Institute. Goldratt’s books have sold over 5 million copies, and he’s been called an “iconoclast” by The Economist, a “genius” by Business Week, and a “guru to industry” by Fortune. Donn’s longtime affiliation with Goldratt and founding of his own firm has involved him in improving business processes for firms around the world, making him among the world’s foremost authorities on tactical business solutions.
Client companies across North and South America have prospered, attributing their success to Dr. Novotny’s practical Theory of Constraints . Companies enhancing their delivery performance and supply chain would include Daimler Chrysler, Ford and General Motors.
