[labnetwork] Recommendations for commercially available ERP-type SW packages

[Sandrine Martin]

Hello Vito,

At the University of Michigan LNF, we've developed our own system for
monitoring such data (which we find critical in order to really optimize
our operations), together with the tool scheduling/access. If you go back
to that option and want to discuss details, I'd be happy to provide more
information.

Thanks
Sandrine

On Monday, April 11, 2016, Vito Logiudice <vito.logiudice at uwaterloo.ca>
wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I’m reaching out in the hopes that some of you might be able to recommend
> a reasonably priced and commercially available simplified ERP-type software
> package that you are perhaps using for your own fab operations. We’re
> looking for something that will be quick and easy to implement and which
> will allow us to track (via built-in databases which can be queried for
> report generation) three categories of information:
>
>    1. Database for storing names, credentials and affiliations of current
>    and past lab members
>    2. Database for tracking of lab user invoices and balances owed per PI
>    (accounts receivable)
>    3. Database for detailed tracking of operations costs which are
>    assigned to a specific category of expense (ie., consumables, repairs,
>    spare parts, upgrades, etc.) which are in turn assigned to a specific tool.
>    This would enable the generation of detailed annual cost of operations
>    reports, including total annual cost per tool, which could in turn be used
>    to adjust equipment access rates as needed.
>
> We had initially hoped that our internal IT group could develop a simple
> platform in house but it appears now that competing interests will keep
> this from happening.
>
> Thank you very much for any insights or recommendations.
>
> Best regards,
> Vito
> --
> Vito Logiudice  P.Eng.
> Director of Operations, Quantum NanoFab
> University of Waterloo
> Lazaridis QNC 1207
> 200 University Avenue West
> Waterloo, ON           Canada N2L 3G1
> Tel.: (519) 888-4567  ext. 38703
> Email: vito.logiudice at uwaterloo.ca
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> Website: https://fab.qnc.uwaterloo.ca
>
>

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Sandrine Martin, Ph.D.

University of Michigan

LNF Managing Director

1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Cell 734-277-2365

Fax 734-647-1781

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