New partnership with Anthesis Ltd will support Cambridgeshire & Peterborough manufacturing companies to access experts in ERP software and support services

The Smart Manufacturing Alliance is partnered with Anthesis Limited to help manufacturers across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough drive performance by releasing the value of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) business system.

With the current challenges in supply chain, resource, and cost management, having resilient business systems and processes in place has never been more critical in order to remain competitive. As a result, a well-implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is more central to operations than ever, delivering one version of the truth and ensuring that business-critical resources can be reviewed in real time, anywhere. That could indeed be materials, people, tooling, or machinery amongst many others.

Challenges in attracting and retaining new talent, as well as expectations of collaborations from customers mean that modern systems are not just for collecting information – they can offer a genuine competitive advantage. Digitalisation is one key aspect of this, enabling processes to become efficient and allowing geographically divergent workforces to have instant access to manufacturing facilities, shortening process times whilst improving production efficiency.

Anthesis Ltd is a team of ERP specialists with wide-ranging experience in the manufacturing sector. They specialise in the implementation and support of IFS Cloud ERP software for process and industrial manufacturers and for technical and electronic installers. Recognised as a Gold Partner by global software vendor IFS, they have 14 years’ worth of experience delivering over 250 projects to help businesses release the value of strategic ERP investment. The resulting solutions improve operational efficiency across key business functions including Finance, HCM, Manufacturing Warehousing, Sales and Service.

Bob Hart, Programme Director at the Smart Manufacturing Alliance, said “Moving digitalisation to a company- wide business strategy is critical to manufacturers seeking to gain and maintain a competitive edge. It is clear that outsourcing solutions to experts with deep in-depth knowledge and a broad understanding of the sector issues allows organisations to focus on their core business. I am delighted that we will be working with Anthesis Ltd as a trusted partner to support our members”.

Tom Constantine, Joint MD and Founder of Anthesis Ltd said, “Our outlook is simple: we are here to help. Anthesis implements solutions that allow our customers to become more agile and to improve their production and service performance. We’re delighted to be working with the Smart Manufacturing Alliance to extend our capabilities to help manufacturers across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, supporting their business growth, and helping to build a more resilient, sustainable sector.” To learn more about Anthesis visit here