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A recent article published on the Manufacturing Alumni website highlights how the right ETO technology solution must provide real integration with all aspects of the enterprise. The unique requirements of each department and stage of production must be met while ensuring an overall efficiency.

Questica SE allows all departments access to real time integrated information at each stage of the process, as well as full integration with associated software such as Solidworks and Autocad.

“An integrated business system is the most important production tool an ETO manufacturer can buy.” states Dennis Parass of Questica

Read more in the Streamlining ETO article in the Business Excellence November issue, page 10

Unlike the Make-to-Order and Make-to-Forecast manufacturer, the ETO manufacturer is faced with the challenge of tracking BOM associated costs throughout the entire manufacturing process. Find out how Questica SE solves this challenge in the article Make-to-Forecast and Make-to-Order Systems Fail CFO’s of Engineer-to-Order Companies.

AutomationMedia.com publishes an article showing the benefits of Questica SE in ETO manufacturing.

The ability to capture engineering history, and to free up time from the engineering staff, allows for significant increase in productivity.

“Handling Specialty, a Niagara region custom manufacturer specializing in lift systems, was able to triple their sales in a five year period after implementing Questica SE while keeping the same size staff throughout that period, exactly the same number of designers and shop staff, the same size plant and inventory.

Questica SE is featured in an article on Automation.com, outlining how implementing the solution can provide ETO manufacturers with a significant increase in output, without the need to increase staffing.

“The key is to streamline your business process, speeding up the process and freeing up critical staff from clerical tasks to focus on income generating tasks.” states Dennis Parass of Questica, Inc.

Monsanto, a multinational agricultural company, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has chosen Questica SE as their ERP system.

Questica SE will provide integration with SolidWorks, to streamline the creation and changes in producing BOM, for Monsanto’s design and equipment manufacturing group.

A plus for Monsanto is the ability to use Questica SE without requiring an internal accounting package. The new software will enable Monsanto to speed up their design and build process while reducing errors and cost.

After conducting a review of ERP solutions, NAO Engineering Inc. has purchased Questica SE to help them streamline their ETO process.

NAO was looking to upgrade from a Unix system in order to; provide a central database for all departments, streamline the flow thru of data, and eliminate duplicate entries. Questica SE’s latest release v3.0 is a powerful tool that will enable NAO to meet all of their ERP requirements.

NAO Engineering is a provider of combustion, environmental and safety products for major energy corporations.

Our product development team is constantly working on improving Questica SE’s features and functions. Each year we summarize all of this work into a single release. Each annual upgrade incorporates a number of product enhancements, ergonomic improvements and product fixes. This year we are announcing a major release with Questica SE 3.0. This includes a new ergonomic interface leveraging the latest Microsoft technology, and, as usual, there are a number of new features that will help our clients improve their productivity.

For full details read press release or contact Questica for a demo.

Ecco Fuels Technologies selects Questica SE as its ERP software to streamline their business process and improve efficiencies.

Questica is pleased to continually be able to offer our customers new features for Questica Se. With the optional Autodesk Inventor Plug-In, you can ‘push’ your assemblies from Inventor directly into a Questica SE Bill of Material, eliminating double entry and increasing accuracy and preventing costly mistakes.

Questica has once again, through Veritest testing requirements, achieved Microsoft's highest partnership status for its TeamBudget applications. Questica has worked hard to achieve this status with its Web based .NET solutions.

Questica is proud to welcome Odim Spectrum Ltd. as the newest user of Questica SE.

Located in Peterborough, Ontario, Odim Spectrum specializes in engineered product & system solutions for the defense, offshore oil & gas exploration, and nuclear industries.

Odim Spectrum is looking forward to Questica SE providing them with a reliable automated, real-time inventory control and order processing.

Dennis Parass, Questica's Chairman, is featured in an article in the National Post along side Condoleezza Rice and Martha Stewart.

Edgewater Automation implements Questica SE in order to decrease costs and improve efficiencies. Edgewater Automation specializes in designing and building custom automated assembly and test equipment.

Farason, designers and builders of custom automation machines and systems, selects Questica SE to help them streamline their business process. Farason combines proven techniques, sound solutions and cutting edge technology to provide reliable automation systems to their customers.

After a lengthy search of ERP solutions, Innoveq selects Questica SE as their solution of choice. Innoveq is a world leader in mobile equipment and conveyor solutions.

Gypsum Technologies “GYPTECH" of Stoney Creek incorporates Questica SE into their business strategy to further enhance their position as a dominant player in supplying gypsum wallboard equipment to the world. Questica SE will assist GYPTECH in improving productivity and increasing profitability.

Heinzen Manufacturing International (HMI) decides to purchase Questica SE to better their business process. HMI is a full-service engineering and fabrication company specializing in the design, production, and installation of food processing equipment.

Dennis Parass, Chairman of Questica has received the 2005 Ontario Global Traders Gold Award in the Leadership category for the Central Ontario Region. The ceremony was held last week in Barrie, Ontario.

Cyntellect of San Diego, CA, selects Questica SE to help them increase productivity, manage control and profits. Cyntellect is a company dedicated to commercializing platform solutions and services that will enable scientists to efficiently and accurately exploit living cells.

Dennis Parass, Chairman of Questica Inc. and President of Handling Specialty will be honored as an Ontario Global Traders Award Recipient for the Central Region on Thursday, April 6 at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Barrie, ON.

“Questica is proud to welcome Advanced Dynamics as the newest user of Questica SE. Advanced Dynamics now joins a long list of Questica SE customers coming from several manufacturing industries such as material handling, conveyor systems, packaging, robotics, industrial automation and military”, states Questica’s President, TJ Parass.

Questica is continually striving to bring our customers the latest and greatest in software features.

Working in conjunction with our customers, we are pleased to add several new features to Questica SE, with Notifications being the most requested features. Questica SE uses can now be notified, via email, of many system events. A few example of the several notifications available are: new orders, receipt of goods, engineering releases and inventory minimum quantities.

Tri City Automation offers a wide variety of unique machine solutions. With over 1,000 systems running systems successfully installed and running in manufacturing plants around the world, Tri City Automation will benefit from Questica SE’s ability to tie together their key business processes into an efficient integrated system.

Metform International manufactures custom designed and built to order coil processing equipment. With the purchase of Questica SE all of their departments from Sales, Administration, Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Installation and Service will all be able to accommodate the continuous design changes typical of custom manufacturing.

Fisher Technical Services Inc., builders of entertainment automation machinery and controls in Las Vegas selects Questica SE to increase their profits, reduce costs and build better products.

Radius Engineering's closed mold tooling, process development, workstation design, and injection systems are internationally recognized and acclaimed. Implementing Questica SE will help streamline their business processes, improving productivity and increasing profitability.

Questica’s Chairman, Dennis Parass, has been interviewed in the March 2005 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine. With over 36 years experience in the manufacturing industry, including 22 years specifically in custom design manufacturing, Dennis offers his thoughts on the software required by small-mid sized Engineer-to-Order manufacturers.

In addition to the annual Niagara Entrepreneur Award categories, the Entrepreneur of the Decade Award was added in 2003 to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the awards. Dennis Parass, Chairman of Questica Inc. has been the first person to be honored with this award.

Since the initial launch of the company’s flagship product, Questica SE, the Questica team has been working closely with our clients to develop an even better software solution to meet their needs, and the needs of other small to mid-sized custom design manufacturers.

Questica SE has been developed on the Microsoft SQL Server technology, providing increased scalability, reliability, and speed. Questica SE can help make significant improvements in your company’s productivity and increase profitability by assisting in streamlining your business process.