03 November, 2021 QBuild CADLink: Fourth Shift integration with CAD Innovation is the driving force to successfully compete in today’s fast-paced global manufacturing environment. This holds true for engineering departments. It is challenging to keep up with time requirements to input accurate Bill of Material (BOM) and Item Master data into both CAD and ERP. Up until now, there hasn’t been an automated solution that integrates Fourth Shift ERP with your company’s CAD (Computer Aided Drawing) software. This changed when QBuild released an updated version of their popular CADLink product. The update now supports Fourth Shift. CADLink for Fourth Shift...
View the Post26 October, 2021 Introducing Business Intelligence for Fourth Shift – Tableau ICG’s October webinar introduced Tableau for Fourth Shift. You can view the full recording and slide deck by visiting ICG’s Resource Materials page. Or we’ve recapped the webinar here: Tableau is a leader in the BI space, and the key differentiator is its intuitive & easy-to-use dashboard design. It is the most cost-effective way to view key indicators that drive business goals. Tableau bridges the gap between what information Fourth Shift currently provides and modernizes Fourth Shift. Define the data sets and the sky is the limit. The template...
View the Post20 October, 2021 At this year’s Fourth Shift Summit, we were pleased to share more about our partnership with Tableau. Tableau is an easy-to-use, customizable dashboard. The Tableau platform is known for taking any kind of data from almost any system and turning it into actionable insights with speed and ease. The Fourth Shift / Tableau integration and dashboard templates are configured and managed by ICG. This modernizes Fourth Shift, and makes it function more powerfully. By putting data front and center, Fourth Shift users are finding new opportunities to measure their business operations. Tableau for Fourth Shift offers five...
View the Post05 October, 2021 ICG’s leadership team is composed of a diverse group of seasoned professionals. Our president, Nick Weber, is a Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He has experience working across four continents and with over 100 companies. Nick has been with the team since 2010. He joined forces with Jeff Bronson to take the precursor to ICG, a company called IBC, and form ICG. ICG has grown into a manufacturing performance and technology company. And it is now the largest Fourth Shift Consultancy in the world. Nick is a graduate of University of Colorado...
View the Post24 September, 2021 We wanted to thank our customers, partners, and team for a successful Fourth Shift Summit! It was terrific to be able to host our signature event in our hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee. Thanks to our customers from manufacturing companies across the entire United States. This year in particular, it was special to be able to spend time in person with our customers. We appreciated hearing about their current challenges and opportunities. And it was valuable to learn all the ways that we can continue to support them. Thanks to our event sponsors, Emkat, Paper-Less, and Datto. Through...
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