15 December, 2020 As 2020 wraps up, we wanted to share some year-end best practices for closing out your Fourth Shift ERP. This has been an exciting and productive year in manufacturing! The below checklist will guide you through items that will help get your business set up to hit the ground running in 2021! Fourth Shift ERP:Lot Trace: — Review Retest and Expiration dates for lot numbers and move them to corresponding location — Purge Lot Trace history as needed, keeping in mind compliance and retention requirements: LHIP (Perform Fourth Shift Backup prior to any purge) Purchasing: — Review...

11 December, 2020 ICG, along with the manufacturing sector, continues to grow and expand our services. ICG recently added two new employees to our team and we would like to take this opportunity to introduce them to you. Meet Deron HuffDeron joins ICG as our Business Development Professional. He is a skilled relationship builder and has worked for nearly 10 years in sales technology. He prides himself on building loyalty and long-term relationships with his customers. Deron grew up in the Northeast, and lives in Rochester, NH with his wife, three kids, and two dogs. When he’s not working, Deron...

01 December, 2020 ICG has been a leader in providing manufacturing technology solutions for over a decade. In that time, we have also grown our portfolio of IT services. It’s vital to have a solid technology foundation driving and supporting the business. Without that, any investment in technology may be doomed from the start.   In this three-part series, ICG CEO Jeff Bronson, shares pitfalls seen in a company’s approach to IT. Namely, there’s a common misconception that there is one person or one system that can solve all problems. Jeff calls it the “I got a guy” method and...

18 November, 2020 We had the privilege to sponsor and present at the recent Tennessee Manufacturing Association Road Show focused on Recovery. It is a multi-week event spearheaded by the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Tennessee Manufacturing Association. National and state manufacturing experts shared their perspectives on the current and future state of manufacturing in Tennessee.  Our CEO, Jeff Bronson, gave a presentation called “A Look Forward—Manufacturing Technology & Digital Adoption.” Jeff’s presentation focused on permanent and temporary changes resulting from the pandemic. The manufacturing sector is experiencing a surge in production based in the Americas. An...

05 November, 2020 This year’s Fourth Shift Summit was originally intended to take place over three days in Savannah, Georgia. Like nearly everything else this year, our plans changed and we pivoted to an all-virtual format.   We wanted to thank our participants for their flexibility in format change. We appreciated you engaging with our content in a meaningful way. If you haven’t filled out your post-summit survey, please do so – we read each and every survey and will be taking the feedback into how we approach next year’s event.   We’ve already heard great feedback on the following: ...