Shorter product lifecycles, strict production control, last minute configuration changes and increased need for lean manufacturing - these are just some of the challenges facing the high tech industry today. Combine these with increased outsourcing, changing regulations and customer demands and one begins to understand the demands of this unique industry. In today's global economy, you need a solution that can address all of the specific business needs in high tech. Priority provides a comprehensive end-to-end solution for the high tech industry to help reduce operating costs, integrate processes across the enterprise including your supply chain, and increase communication and accessibility of information about customers, suppliers, outsourced operations and accounting. The lifecycle and coordination of complex projects can be managed within the Priority system: tracking changes and versions of requirements, connecting requirements to a project WBS, generating cost estimates and project time tables, milestone tracking, delivery schedules, proposals, contract reviews, project contract management, engineering, requisitions, production, testing and shipments. PrioritPriorityy will help you manage vendors and subcontractors, track and maintain procurement, operations and material management. As a matter of fact, every aspect of your business can be interconnected in the system, including purchase planning and requisitions, engineering and production control, delivery schedules and shipments, contracts and billing. Manufacturing operations, finances and administration can be unified within the same program, providing consolidated information for quicker and more accurate analysis, and more efficient processes. Priority will help you manage cyclical demand, as well as provide advanced reporting and analytical tools needed to make critical business decisions. With extensive Internet capabilities, Priority is an ideal interface tool for collaboration with your OEM and subcontractors during the development, production and/or distribution phases.

• Requirement management with load capabilities from original RFP document including Scope of Work (SOW) documents
• Strong forecasting synchronization with customer schedules
• APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) for lean manufacturing
• Built for repetitive manufacturing with online backflush
• Serial number tracking with advanced inventory management functions including "hard" project allocations
• Serial number configuration control
• Assembly of serialized components
• Automatic generation of assembly orders
• Printed circuit assembly layout control
• Order entry configuration
• Testing and approval capabilities attached to any transaction in the system (WIP Inventory and others)
• Project management strengths coupled with powerful budget and P&L capabilities
• Tight integration with MS Project including version control
• MRB (Material Review Board)
• ECO management
• Multi-level, multi-component service agreement
• Technician scheduling, routing, built-in calendar with drag and drop capabilities synchronized with MS-Outlook
• RMA (Return Material Authorization)
• Customer service and support management
• Subcontractor relations management

Achieve a real competitive edge in the field of service providers by taking advantage of Priority's unmatched capabilities in general management areas:

• BPM (Business Process Management) utility to improve collaboration between departments, reduce manual transfer of data and force notification functionality via e-mail or SMS messages
• OLAP data analysis to quickly identify micro issues that are having an effect on the macro results of the company
• Tight integration with MS-Office tools, including data synchronization and incorporation of the Outlook user interface as part of the control panel of the system.
• Customer Relations Management for pre- and post-sales activities
• Delivery Scheduling
• SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) and SCM (Supply Chain Management) to respond to customer requirements, combined with purchasing, order management and manufacturing
• Advanced reporting and tracking functionality
• Human Resources Management

Internet-based tools and functionality based on HTML and JAVA - part of our fully integrated system and crucial components to any program in today's global economy - allow you to effectively manage your local and global operations, provide support for international customers, as well as plan and forecast efficiently and effectively. You can also communicate online with manufacturers, suppliers, dealers and customers.

With proven success in the field of fast moving consumer goods, Priority will enable you to streamline operations, optimize business processes, reduce supply chain inventory, introduce new products and marketing campaigns, improve delivery and service, maintain high quality standards and improve customer care and satisfaction.