YOUR Manufacturing Partner Recommendations

Calling all Sage X3 USERS! I am in the process of evaluating Sage X3 for my organization and am interested in finding the best partner for our business. If you have a company similar to ours, which I’ve detailed below, and are more than satisfied with your partner’s performance and willing to share who you’ve utilized, I would love to hear from you!

 Some background:

We are a nutraceutical supplement manufacturer that also uses 3rd parties for manufacturing processes at times. We procure many of the materials ourselves and generate our of BOMs and Production Orders in-house and may send to third parties who charge a tolling fee. We are following GMP guidelines and are FDA compliant, therefore QC is imperative. We need solid production planning and scheduling implemented as well as license plate barcoding in our warehouses. We will be operating with 3 separate divisions within the system and require a robust intercompany solution.

We are also interested in the potential of implementing certain features/modules slowly over time instead of all at once. This circumstance isn’t necessary for reaching out, but if it was something you did or were thinking of doing, I’d love to hear about that decision making as well.

If you are a partner, please do NOT reach out. I would like a first-hand response from satisfied users on a manufacturing partner that has met or exceeded the needs that my business requires.

I greatly look forward to hearing from you and any recommendations you may have.

  • I will say that I think X3 would be a really good solution based on what you are describing. We have 18 legal entities, many of which do business with each other, and the functionality for intercompany is extensive.

    We use subcontracting as well in X3 and the functionality is impressive. 

    I suspect you will need Procession (an add-on) which is geared toward chemical manufacturers but has a lot of features that would like benefit you (like QC, formulations, etc) 

    I do not have a strong recommendation for a consultant, though. Sorry.

  • in reply to christycpa

    Thanks for the information Christy. Yes, we are confident that X3 is a great option for us, but the biggest challenge that i can foresee is the overall design and implementation, and that's why we'll want a partner with extensive knowledge and a background in manufacturing.

  • In what region are you based? I know of manufacturing experts in USA & Australia.

  • We are also a nutraceutical manufacturer using Sage X3.  We use the Procession add on that Christy mentions and I suspect you will want it as well.  We also have Datalinx for warehouse management.  Our partner is the The Answer Company (theanswerco.com) based in Vancouver BC. We have been working with them for years and they have alot of X3 experience.

  • in reply to Lachlan Stead

    Hey Lachlan. Based on the East coast in the USA. Again, looking for a Sage X3 partner with a deep manufacturing knowledge that could help us with the needs listed above. Intercompany solutions are a huge plus.

  • in reply to lisaz

    Thanks, Lisa. I looked at Procession yesterday after Christy suggested it and I am thinking we will go that route. Just curious, where are you based out of? We are in the US and actually used a Vancouver partner for another ERP system years ago. Curious on your experience and how that relationship has worked if there are different time zones, etc. to consider.

  • in reply to AndrewWIN

    We are on the west coast so no time zone issues for us.  TAC has other offices across Canada, but I have only worked with the folks in Vancouver.  I know they have had clients as far east as Minnesota, so I think they are pretty good about dealing with time zone issues.  Border issues right now might make face to face visits difficult, but we have always worked with them remotely, so it hasn't been a big problem.  Geoff Fromm is the manufacturing expert that we work with.

  • in reply to AndrewWIN

    Great. If I were you I'd be reaching out to Net @ Work. They have the expertise backed up with resource and are a great company to work with.

  • in reply to Lachlan Stead

    I agree with .  We've been very happy with Net@Work.  We are a manufacturing facility (also on the East Coast) and they are very knowledgeable with X3 and are able to support us with implementation, general help needed questions, and specialized training.  They are also vey skilled in customizations if you do need to create anything for your company.  We've been working with them for almost a decade now! 

  • in reply to lisaz

    Thanks for the recommendation Lisa!  Andrew, I just sent you a message.  Please feel free to email me to set up a time to discuss further.  I look forward to speaking with you.  Enjoy the weekend!

  • Net at Work is your go-to, Andrew!  The Net at Work X3 Xperience will unleash your possibilities for effective use of technology across manufacturing and impact your business by effectively applying automation.  I'd love to connect!  I'm in CT, and do have time this afternoon or tomorrow morning.