Chances are your organization fits into a certain industry so it’s only natural that you want to figure out how to classify QiSOFT as well. At QiSOFT, we develop software for process manufacturing industries. Day in and day out our focus remains on harnessing information and intelligence and applying the findings for manufacturers’ ultimate gain.

Process vs. Discrete
The words “process manufacturing” are key here. While there are software applications out there for a range of industries, the QiSOFT Manufacturing Intelligence Suite is specifically designed to work with your process as a whole, taking raw materials and converting them into finished goods. Not to be confused with discrete manufacturing, which is an assembly of ready-made pieces into a more valuable final product.

Why is the difference so important? With discrete manufacturing, problems are easily isolated with little-to-no impact on the other parts. Process manufacturing, however, is highly dependent on all ingredients working together without fail. If one additive is wrong, the entire process is compromised making detection of variances the lifeblood for product consistency and ultimate success.

MES or ERP? Neither.
The Manufacturing Application Suite is an integrated intelligence solution. With QIS, what was once a disconnected collection of independent, data-generating systems can now be brought together to achieve a more complete view of operations through a single source.

So, you might ask, isn’t that what an MES or an ERP system does? Not exactly.

MES systems focus on the manufacturing aspect of an organization but lack the ability to cross over into finance or customer relationships. ERP systems focus more heavily on the business administration side but only offer limited functionality for manufacturing needs, especially when it concerns process rather than discrete.

The Application Suite more closely aligns with the category of Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI). That means our software applications are designed to extract useful information from large amounts of data for the purpose of achieving bottom-line results.

More importantly, QIS analyzes that data and produces reports for the entire enterprise. It is not isolated to just one area only, but addresses the needs of your whole organization, whether manufacturing or business focused, from shop floor to top floor and across each respective level. Since operator actions influence executive-management decisions, what software solution would you choose? Only QiSOFT.