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Tangle Manufacturing — Smart ERP for Real-Time Shop Floor Data

Tangle Manufacturing is an ERP platform designed to be as easy to use as a spreadsheet while offering a complete, customizable set of manufacturing-focused features. It emphasizes fast deployment, real-time visibility, and the ability to tailor the system to your unique processes without extensive retraining.


Overview

  • Easy to adopt: Designed to work the way your team already works, with minimal retraining.
  • Flexible and customizable: Automates manual processes and adapts to your unique workflows and data.
  • Fast deployment: Get real-time shop floor data and dashboards in days.
  • Predictable costs: Bundled pricing with integration flexibility.
  • Collaborative: Quick, ongoing collaboration with your team and vendors.

Why Tangle Manufacturing matters

  • Real-time visibility into operations and shop floor data.
  • No rigid locked-in structures; you can add/remove pages and automate as needed.
  • GPT-style chatbot functionality to automate repetitive and error-prone tasks.
  • Rapid go-live with import of existing data.

Key Benefits

  • 85% of users report quicker issue resolution.
  • 20% increase in production efficiency.
  • 30% decrease in production costs.
  • 27% increase in on-time delivery.

Core Features

  • Inventory Management: Real-time stock updates with easy categorization and tracking to reduce overstocking and stockouts.
  • Scheduling: Advanced scheduling to optimize workforce, equipment, and production timelines.
  • Production & Costing Management: Track costs, analyze profitability, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
  • Customer Management (CRM): Manage customer interactions, sales pipelines, and detailed reports.
  • Customer & Vendor Portals: Self-service portals for customers and vendors to place orders, track deliveries, and manage accounts.
  • Quote-to-Cash: End-to-end sales process automation from quotes to invoicing.
  • Quote and Invoice Generation: Automated professional quotes and invoices delivered quickly.
  • Shop Floor Data Collection: Real-time data capture from the shop floor to monitor performance and quality.
  • Job & Time Tracking: Schedule tasks, set priorities, and monitor progress to meet deadlines.
  • Integrations (Tangle Connectors): API toegang to link with most third-party software and create custom workflows.
  • AI-Powered, No-Limits: GPT-style automation to reduce manual tasks and errors.
  • Fully Customizable Dashboards: Real-time visibility with dashboards tailored to your needs.
  • Flexible Data Model: Maintain existing processes and data while expanding capabilities.
  • Quick Implementation: Implementations designed to be fast, with data import support.

How It Works

  1. Connect your data: Import existing data and connect to your existing systems via APIs.
  2. Configure workflows: Customize modules for quoting, purchasing, work orders, scheduling, and more.
  3. Go live: Launch quickly with real-time shop floor visibility and automated processes.
  4. Iterate: Add pages, new automations, and additional integrations as your needs evolve.

Integrations

Tangle Connectors provide APIs to link with common enterprise systems (accounting, sales, payments, etc.) and to build personalized workflows. The platform is designed to adapt to your software ecosystem without forcing you into a rigid architecture.


Safety & Expectations

  • The system aims to minimize retraining and disruption, but customizations can introduce implementation considerations.
  • Costs are bundled and predictable to avoid hidden surprises.
  • Ongoing vendor engagement is designed to be straightforward for support and changes post-go-live.

How to Use Tangle Manufacturing

  1. Define your core processes (quoting, purchasing, work orders, scheduling, etc.).
  2. Import historical data and connect to your other tools.
  3. Start with essential modules and gradually enable advanced features.
  4. Leverage the GPT-style assistant to automate repetitive tasks.

Summary

Tangle Manufacturing is a flexible, easy-to-use ERP crafted for manufacturers that want real-time shop floor insight, customizable automation, and a fast path to value. It combines robust core manufacturing capabilities with modern AI-assisted automation and a focus on predictable costs and rapid deployment.