Fourth Shift

Fourth Shift is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for midmarket manufacturers. Built on the Microsoft platform, it helps companies manage manufacturing, operations, financials, workflow, human resources and customer and supplier relationships.

Fourth Shift enables companies to streamline business processes and gain real-time visibility into key data, thereby empowering employees to take quick, appropriate action. Production is improved through quality analysis, performance checks and role-based planning. As a result, products move faster to market, increasing responsiveness and maximizing profitability.

Product Overview

Fourth Shift is an enterprise software solution for mid-sized manufacturers. Fourth Shift is designed to improve the quality, efficiency and speed of our customers’ supply chains, global manufacturing and marketing operations, and strategic and tactical business decisions. Fourth Shift’s extended ERP suite facilitates critical business functions, including manufacturing, operations, financials, workflow, e-business, human resources, and customer and supplier relationship management.

Fourth Shift is focused on customer success. That commitment is evident in the results our customers achieve using Fourth Shift solutions -- results such as:

• 95%-100% on-time shipping performance
• 95%-99% inventory accuracy
• 62%-86% reduction in order lead time
• 25%-85% increase in inventory turns
• 50%-88% reduction in manufacturing cycle time