The DSM Manufacturing Suite is a complete “MRP/ERP” business software solution designed specifically for small and medium sized manufacturing firms of all types and was specifically designed for the industry’s most reliable platform, IBM’s iSeries (AS/400) system.  Simple to implement, use and very cost effective.  For UNLIMITED USERS!  The DSM Manufacturing Suite may purchased as a complete “MRP/ERP” suite or per category (Manufacturing Accounting, Manufacturing Planning, Manufacturing Execution)

Midlands DSM Manufacturing Suite is 50-70% below the majors, yet includes all of the key “return on investment” modules needed to run your business (select the below module link to view their summary’s):

DSM is easy for end-users to learn and use, providing: menu and field level help text, single screen access, logical menus/windowing, productive alternative data thru-put screens and extensive database access/drilldowns.

Ease of implementation: Easy data conversion, implementation scheduling/planning and product education provided - all at your site with unlimited attendees welcome. 

Ease-of-modification/customization: Written in simple, well-documented, IBM RPG code specifically designed to be independently supported by end users themselves or by Midland Information Systems. DSM was designed and written to allow for ease-of-integration to complementary software modules such as EDI, Bar Coding/Data Collection, e-business transactions and many other third-party solutions.

Bottom line: DSM will improve your customer service and profits without a doubt, but don’t take our word for it.  Midland invites you to contact us and see how our simplified Manufacturing Solution works and how your company can benefit using our methodology to managing your manufacturing company.  Or we can do the analysis for your company at no cost! 

When the typical small manufacturer "boils it all down," it views the following critical attributes of a business solution for its primary "return on investment" criteria:

inventory control and flexibility;  
basic production control/planning ability;  
better shop floor efficiency;  
billing/accounting control; and  
database access for responsive customer service, custom reporting and management analysis of the business. 

No more. No less. Just software that can do these things affordably, timely, practically, flexibly and with as little implementation effort and business disruption as possible.

Midland believes that "the software industry's technology is far more advanced beyond the practical, functional needs of most end-users”, especially in regards to smaller end-users trying to justify its return on investment.

What does this means to our industry sector?  It means that small manufacturers simply cannot absorb all the associated costs of the average advanced software system, including implementation, on-going maintenance and support costs.  It is also our opinion that these bells-and-whistles that are so oftenly included with an advanced system, are not the contributing factors which small manufactures use to determine their return on investment.  DSM provides the basic and most productive integrated software modules in the industry-accepted manufacturing philosophy which has been in use for over 40 years.

The sad news: small manufacturing has thousands of disappointing legacy software implementation stories in which simple expectations of manufacturing software return have not been met by many supposed specialized industry "packaged" software solutions. Overall, today's manufacturing software products have fallen short, are over-priced, contain frivolous feature and function and fail to be able to change and "grow" with the customer. Never mind the name of the software or the computer hardware/operating system - manufacturing management software has failed, in general, to be truly effective for the small manufacturing industry.

Our "recipe" for finding the best software "solution fit" anywhere:

Please take the time to see if our DSM Manufacturing solution is right for you and experience our unique solution-evaluation approach, where your company’s needs are the only concern in determining whether or not our DSM Manufacturing Software is a solution or not.  Midland Information Systems offers its prospects a free "solution fit" analysis along with a direct, honest "yes or no" recommendation about our DSM software. And the analysis is conducted by a manufacturing systems- Product Consultant - not a salesperson!

DSM is very affordable, easy to implement, tailor and use – and will provide your company with the dramatic return on investment it’s seeking in a manufacturing software system. 

Here's how DSM can help you make that very important manufacturing software decision:

Our DSM Consultants will contact you by appointment to open dialogue and determine your needs and initial DSM "solution fit". 
 
We expand our free "solution fit analysis" to include an on-line "tour" of our DSM software by you, as well as user interviews conducted by our Product Consultant, determining detail DSM solution fit and any custom tailoring you may need. 
 
We report to you for your review and further input/verification. 
 
We submit a preliminary DSM cost proposal, including any custom tailoring, education/implementation consulting costs, and optional new IBM AS/400 computer discounted pricing. Your review, changes, and additions are then welcomed. 
 
A final proposal is submitted and Agreements are hopefully executed. A mutual, detailed DSM implementation schedule is then agreed upon. 
 
Ongoing site implementation consulting, support and product education is always available from Midland. 

Thank you for your consideration. We hope you sense our concern for you that shows in all aspects including our people, our software, our selling method, and our support for you - our customer. We never forget who matters most! We hope you’ll allow us to “earn” your business.