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About Tom Drury

Marketing at TotalControlPro. Tom writes the practical guides on this blog, from shop floor visibility and job tracking to what MES, ERP and MRP actually mean for a UK SME manufacturer. Most of it comes from working alongside the engineers and operations managers who use DynamxMFG every day.

MRP vs MES vs ERP: A Guide to Manufacturing Software for UK SMEs

MRP plans the work, a MES runs the shift and ERP manages the business. A plain guide for UK SME discrete manufacturers on which system you need first.

By |2026-09-30T08:21:15+00:00January 13, 2026|All, Blog, Choosing a Software, Manufacturing Tips|Comments Off on MRP vs MES vs ERP: A Guide to Manufacturing Software for UK SMEs

CPL streamline complex vehicle builds and achieve 99.9% on-time delivery with DynamxMFG

One of the UK's leading manufacturers of vehicle-mounted access platforms, delivering over 700 vehicle conversions per year from their Kettering site.

By |2026-08-12T11:02:24+00:00January 5, 2026|All, Case Studies|Comments Off on CPL streamline complex vehicle builds and achieve 99.9% on-time delivery with DynamxMFG

Your Smart Factory Roadmap Starts Here: A Transparent Pricing Model for Integrated Manufacturing

The term "Smart Factory" has become simultaneously ubiquitous and [...]

By |2025-12-18T11:04:32+00:00December 11, 2025|All, Guides|Comments Off on Your Smart Factory Roadmap Starts Here: A Transparent Pricing Model for Integrated Manufacturing

One Dashboard to Rule Them All: Unifying Production Across Multiple Facilities with Real-Time Data

Managing production across a single facility is challenging enough. [...]

By |2025-12-18T11:06:42+00:00December 11, 2025|All, Guides|Comments Off on One Dashboard to Rule Them All: Unifying Production Across Multiple Facilities with Real-Time Data