Modern manufacturing, simplified

Manufacturers today face ongoing supply chain disruptions, economic uncertainty, and resource constraints—all while navigating strict compliance requirements. At Alithya, we bring decades of experience helping manufacturers modernize operations and overcome these challenges. Our AI-powered solutions streamline inventory, forecast demand, automate data analysis, predict maintenance, and ensure quality—reducing downtime and boosting efficiency. By leveraging real-time data and modern BI tools, we help you make smarter decisions. We also support your team with digital adoption training and provide expert managed services to ensure long-term success.

Manufacturing IT solutions and consulting services driving real business outcomes

Transform your manufacturing organization from the factory floor to the boardroom with end-to-end consulting services tailored to fit your exact needs. Whether you are looking to streamline operations or improve relationships with suppliers and customers, we have a solution for you. 

Manufacturing businesses aim to achieve several key outcomes that drive efficiency, profitability, and sustainability. Here are some of the most important business outcomes that we can help deliver by providing the right technology, consulting solutions, and manufacturing expertise.

  • Enhance supply chain resilience by optimizing inventory, reducing waste, and preventing equipment failures.
  • Increase revenue and profitability through improved efficiency and smarter resource utilization.
  • Improve operational excellence by reducing operating costs and streamlining processes.
  • Deliver superior customer experiences by enhancing service quality and satisfaction.
  • Ensure high product and service quality through continuous improvement and innovation.
  • Strengthen cybersecurity and ensure regulatory compliance across operations.
  • Modernize legacy systems to enable AI integration and digital transformation.
  • Gain real-time insights for faster, data-driven decision-making.
  • Promote sustainability by reducing environmental impact and waste.

We've grown a lot and plan to grow more. As our partner, Alithya understood the technology, and they took the time to understand our business. The team told us what we needed to hear, not what we wanted to hear, which was a great contributor to the success of our ongoing global implementation. 

Bill Backus

Chief Accounting Officer, Balchem

Tackling the manufacturing industry’s top challenges

The manufacturing industry faces a variety of challenges that can impact productivity, revenues, and competitiveness. Here are some of the key issues: 

Global pandemics, geopolitical tensions, or natural disasters can disrupt supply chains, leading to delays and increased costs. Mitigate these risks and be prepared for what’s next by adopting a modern SCM system with robust forecasting capabilities. 

Inflation, energy prices, and the cost of raw materials are driving up expenses, making it harder for manufacturers to stay competitive. We can help you prevent waste by ensuring quality manufacturing lines, producing according to demand, addressing labor inefficiency with automation, and more.

Adhering to environmental, safety, and quality standards can be complex and costly. Ensure you are set up for success with built-in compliance tracking in a modern ERP. 

Equipment failures can halt production, increase costs, and disrupt delivery schedules. Avoid disruption to your operations by adopting a proactive approach to maintenance by leveraging tools like Alithya 365 EAMXpress or IoT integration.

In-demand services and solutions for the manufacturing industry

We help manufacturers address the industry’s toughest challenges with smart technologies that digitally transform operations, enhance cybersecurity protections, and incorporate the advantages of machine learning tools.

Supply chain management (SCM)

Alithya’s SCM consulting services drive supply chain resilience and help you modernize your supply chain to enhance visibility, improve planning, streamline procurement, and optimize fulfilment.

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Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Unify data and systems for improved decision making and automation enablement to establish more efficient operations and streamlined financial processes. Maintain safety and regulatory standards easily with integrated compliance verification and documentation. 

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Enterprise performance management (EPM)

Our EPM solutions and services can help you and your teams with everything from labor productivity, costing, strategic modelling, and capital portfolio planning to financial consolidation and close, account reconciliation, chart of accounts management, and more. 

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Customer relationship management (CRM)

Gain better visibility into marketing campaign success and sales cycles, while managing field service teams and boosting customer service efforts. As a leading CRM partner, we can help you identify business outcomes, create strategic plans, and deploy the right sales, services, and customer support solutions for your business.

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Human capital management (HCM)

Blend traditional administrative HR functions - recruiting, training, payroll, compensation, and performance management - with opportunities to drive productivity, engagement, and overall business value, all while upholding regulatory compliance, data privacy and security.

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Custom application development

We leverage our comprehensive understanding of the manufacturing industry and today’s best practices to deliver innovative custom applications that precisely fit your use case. Our experts provide customer websites, mobile apps, supplier portals, employee intranets, and more.  

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Digital adoption and training

Despite employees’ concerns, new tech in the workplace isn’t threatening to make humans obsolete. The opposite is true. Workers can learn new skills and interact with digital tools in ways they haven’t before. Employees feel motivated when tech solutions provide a clear benefit to their work. You can minimize the learning curve and support staff at their own pace with comprehensive training.

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Intelligent document processing (IDP)

IDP is an AI-driven automated solution that allows you to turn unstructured or semi-structured information into powerful business data. Our IDP solution scans, reads, extracts, categorizes, and organizes relevant information into accessible formats. You can process data faster, reduce human error, and increase efficiency.

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Manufacturing technologies: enterprise and functional solutions

Manufacturers rely on technology partners for business applications and services that enhance agility, cost management, and competitiveness. We partner with the best in the manufacturing industry.

Microsoft

For manufacturers, Microsoft Dynamics 365 bridges the gap between CRM and ERP, unifying front  and back office operations. With embedded intelligence and real time insights, it helps teams streamline processes and manage every aspect of the business at the pace and scale you need.

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Oracle

Oracle connects supply chain, inventory, manufacturing, and fulfillment on one cloud platform. With built in AI for smarter forecasting and decisions, Oracle helps modernize operations, improve efficiency, and strengthen your supply chain end to end.

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Salesforce

Agentforce Manufacturing unifies sales signals with demand insights so production and inventory stay aligned. Built in service and warranty tools streamline claims and asset support. AI powered automation boosts efficiency and strengthens relationships across customers, partners, and distributors.

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Alithya’s proprietary solutions for manufacturers

Alithya is the go-to partner for process and discrete manufacturing systems deployment and digital transformation. 34% of our clients are manufacturers, and approximately 10% of them are on the latest Fortune 500 list. Many Alithya consultants began their careers in the manufacturing industry, which means they are experts on the challenges manufacturers face, as well as the solutions that save our clients time and money.

Fast track your implementation

Alithya 365 accelerators for Dynamics 365 support all areas of your manufacturing enterprise, including operations, discrete and process, and enterprise asset management. Our accelerators cover all sub-verticals, including food, chemical, pharmaceutical, medical device, building products, industrial goods, and equipment dealers.

Alithya 365 Accelerators

Optimize your supply chain

Leverage machine learning to predict material demand and optimize your supply chain. Our solution streamlines manufacturing, procurement, and shipment processes, reducing inefficiencies. Stay agile and adaptable to changing business demands, economic factors, seasonality, and consumption patterns. 

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Alithya 365 Power Apps for Manufacturing

Give your team higher-quality data to plan better, sell more, track assets and warranties, and process returns with our Microsoft Power Apps for manufacturing.  

Alithya 365 Power Apps

Scale your operation with the right manufacturing IT solutions

 

At Alithya, we offer a full range of business applications to optimize your operational and financial processes. 

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