VIA IT Training by Advantive
Explore the many training options available for VIA IT users of all levels.
Fully Leverage Your VIA IT Software
With decades of experience working with manufacturers of all complexities, our goal is to help our customers make products in better ways, with higher quality, efficiency, and productivity. Our VIA IT system experts are here to make your lives easier through support and mastery of our software. Whether we are providing software support, implementation services, or best practice consulting, you can rest assured that our experts are looking out for your best interests.
Get access to the latest training blogs and videos designed to help your manufacturing operations run more smoothly.
We offer both pre-designed and customized training courses that contain real examples applicable to standard manufacturing processes.
On-site training is conducted at your location during and throughout the implementation of VIA IT software solutions. VIA IT trainers conduct training in classroom settings at your location, as well as side-by-side with your employees on the job.
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What to Expect
- Honest conversation about your training requirements
- Discover what training programs best fit your team
- Instant access to free, on-demand product training and documentation
VIA IT: Manufacturing Execution Software (MES) Solutions
VIA MAN-IT is an out-of-the-box MES system that can optimize and transform your manufacturing operations. Our intelligent, automated system helps you:
- Mitigate risk with a fully supported solution that reduces downtime, improve product quality, and maintains compliance with the latest regulations.
- Reduce costs and improve scalability with drag-and-drop, no code configuration capabilities.
- Gain valuable insights and visibility into your operations with robust reporting and analytics.
- Get up and running quickly with expert workflow set up and training.
Trusted by hundreds of manufacturers around the world:
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Flexible MES Technology for Every Manufacturer
VIA IT’s premier MES software is built to optimize and transform manufacturing operations across any industry. By enabling the movement from manual paper-based processes to more intelligent, automated systems, VIA IT can help you streamline operations, improve traceability, and limit exposure to product recalls. With effective process management, product tracking, and shop floor automation, our systems can improve production efficiency, provide meaningful business insights, eliminate room for error, and enable the better utilization of resources.
Decrease waste and inventory on hand while increasing productivity and profit margins with VIA IT. Our MES software includes order execution functionality you need to optimize flow through your product lines and configure OEM requirements across your operations to maximize availability and ROI. Helpful features include:
- Just-in-Time (JIT) Sequencing
- Build-to-Order Processing
- Broadcast Receiver: Translates your OEM requirements and provides them to the production lines for execution.
VIA IT offers configurable platforms deliver locally-hosted and clock-packing applications at your fingertips. With no-code customization, you can easily control your packing and printing with or without IT infrastructure. Packing features include:
- Built-in error proofing
- Serialization to solidify control of material identifications
- Import or modify your existing label definitions
- Flexible packaging requirements for batch or serialized material
- Built-to-order pack sequencing
- Customizable options to fit your unique manufacturing needs
Our MES software includes integral reporting and analytics functionality, including pre-built dashboards, custom KPIs, real-time shop floor performance data, and access to a platform to launch corrective action.
VIA IT’s warehouse management system (WMS) provides the means to create, execute, and track the location, quantity, and quality status of raw materials within a warehouse. Tracking material warehouse locations, control of batch sizes, and movement throughout your facility is a vital part of the traceability story.
Create a digital twin of each and every product produced, in order to maximize yield and stop manufacturing defects before adding more value. Gather and associate in-process as-built product identity, inspection results, parametric data, and tooling information to achieve multi-level content tracking of products, sub-assemblies, ingredients, environmental variables, and chain of custody.
VIA IT’s supplier sequencing vital flow functionality enables build-to-order as well as pick-and-pack ordering to streamline production, reduce inventory, lower costs, and increase profits. Parts can be built to order by either a single part number or as part of a part family or configuration.
Achieve Unparalleled Results with Advantive
As part of Advantive team, we are unmatched in delivering outstanding services and support for our entire suite of VIA IT manufacturing products. When it comes to VIA IT solutions, expertise means years of experience applying critical business, process, and systems knowledge to a wide array of manufacturing circumstances. We’re committed to helping you meet all of your requirements in terms of scope, time, cost, and quality. Whether we are providing software support, implementation services, or best practice consulting, you can rest assured that our experts are looking out for your best interests.
Highly Configurable to Fit Your Manufacturing Needs
VIA IT offers industry-leading functionality with a pragmatic solution delivered by practitioners who understand the manufacturing industries and shop floor operations. Our solutions have an open integration model, allowing you to connect to a wide variety of technology systems, PLMs, SCM tools, and ERPs. Our Software is developed from the ground up to be business unit agnostic—giving you full control over your organization’s technology stack.
VIA IT’s automotive manufacturing solutions set the industry standard in traceability and sequencing software for the plant floor. In my opinion, it is the one product that all others should be compared to.
Matt Warren
Traceability Manager
Speak to a VIA IT Expert
What to Expect
- Free 20-minute call with a product expert
- Live demo tailored to your industry requirements
- Discover what products best fit your needs
- No games, gimmicks, or high-pressure sales pitch
Unlock Your ROI with Modern Manufacturing Software Solutions
ERP | MES | PLM | Quality
Advantive’s purpose-built manufacturing software solutions are designed based on years of industry knowledge and teams dedicated not only to being your software provider, but also your strategic partner. From advanced ERP & MES platforms purpose-built for the packaging industry, to agile Planning & Engineering (PLM) tools, to intelligent Quality solutions – you gain the agility to move faster, plan smarter, and maintain excellence at every stage.
Trusted by hundreds of growing manufacturing companies around the world:
Packaging ERP & MES Software
Streamline packaging manufacturing operations with ERP and MES solutions built for efficiency, flexibility, and control. From integrated management suites to mid-market ERP tools and full order-to-cash execution systems, these platforms help packaging manufacturers boost productivity and scale with confidence.
Integrated ERP and MES software designed specifically for corrugated, folding carton, plastics, and packaging manufacturers. Powerful integrated suite of products that help maximize throughput, increase efficiency, and improve product quality.
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State-of-the-art packaging manufacturing solution made to suit all complex production requirements. It covers every step of the distribution and packaging process, from sales order processing to invoicing and reporting.
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Mid-market ERP solution tailored specifically for packaging manufacturers. Reduces manual touchpoints and drives revenue growth. Includes a core set of modules designed to automate workflows, drive operational efficiency, and maximize productivity.
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Planning & Engineering PLM Software Solutions
Optimize production with powerful Planning & Engineering solutions designed for agility and control. From an all-in-one MES/WMS for food and beverage to assembly planning tools for discrete manufacturers and zero-code intelligent MES platforms, these systems help you plan smarter, launch faster, and adapt with ease. Gain end-to-end visibility, reduce waste, and boost efficiency across every stage of your production lifecycle.
WMS & MES solution made specifically for food manufacturers. Reduce waste, increase visibility into operations, and minimize costly recalls. Easy-to-use mobile capabilities, Digitally enter and trace loads from anywhere on the factory floor.
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The only assembly-focused PLM system available on the market today. Purpose-built solution designed for mixed model assembly that allows you to improve operational efficiency and create new process plans with ease.
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Our premier, out-of-the-box MES solution that can optimize and transform your manufacturing operations. It helps you mitigate risk, reduce costs, improve scalability, and gain valuable insights into your operations.
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Focused on the intersection of people, process, and technology with no-code MES and data-driven reporting to identify hidden costs, eliminate inefficiencies, and drive improvements without requiring new investments in labor or equipment.
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Quality Software Solutions
Achieve product and process excellence with Quality solutions that provide real-time visibility, reduce risk, and power continuous improvement. From early issue detection to audit readiness and consistent results, our tools help teams embed quality at every stage of production—not just at the finish line.
- Enact: Our cloud-based SPC platform that delivers real-time insights across your enterprise. It drives continuous improvement and maximizes your ROI.
- ProFicient: Our robust on-premise SPC solution that helps you turn data into actionable insights for superior manufacturing performance.
Our on-premise and cloud-based SPC solution made to improve product quality, reduce process variation, and optimize manufacturing processes. It helps your team make data-driven decisions to boost efficiency and meet stringent industry standards.
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- SQCpack: Our SPC software made for small to mid-size manufacturers. It helps harness the power of data analysis to increase satisfaction, improve audit success, and meet quality compliance requirements.
- GAGEpack: Our gage management solution that helps you maintain gage inventory, conduct measurement systems analysis (MSA), and calibrate gages. It audit-proofs your operations with complete device traceability and precise calibration records.
Advantive’s Purpose-Built Manufacturing Software
Hundreds of manufacturers rely on our Packaging, Planning & Engineering, and Quality software to efficiently manage and grow their operations. As a recognized leader in the industry, our manufacturing solutions are scalable and tailored to fit your unique production workflows—helping you boost efficiency, reduce costs, and maintain a competitive edge.
Add Tangible Value to the Distribution Lifecycle
Advantive is more than just Manufacturing. Our market-leading ERP, eCommerce, and 3PL software solutions deliver the functionality and flexibility modern wholesale distributors need to optimize inventory and stay ahead of the competition.
Speak to a Manufacturing Industry Expert
What to Expect
- Free 20-minute call with a product expert
- Live demo tailored to your industry requirements
- Discover what products best fit your needs
- No games, gimmicks, or high-pressure sales pitch
Video Series: Process Implementation with Man-IT™ – Part One: Defining a Digital Production Environment
Video Series: Data Acquisition & Automated Processes with Man-IT™ MES
Video Series: Parts and Routing Verification with Man-IT™ MES
How Component Traceability Saves the Day
Back in the late ‘80s or early ‘90s, traceability took the form of a sheet of paper that followed every tray of components through the manufacturing process. The operator would write their badge number, the time they started, and key information about the raw materials. When they got finished with the work, the operator would … Continued