EMP News

We don't attend tradeshows and conferences as much as we used to. Not because we don't want to, but we'd rather focus on our current customers when they need us. We made an exception this year. We attended the 83rd RIPA Annual Conference & Suppliers Exposition with our sister labeling company, Enterprise Marking Products!

Businesses are always trying to define their "Company Culture". Onboarding packets with words that are often just that: "words". But do they truly mean it? Does it actually exist? At EMP, we not only demonstrate our culture, we advertise it to our customers to be as transparent as possible on what they are getting when they choose EMP. Check out the newest addition to our company ideology!

Bosma Enterprises, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, has been a loyal EMP customer for years. Our collaboration was highlighted in a Seagull Scientific partner case study, showcasing the potential of ERP and BarTender integration. Discover how EMP can help you seamlessly integrate your operational data into BarTender!”

Well, it finally happened. We acquired so many service vans to help our growing customer base that we needed more parking lot. With 32 employees and 9 EMP service vans, an expansion was due. See what changes were made to the EMP HQ!

We've been working with RFID since the time of Alien Technology, but we only sell Zebra RFID products now and have for some time. And up until recently we had not reached the highest RFID certification within their partner program. See how we climbed the ranks to become one of Zebra's Premier RFID Partner Specialists!

Over the years we've created various products of our own. Each one was designed as a custom solution for one customer that turned into many customers until finally, we decided there was enough demand that we needed to offer them to everyone. Discover which one of these EMP Products are applicable in solving your problems.

Do we have our own warehouse? Yes. Do we use it for fulfillment purposes? Yes. We setup and configure hardware to then be shipped out to our customers so that they're ready to begin using right out of the box. The only problem was, we were running out of allocated space. See what modifications we've made to expand our fulfillment operations.

There are two main shows in the US that focus on supply chain. We're not really into exhibiting ourselves, but we mainly attend because some of our customers were going to be there and asked if we'd come along. Secondly, we are always keeping up with the latest in our industry and it is evolving rapidly right now. Hear our experience from this year's MODEX Convention!

It's been four years since we last attended a Zebra Partner's Conference. Since then a lot has happened, so we were excited to see our Zebra people and find out what exciting new products will be coming out soon! Read on to hear Dave's experience and how we stood out against those other Zebra partners!

We've always felt we would stay small enough as a company where we wouldn't be utilizing the services and products we sold. Check out which products or tools we've had to acquire in house in order to keep up with growth.

There's nothing wrong with always trying to be better and mind you we will always strive to be. But if the formula is working, you might not want to stray from the path too much. Check out our plans for the New Year!

The road to transitioning to a full featured ERP has been a long one. We used to operate with QuickBooks and in 2021 migrated to using Microsoft's Business Central. With the guidance of our own Drew Kipfer (Director of Business Systems) and very patient employees who were willing to take the time to learn, we were able to yield our ERP into how we operate as a company. So here we are, sharing how we crossed over and what effects it had on our customers.