Manufacturing
Plan, produce and improve: BOMs, work orders, MRP, capacity planning, shop floor execution, quality and maintenance.
BOMs and work orders
A bill of materials defines what goes into each finished product, and a production route defines the operations and the order they run in. Work orders bring the two together: they reserve materials, schedule operations at work centers and track the build from release to completion.
Bills of materials
Multi-level BOMs with components, quantities and scrap allowances per assembly.
Routes & operations
Define each step, its work center and standard times for costing and scheduling.
Work orders
Release, track and complete production with material and labor consumption recorded.
Production cost tracking
Compare actual material, labor and overhead costs against the standard per order.
Planning and MRP
The master production schedule sets what you intend to build and when. The MRP engine then explodes BOMs against stock, open orders and demand forecasts to tell you what to make and what to buy. Work centers carry capacity definitions, so the scheduler can spot overloads before they happen.
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Maintain the master schedule
Enter planned production from sales orders and demand forecasts.
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Run MRP
Each MRP run nets requirements against stock and generates proposed work orders and purchase orders.
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Level the load
Use capacity planning to shift operations between work centers or dates where a center is overloaded.
Shop floor execution
Shop floor terminals give operators a simple screen at the work center: start an operation, report quantities, log downtime. Material issue records component consumption against the work order, and labor tracking captures who worked on what for accurate costing.
Operators do not need full ERP access — shop floor terminals expose only the operations assigned to that work center.
Quality and maintenance
Quality control inspections run at receipt, in-process or before shipment, with pass/fail criteria per item. Failed quantities flow into scrap management so losses are visible and costed. On the equipment side, preventive maintenance schedules keep machines serviced before they fail.
Items awaiting inspection are held in quarantine and cannot be issued to production or shipped until the inspection passes.