Manufacturing
From the recipe to the finished goods, and what each run cost.
Write down how each product is made, let a planning run propose what to make and what to buy, release the work orders, and let the operators report each step from the machine. At close, every run says what it should have cost and what it did.
What it does
Say how each product is made
A bill of materials lists the components, the by-products and the scrap one unit takes, and a routing the operations that make it, on the work centers that run them. Every later step reads the two.
Plan what to make and what to buy
A planning run sets your sales orders and safety stock against what you hold and what is on its way, and proposes the work orders and the purchases still missing. You promote the proposals you want.
Run the work order, from release to close
Releasing a work order reserves its components and freezes its standard cost. Components are issued, operations reported and scrap recorded against it, and completing it receives the finished goods into stock.
Report from the machine
Operators open their work center's queue on the device beside the machine, and start, pause and complete each operation with one press. Every press carries its operator's name, so the labour hours fill themselves in.
Know what each run really cost
The standard cost is frozen when the order is released, and the actual cost runs up with every issue and every report. At close, the difference is recorded by material, labour, overhead and subcontracting.
Works with
Inventory
A work order takes its components from the warehouse it names, and its finished goods are received into stock when it completes.
Procurement
A purchase a planning run proposes becomes a purchase requisition when you promote it.
Sales
Sales orders are the demand a planning run plans for, and each proposal shows the orders it serves.
Set your business up today
Sign up, pick the trade closest to yours, and the modules it calls for are switched on. Every step has its page in the guide.