Product Configuration
Allows for the
controlled creation of complex products to be achieved through a
simple rule based question and answer session.
The result is the automatic generation of Bill of Materials,
Routes, Works Orders and Sales Orders.
One question list produces a single source of all configured
data which you can retain and fast-search for future duplication.
Product Configuration provides a complex quality product that is
derived from a simple procedure.
Product Management
A powerful tool for
controlling parts, from initial introduction, throughout their
lifecycle and planned obsolescence.
The system manages changes to Bill of Materials and Routings
during a product’s lifetime, providing audit data to support BS5750
and ISO9000 accreditation.
The system can also generate optimum phase-out/phase-in dates,
thus helping to reduce inventory costs.
The Mass Replace option enables changes across the product range
to be implemented swiftly, whilst the Re-Build feature can quickly
recreate a Bill of Material if a spare part needs to be made to an
older version.
Bill of Materials
Gives you total
flexibility through its ability to handle both component listings
and formulae.
Bill of Materials has planning option percentages to simulate
high level strategies and product families that can reflect the
composition of complex relationships within a family of products,
allowing planners to concentrate on the forecast model.
Routing
Provides a comprehensive suite
designed to ease the management of the many other resources
required to produce manufactured product economically and
effectively.
The complex shape and combination of resources associated with
the modern shop floor can be easily maintained using the Routing
module.
Works Order Processing
Provides the
business with a comprehensive, dynamic, costing and control
repository. It uses the detail supplied from the Bill of Materials
and Routing modules and automatically creates works orders after
Material Requirements Planning has optimised the timing and
quantity.
The moment anything happens, it is routed and controlled on a
Works Order.
Works Orders provide a reflection of actual build, mirroring
what has happened on the factory floor. A Sage Line 500 Works Order
is also truly 'live' until it has been completed, allowing
alterations and amendments to dynamically record the actual
materials and resources used to create the end product.
Works Orderless Production
Automates the
backflushing process in dynamic environments, where products are
built to schedules rather than the traditional works order creation
and release process. Component stocks are depleted to account for
the completion or shipment of finished goods.
The module allows the user to specify the product and quantity
to be built, automatically exploding the Bill of Materials to
calculate the components required. Shortages are identified and
quantity adjustments can be made. The module then transacts all the
component issues and the product completion.
Works Orderless Production can be used as the main production
recording facility or can run alongside Sage 1000 Works Orders to
support mixed mode manufacturing processes.
Work in Progress
Contains real time links
that show the status of any Works Order by cost, progress and
customer. Event management is a quality enabler that codifies
issues into groups set up by the user.
The frequency of any event can then be reported, allowing
improvements to be continuously applied and monitored. For example,
identifying a machine that needs to be replaced rather than
repaired or highlighting absenteeism by department.
Sub Contract Control
Allows for the
enhanced management, documentation and visibility of routing
operations that are to be actioned by third parties.
Creation of purchase orders, control of material flow, transfer
documentation, status and chasing facilities, costing to general
and project ledgers, sub contractor timesheet entry, sub contractor
self billing from timesheets are all included.