Manufacturing Overview

The Manufacturing system tracks manufacturing orders, material (component items) and resource (labor and equipment) requirements, and production costs, prints bills of materials, and passes data to the inventory system.

Manufacturing orders are entered for finished goods (and intermediate items) to be manufactured. The materials (component items) and resources (labor and equipment) to be used default to the “product standard” as defined on the finished goods item. You can then make changes for substitutions or running on a different machine if one is overbooked, etc. or for manufacturing a custom product.

Bills of Materials may be printed for the plant personnel showing the materials and resources to be used.

Receipts are entered against the previously entered manufacturing orders. You can enter the actual materials and resources used if the plant personnel record this data, or alternatively you can let this data default using data from the order with material and resource usage prorated based on the quantity produced.

The Quantity Available (MRP) report facilitates scheduling of shipments, purchasing and manufacturing by showing current inventory levels, sales orders, purchase orders and manufacturing orders.

The Work Center Scheduling report facilitates scheduling labor and equipment by showing the total hours required for each resource per day based on the outstanding manufacturing orders.

The Material and Resource Usage reports show standard and actual usage and variances for materials and resources, by order or summarized by item. These facilitate the monitoring of production costs, tracking quantity variances and substitutions, and setting of accurate product standards.

The Work Center Usage Summary report facilitates setting the standard cost per hour for equipment by showing the total hours used for each resource for the selected time period.

Items

Manufacturing Orders

Manufacturing Receipts

Work Centers (labor and equipment)

Manufacturing Reports