ERP for manufacturing: end-to-end solution overview

Automating the management of raw materials, equipment, workforce, and production workflows to streamline production execution, optimize resource usage, and increase profitability, reducing both direct and indirect costs.

• Single-level and multi-level bill of materials management
• Routing
• Product engineering
• Engineering change request management
• Work in progress tracking
• Work order prioritization
• Labor management
• Tools and equipment tracking
• IoT-enabled shop floor data collection
• Real-time production dashboards

Achieving real-time inventory visibility and automatic coordination of inventory-related activities to automate the generation of replenishment plans, increase inventory turns, decrease inventory carrying costs, and reduce overhead and cycle time.

• Tracking of materials, parts, work in process and finished goods
• Tracking of inventory location, condition, production date, and stock levels
• Inventory counting and physical stock verification
• Inventory control and planning
• Material requirements planning (MRP)
• Automated replenishment alerts
• Track product shelf life
• Return material authorization
• Multi warehouse inventory management
• Bin management
• Inventory stock costing

Tracking raw ingredients, identifying quality issues, and recalling defective or unsafe products to meet state, industry-specific, and internal quality and compliance requirements and avoid costly fines.

• Automated quality checks of raw materials, inventory, labor, and manufacturing processes
• Product visual and measurement checking
• Tracking non-conformances
• Tracking the disposal of regulated ingredients
• Complete audit trail, audit management
• Traceability and recall reporting
• Safety data sheet (SDS) and certificate of analysis (COA) creation
• Analytics and reporting (quality issues, material costs, supplier and distributor performance, checklists, inspection plans)

Streamlining the management of the entire product lifecycle from inception through design, production, and eventual disposal to reduce time-to-market and improve product quality.

• Product data storage (CAD files, specifications, bills of materials)
• Bills of materials creation and management
• Product version control and change history tracking
• Cost estimation for development and production
• Product lifecycle KPI tracking (product development, quality, costs, and time-to-market metrics)

Gaining end-to-end visibility across the supply chain and utilizing centralized data management to optimize supply chain planning, management, and fulfillment.

• Order fulfillment tracking across the supply chain (raw materials sourcing, production, storage, shipment)
• Alerts and notifications (inventory overstock/drop-down, shipment delays, freight damage/loss)
• Logistics management
• Supplier management
• Supply chain analysis (supplier performance, carrier performance)
• Supply chain risk management

Automating procurement processes to ensure timely acquisition of raw materials and enable advanced spend monitoring.

• Supplier onboarding and evaluation
• Purchase requisition
• Purchase order creation, approval, submission, monitoring, and reconciliation
• Request for quote generation, quote comparison
• Purchase spend planning and monitoring
• Invoice сlearing and payment
• Purchase receiving and inspecting

Automating order management tasks for executing different order fulfillment scenarios to eliminate order processing errors, reduce operating costs, and enhance customer experience and customer satisfaction.

• Multichannel order capture and processing
• Work order scheduling (based on priority, processing time, and inventory available) 
• Work order progress monitoring
• Order shipment management
• Tracking order shipment status in real-time
• Return order management (approval, routing, and tracking)