Production Monitoring - Manufacturing
In todays competitive environment businesses that have any type of production or manufacturing activity have some very critical and specific requirements. These will include:
- Planning and controlling production to meet the needs of customers, on time and within predetermined cost factors.
- Forecasting the cost and delivery lead times as a guide to management prior to commencing production.
- Determining and controlling the cost of each item down to the required fraction of a cent per item during production.
- Tracking production at each stage and verifying quality assurance and compliance with standards.
- Integration with Purchase Ordering and Costing system to ensure that Purchasing meets the component needs of Manufacturing within cost and the constraints of component suppliers lead times.
- Integration with Inventory Manager and Sales Forecasting to produce Finished Goods Production Schedules, and to transfer finished goods from Manufacturing to Inventory Manager. This integration eliminates duplication and errors.
Today, manufacturing managers are not just handling production control, they also must have the capability to check and confirm delivery dates, on-hand materials, machine and labour capacity, work centre availability, and other factors that affect production efficiency. Managers at the functional level are relying on systems that will give them the visibility, flexibility and integration needed to contribute to the overall success of the company.
DesCom Manufacturing is a powerful, flexible, and sophisticated system, and meets all of these requirements, and more. It has been designed and written to incorporate the concepts of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) and Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP II ).