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Purchasing software for Manufacturing is easy when you have all the right information at your fingertips. Here at Accounting Software Advisor, we have compiled a comprehensive listing of all of possible Manufacturing system features we could find. If we've missed one, please let us know. This list is provided to help you get started evaluating the needs of your company, and we hope that you find this useful. No matter what type of Manufacturing activities your company conducts, your needs are unique and can be satisfied. For companies that manufacture and handle inventory, it is most important to properly control and manage that inventory. Presented below is a discussion of some of the core features found in today’s entry-level accounting systems that can help you best manage inventory and manufacturing materials. Manufacturing Product Costing Cost Components Supported: Raw Material Subtotals by Component Labor Special Inspections Machine Time Outside Processing Packaging Scrap Yield Shrinkage Overhead/Burden Costing Mechanisms Supported: ABC Costing Standard Costing Average Cost Engineering Manufacturing Departmental Cost Generation Mode: Regenerative Selective Cost Buildup Methodology: Part Number Cost Type Product Costing Reports: Single Level Bill of Materials Multi-Level Bill of Materials Summary Product Costing Reports Comparative Product Costing Reports Cost Changes Exception Reporting Master Production Scheduling (MPS) Supports Production Planning Spare Parts Inventory Production Scheduling Master Schedule Derived from Production Plan Production Planning Supports: Single Level Bill of Materials Multi-level Bill of Materials User Defined BOM Level Available To Promise Functionality: Period-Based Cumulative Real-Time ATP Accessible from Order Entry Function Displays Available Capacity for Each Time Period Updates Available Capacity with New Orders Suggests New Schedule to Meet New Orders Automatically Generates New Schedule Rate Based Scheduling Forecast Consumption Planning Basis: Build to Forecast Consume Forecast Through Customer Orders Greater of Forecast and Customer Orders Forecast Plus Customer Orders Utilizes Planning Time Fence Demand Time Fence Supports "What if?" Simulation of Multiple MPS Supports Rough Cut Capacity Planning Supports Resource Planning MPS Pegging Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Determine Schedules for: Entire Order Sub Assemblies Individual Purchased Parts Individual Manufactured Parts Outside Processes Actual Orders Potential Orders What if Analysis Prototypes Alter Schedule Depending Upon: Engineering Changes Short Notice Customer Requirements Order Cancellations Defective or Late Inbound Shipments Production Delays Unexpected Stock Shortages Plant Shutdowns Holidays Straight Time Only Workweek Variable Length Work Week Minimization of Overtime Forecasting Methodologies Supported: Unit of Measure Trend Analysis Seasonality Adjustments Exponential Smoothing Regression Analysis Item Level Forecast by Location and Time Period Detailed Forecast of End Items Time Buckets Supported: No Time Buckets (Bucketless) User-Defined Time Buckets Requirements Generation Mode: Regeneration Net Change (On-Line) Net Change (Batch) MRP Planning Basis: Discrete or Lot-for-Lot Period Order Quantity Least Unit Cost Least Total Cost Order Point Logic Part Period Balancing Wagner Whittin Pegging Options: On-Line Pegging Single Level Pegging Multi-Level Pegging Component Lead Time Adjusted Computer Planned Order Generation Creation of Firm Planned Orders Segregates Requirements by: Purchased Parts Promised for Production Outside Processes Sorted by Vendor Sub Assemblies to be Manufactured Internally Production Plan by Work Center Potential Bottlenecks Expedited or Short Lead-Time Orders Supports By-Product Logic Supports Co-Product Logic Supports Exception Codes and Exception Reporting Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) Determine Capacity Plan for: Entire Facility Departments/Work Groups Sections Within Each Department/Work Group Individual Machines Labor Skill Groups Outside Contractors Finite Resource Loading Infinite Resource Loading Scheduling Method Supported: Forward Scheduling Method Backward Scheduling Method Manual Scheduling Method Simulation Methods Supported: "What if?" Without Affecting Shop Floor Loading Simulation Changes Loading of Respective Machines Graphically Displays Machine Loadings Dynamic Display of Machine Loadings Resource Loading Intervals Supported: Days Hours Minutes Capacity Plan Variables: Current Indirect Labor Time Standards Modified Labor Time Standards Current Work Order Routings Modified Work Order Routings Department/Work Group Definitions Modified Department/Work Group Definitions Current Machine Operating Standards Modified Machine Operating Standards Modify Product Routings Modify Manufacturing Operations Subcontract Specific Operations Reschedule Backlogs Reschedule Past Due Orders Check Material Availability Before Releasing Check Capacity Availability Before Releasing Schedule Warranty and Returns Schedule Repair Operations Schedule Overlapping Operations Shop Floor Control Work Center Setup: Labor Class/Category Labor Rate Setup Hours Setup Rate Overhead Rate Structure: Fixed Overhead Variable Overhead Overhead Rate Based on Man Hours Overhead Rate Based on Machine Hours Overhead Rate Based on User-Defined Formula Group Work Centers into Cells Work in Progress Tracking Scheduling Technique Supported: Forward Scheduling Backward Scheduling Manual Scheduling Bottleneck Scheduling Lead Time Tracking Includes: Setup Time Production Time Queue Time Wait Time Outside Processing Controls Supported: Integrates with Purchasing Integrates with Accounts Payable Integrates with Job Costing Auto Create Outside Processing Purchase Order Tracks Normal Lead Times for Outside Processes Supports Capacity Tracking at Outside Processing Facility Supports Just in Time Planning: Kanban Support Kanban Container Support Calculation of Number of Kanbans Production Kanbans Transfer Kanbans Calculation of Size of Kanban Containers Supports Shop Packets (Including Work Order Details) Supports Alternate Operations Supports Overlapping Operations Supports Serial/Lot Tracking: Single-Level Serial Number Tracking Multi-Level Serial Number Tracking Lot Number Tracking Supports Lot Splitting Supports Component Backflushing: Backflush at Sub-Assembly Backflush at Work Order Completion Quality Control Conformance Support: ISO 9000 Other Quality Standards MRB Systems Support: Routing Definition Rework In-House Rework Outside Service (Track Bill Back) Returns Scrap Engineering Changes Statistic Process Control Interface
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Testing As-Required Floor Stock Assembly Schedule Review and Modification Assigns Required Completion Dates for Work Orders AutoCAD Automatic as Costs Change Automatic Cost Distribution to General Ledger Automatic Creation of Payable for Consignments Automatic Ordering Automatic Revision When Effective Date Reached Batch Update at Day's End Bill of Material Types Supported Breakdown by Operations to be Performed CAD Integration Calculates Inventory Available Based on Orders Calculates Yield for Individual Components Calculates Yield for Whole Bill Central Warehouse Feeds Satellite Locations Check Box Identifies as Hazardous Copy Entire Bill of Materials Copy Existing BOM to New Bill of Materials Copy Specific Sub-Assemblies Create Work Order for Off-Site Processing Create Work Order for Rework/Repair Creates Internal Shipping Documents Creation of Assembly Schedules Cross Reference Bill of Materials Define Percentage Margin Required Demand Forecasting Determines Tool Requirements for Production Orders Discontinued Items Display Modified Prices Before Commitment Drawing Number Effective Date Established for MRP Planning Engineering Change Date Engineering Change Management Functions Engineering Change Number Estimated Total Time Per Operation |