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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                                  

            Equipment Specification Testing   
      Other Manufacturing Features  

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