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Manufacturing
Inventory Module
Multiple Starting Dates for Jobs
Jobs calling for the manufacture or
production of large quantities of any given item can be broken down
into several phases, with each phase starting on a different day.
Machine and Labor Resources: Availability,
Costs and Production Rates
Integral to AccountMate 6.5's Manufacturer's Inventory, machine and
labor usage records can be applied to jobs through bills of materials.
Data includes:
- Production rates
- Costs
- Work shifts
- Time allocated
- Set-up or tear-down time
- Time used or worked
- Time before next overhaul
This level of detail provides you the opportunity to closely manage
operations to help achieve maximum profitability.
Unlimited Notes and Manufacturing Instructions
Machine and labor usage records and inventory records include Note
Pad memo fields for unlimited note-keeping. In addition, bills of
materials can include unlimited manufacturing instructions.
Overbooking of Resources Prevented
When posting work orders into process and when posting finished jobs,
the system allocates the required raw materials, subassemblies, and
machine and labor resources to the job and compares these allocated
resources against what is available in the system. To help prevent
overbooking of resources, Manufacturer's Inventory will not allow
the processing of work orders to use inventory in excess of on-hand
quantities unless the "Allow Overuse of Inventory for Component Item"
option in the MI Module Setup is marked.
Instant Access to Inventory Information
You can drill down on the Item Number label to have instant access
to raw material and finished goods records. Data include quantities,
prices, costs, product lines, classes and substitute items. This level
of information is helpful when creating a bill of materials or work
order.
Sets the Item's Master Bin to be used
by default in Manufacturing Transactions
The MI module has been enhanced to use the item's master bin (set
up as first bin) as the default bin for the Create Work Order, Post
Work-In-Process, and Post Finished Goods functions. Before the change,
the system used the warehouse master bin as the default bin.
Choice of Calculation Methods
AccountMate 6.5's Manufacturer's Inventory provides you significant
flexibility in calculating costs. For instance, you can choose either
actual or standard costs for finished goods calculations, or use actual
costs for the calculation of finished parent (subassembly) items and
standard costs for the calculation of finished master parent items.
Date-Sensitive Transfer Provides Maximum
Flexibility
The date-sensitive transfer feature allows you transfer data to the
General Ledger based on posting dates. Manufacturer's Inventory transactions
can be posted to any period of the prior, current or next year that
is still open in the General Ledger. The transfers can be made as
often as desired, at any time during the period, allowing you greater
flexibility in posting.
Capability to Copy Data
Components can be copied and edited from an existing bill of materials
to a new record. In addition, information can be copied and edited
from existing to new machine/labor usage records and from existing
to new inventory item records. Line items can also be copied and edited
from one work order to another or from a sales order to a work order,
including the order or backorder quantity. This copy function significantly
reduces both input time and keystroke errors.
Explosion and Work-In-Process (WIP)
Posting
Work orders can be exploded automatically when they are created, to
reduce data entry time, or they can be exploded later. Work orders
can also be automatically posted to work-in-process during creation.
You can also choose to post finished jobs without posting to WIP.
Expedite
Manufacturing with Existing Subassemblies
You can save production time by choosing to fill all or part of a
job's subassembly needs from existing stock, rather than manufacturing
all necessary subassemblies for each job.
Posting and Voiding Work-In-Process
Work orders can be put into process, and work-in-process can be voided
for any parent item on any particular work order. This saves you time,
since the system automatically posts or voids work-in-process for
all subsidiary jobs. Alternatively, work orders can be put into process,
and work-in-process can be voided for a specific job without affecting
any related parent or subsidiary jobs and without voiding units put
into work-in-process for the same job but on different start dates.
This kind of flexibility enhances the value of Manufacturer's Inventory,
improving operations, lowering costs and helping achieve higher levels
of customer satisfaction.
Posting Finished Jobs
Work orders can be posted as finished for a particular master parent
item. This saves time, since all subsidiary jobs are posted as finished
at the same time. Alternatively, work orders can be posted as finished
for a specific job, without affecting any related parent or subsidiary
jobs.
Unlimited Items and Job Levels
Each work order can include an unlimited number of manufacturing jobs.
Each job can be exploded into an unlimited number of levels, each
consisting of any number of machines, labor units, raw materials and
subassemblies.
Work Order and System Remarks
Work orders can include unlimited remarks. AccountMate 6.5 maintains
a list of userdefined "system" remarks that can be added to work orders
and then edited. Also, you can enter remarks on a work order, with
or without saving them as "system" remarks.
Cancel Work Orders and Backorders
Work orders can be closed without having to manufacture all units
of the ordered items. Backorders can also be cancelled, returning
unused items to inventory and automatically releasing labor and machine
resources.
New Function Expedites Inventory Record
Creation
Manufacturer's Inventory's Revenue Code function expedites creation
of inventory item records by allowing you to create templates that
apply General Ledger revenue- and expense-account ID's to inventory
and other records.
Documents and Reports
Work orders, routing slips, production slips and bills of materials
can be printed for use in production and scheduling. In addition,
a wide variety of inventory, machine, labor, work order, production
and finished job reports can be generated. These can be used for better
tracking and control of jobs, resource usage and backorders.
Integration with General Ledger, Inventory
Control, Lot Control and Sales Order Modules
Integration with the General Ledger module gives you maximum control
in managing all of your accounting transactions and provides efficient
performance to keep you in control of your financial data. You can
easily post entries to various accounts in the General Ledger temporarily
or permanently through the Transfer Data to GL or Period-End Closing
functions, respectively.
When integrated with the Inventory Control module, you have the power
of a complete inventory management system. Inventory Control module
allows you to enjoy features such as multiple bins and warehouses,
assignment of different costing methods and units of measurement to
an inventory item, availability of defined substitutes for component
items with insufficient quantities, and usage of serialized items
in work orders, among others.
Integration with the Lot Control module allows the assignment of lot
numbers and expiration dates to an item's units for inventory-management
and tracking purposes.
When integrated with the Sales Order module, you can easily create
work orders from sales order data.
Other Features
- Items for use in manufacture and items for sale are kept in the same inventory file; however, they can be individually restricted as to which modules can access them.
- Estimated completion dates for work-in-process are generated, based on start dates and the historical average days to complete the job.
- Machine and labor times are expressed in hours, with labor and machine resource availability being verified upon explosion of work orders and posting of finished jobs.
- Component lists can be amended after work orders are exploded.
- Overhead costs can be applied to manufactured items.
- Work orders can be put on hold at any time to prevent them from being processed.
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