Even more efficient - Sage 50 Manufacturing 2009
01.09.08Sage 50 Manufacturing allows your customers to manage the whole manufacturing process, from planning materials and costs, to monitoring works order in real-time. Companies can gain greater control over manufacturing by effectively scheduling work tracking resource use and improving business processes.
What's new in Sage 50 2009?
Top Features
1) Linking Sales Order Line to Works Order
This feature provides added flexibility for companies who require specific linked Works Orders and Sales Orders, e.g. where a single product code is used, but each order is customised. It is also useful if you prefer to track the shop floor by linked orders, instead of MRP and dynamic tagging.
2) Aggregation (Bucket Optimisation)
By adding a new algorithm that only creates time buckets where there's a demand, you can optimise procurement and reduce stock holding.
3) Due dates for netting off sales against forecasts
Sales Forecasts and Sales Orders are now netted off in weekly demand time slots to provide a more accurate view of demands.
4) Make to Stock (use exact quantities)
Companies using Sage 50 Manufacturing 2008 told us that they wanted to use "Make to Stock" as an explicit manufacturing plan and did not want quantities to be subject to aggregation, replenishment or inventory policy rules. This is in line with many competitive products and APICS standards. Sage 50 Manufacturing 2009 now allows you to force MRP to ignore any free stock and inventory policies, to offer an easily defined "Make to Stock" plan, minising stock and work in progress.
5) Scrap finished items (Batch Works Orders)
This enhancement allows you to control which GRNs and related quantities are scrapped, to preserve traceability and provide added flexibility for users.
6) Treatment of Overdue Purchase Orders
You can now be notified when a purchase order is late for sepcific jobs, giving you the opportunity to retain the order for the next MRP run and extend the overall due date. This feature helps to reduce the risk of costly over-ordering and over-stocking.
7) Replenishment Horizon by Product
The replenishment horizon is a global planning setting that can be altered on the MRP run-time dialogue. It can now also be set on the stock record. (If the horizon is not set for a product, it reverts to default). THe added flexibility means that long lead items can be ordered in good time without creating an unwieldy number of recommendations for items not yet due.
To find out more, ring us on 0121 384 2513, or email George for a demonstration.