The Advanced Manufacturing System Advanced Dealer Training Version 3.0

The Advanced Manufacturing System

Advanced Dealer Training Version 3.0

System Workflow

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Plan production and Quotation

Finished Goods

Demand analysis

Commence Production

Work in Progress

Material Planning

Inventory

Jobs

Returns

Issues

Receipts

Purchases

EstimatesOrders

Receipts

On the way in….

Automatically upgrades existing databases to version 3.0• Adds custom fields to ABM (requires data check)

New inventory cache features• Faster if products have been found to be

missing in the past (skip parents search)• Option to ignore closed runs for missing items

check• Option to not update product codes and names

on production runs (important if the user changes these)

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New User Interface Features

Tabbed lists for faster switching and active content

Customisable captions Updated graphics (customisable)

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Easy Toolbars and Navigation

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General Features – Quick Navigation and custom menus

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General Features - User definable captions

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Example of changed captions from previous screen

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New Bill of Materials Details

Additional fields for Dimensions Scrap Factor for Standard Costing Throughput

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Bill of Materials/Manufacturing

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Detailed Component Information

Inventory Raw Materials Labour Rates Overheads Out-work (sub-contractors) Resources (machine time) Alternates Phantom Bills Notes and Attachments

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Production Stages

Allows Production Runs to be split up into logical stages.

Stages defined on the Bill of Materials• Expected Duration• Prior Stage Completion• Status (in production)• Barcode • Notes• Workcentre – links to a location

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BOM Stages and work centres

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Production Stages Timeline - Right Mouse Menu Functions

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Demand Analysis

Similar to previous version Links production runs to demand

• Sales orders• Job Estimates• Production Runs• Stock Shortage

Can now allocate demand to existing stock • System Options – Allow Demand Allocation of

Free Stock

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Allocating to Existing Free Stock

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Linking Sales Orders to Planned/New Production Runs

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Materials Planning (New in version 3.0)

Expected to replace the old Supply Analysis method, however both options will remain available

Faster More intuitive and informative Can take into account Forecasted

Production

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Material Planning (Part of Supply Analysis)

Calculate future product quantities by planned productions, forecast models, sales movement, and purchases movement.

Expand tree to inspect runs and stages breakdowns

Can specify planning horizon, analysis method, and more.

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Production Forecast Models

Bills of Materials can be added to forecast models Easily create production runs from forecast products Forecast models can be analysed in Material Planning screen

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Material Planning – new supply feature

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Material Planning – Easy allocation to meet requirements

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Purchase Orders

Displays all order items at the top, automatically assigns order items to individual purchase orders grouped by supplier and order date (shown on tabs)

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Purchase Order – Drag and Drop from list to order

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Supplier Selection

Improved Supplier Selection when changing supplier in Purchase Order screen.

Highlights Preferred and Lowest Price supplier

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Production Stages Timeline

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Production Quotation – Details tab

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Production Quotation – Costing tab

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User Definable Database Views/Queries

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User queries can be linked directly to production objects

Powerful and Flexible Report Engine

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Flexible Reporting

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