Sage 500 ERP

B E N E F I T S

• Produceaccuratematerialanddistributionplansusingadvancedreplenishmentformulasanddemandforecastingprinciples.

• EasilycustomizeplanspriortoMRPgenerationusingflexiblesortingandselectioncriteria.

• MultipleMRPversionsenablemanagementofseparateMRPplansbyproductline,bymanufacturingfacility,bywarehouse,orotheruser-definedcriteria,withwhat-ifsimulation.

• Easy-to-usesingleplanningscreencreatessuggestedpurchaseorders,workorders,andtransferorders.

• ManagetransferordersfromfeederwarehousestosubsidiarywarehousesandrunCapabletoPromiseinquiriesduringSalesOrderEntry.

• IntegrationwithProjectAccountingprovidesbuyersandprojectmanagerswitheffectivemanagementofprojectmaterials

• IntegrationwithAdvancedPlanningandSchedulingprovidesthecapacitytosynchronizemanufacturingmaterialneedstoproductionresourceavailability,creatingresourceconstrainedmaterialplansandlowermaterialinventories.

Material Requirements Planning

Manage Material Requirement Planning (MRP) from a Single Planning Screen

Itisimpossibletounderstandmaterialanddistributionrequirementsacrossalargecompanywithoutadvancedplanningtools.Sage500ERP(formerlySageERPMAS500)useshistoricaldataandadvancedreplenishmentformulastohelpyouunderstandcurrentandfuturematerialanddistributionrequirementsandhowtheywillaffectyourbusiness.

UnlikelegacyMRPsystems,Sage500ERPprovidessingle-screenplanning.Thisfeatureprovidesup-to-dateitemstatistics,includingon-handquantities,currentpurchaseorders,workorders,transferorders,andotherelementsthataffectplanningdecisions.MRPcalculationsquicklygeneratesuggestedworkordersformanufactureditems,purchaseordersforrawmaterialsandsubcontractedservices,andtransferorderstomovematerialbetweenwarehouselocations.

MRPalsointegrateswiththeSage500ERPProjectAccountingsystem.Thisintegrationprovidesacriticalmanagementsystemforcompanieswithmaterial-intensiveprojects.Itisalsoakeyintegrationpointforbothmanufacturersthatmake-to-installandengineeringfirmsthatdesignpartsthatarelatermanufacturedintoprototypesandfinishedgoods.

Theplanningactivityprovidesinsightfulinformationtohelpyoumakepurchasingandproductionschedulingdecisionsbasedonindustry-standardpracticesandflexible,real-lifecircumstances.Planningpersonnelcanmaintainplansbyversion.Thisallowsthemtheflexibilitytheyneedtomanagematerialanddistributionplansbyproductline,bymanufacturingfacility,andotheruser-definedcriteria.Infat,theSage500ERPinteractiveplanningmethodologyisoneoftheeasiestmaterialmanagementsystemsavailabletoday.

Theaddedflexibilitytooverridethevendororbuyerallowsyoutomaketherightprocurementdecisionsforyourcompanyeverytime.

Multiple MRP VersionsMaintainMRPbyversionformultiplewarehousesandwhat-ifsimulations.• UseMRPversionstogeneratespecificmaterialordistributionplansforeachmanufacturingwarehouseordistributioncenterandanotherforcentralizedorglobalplan.

• Multipleversionsprovidewhat-ifsimulationsofthematerialanddistributionplan.

MRP Sorting and SelectionPlannerscaneasilycustomizetheirplanspriortoMRPgeneration.• Plannersmaysortmaterialanddistributionplansbyitemandwarehouseinascendingordescendingorder.

• MRPmaybefilteredusingavarietyofselectioncriteria,includingbuyercodes,itemIDs,itemclasses,itemtypes,purchaseproductlines,andwarehouses.Eachoftheseselectioncriteriamaybesetforoneormoreclassifications.

• Auser-defineddemandtimefencecanbesettofreezeaperiodoftimetopreventplannedordersfrominterferingwithcurrentproductionanddistributionschedules.

Planned Inventory Transfers and Capable to PromiseManagetransferordersfromfeederwarehousestosubsidiarywarehousesandrunCTPinquiriesduringSalesOrderEntry.• Manageplannedandactualinventorytransfersfromcentralizedwarehousestosubsidiarywarehouses.

• Managethesupplychainbyestablishingrelationshipsbetweenmanufacturingfacilities,mainwarehouses,andsubsidiarywarehouses.

• TheCTPfunctionisavailableduringSalesOrderEntryforMRPcustomers.TheCTPfeaturecalculateseitherthequantityoftimesthatwillbeavailablebyaspecificdataorthedatethataspecifiedquantityofitemswillbeavailable.

MRP CalculationsSage500ERPusesadvancedreplenishmentformulasanddemandforecastingprinciplestoproduceextremelyaccuratematerialanddistributionplans.• MRPdeterminestotallead-timeandproductiontimesforallfinishedgoods,subassemblies,andrawmaterials.

• Demandcalculationsarebasedondemandbybusinessdayasopposedtodemandbymonth,andhandleseasonalityandotherindustry-specificrequirements.

• MRPconsiderssafetystock,minimum/maximumquantitiesandtransactiondatafromsalesorders,workorders,purchaseorders,projects,andinventorymanagement.

• DemandsmoothinghelpsyouforecastprojecteddemandovervariousinventoryperiodswhileusingthedatatodriveMRPandproductioninasetofshopfloororproductionfacilityworkingperiods.ThesixsmoothingmethodsincludeDaily,Weekly,Monthly,Quarterly,Annually,andPlanning.

• MRPassumesinfiniteproductioncapacity(24hoursaday,sevendaysaweek).WithAdvancedPlanning&Schedulinginstalled,MRPconsidersactualworkcenterschedules(notincludingcurrentproductionload)byremovingunavailabletimefordaysoff,scheduleddowntime,andholidays.

Critical Planning InformationTheplanningscreenprovidesone-clickaccesstoitemandperiodinformation.• Theplanningscreendisplayssummaryanddetailediteminformation,includingon-handbalance,adjustedon-handbalance(includingsafetystock),warehouselocation,andmore.

• MRPexceptionmessagesmaybesortedbyseverityandbymessagetype.

Single-Screen PlanningGenerateactualordersandfirmedordersfromasinglepointofentry.• MRPcreatessuggestedpurchaseorders,workorders,andtransferorders.

• Theplannercanfirmplannedordersorcreateactualordersfromsystem-generatedplannedorders.

• Lateordersareflaggedforquickidentification.• Plannedordersmaybeincludedintheproductionschedule.• Purchaseordersforthesamevendorinthesametimeperiodandwarehousecanbeconsolidatedbeforeconvertingplannedorderstoactualorders.

• SuggestedPrimaryVendorscanbeoverriddentotakeadvantageofone-timepromotionspriortoconvertingplannedorderstoactualorders.

Multiple Access PointsLaunchMRPfromvariouspointsthroughoutthesystem.• MRPmaybeaccessedfromtheWorkOrderorSalesOrdersystemtoviewmaterialrequirementsspecifictoaselectedworkorderorsalesorder.

• ThePurchaseOrdersystemincludesalinktoMRPtoviewmaterialanddistributionrequirementsforitemsonthecurrentpurchaseorder.

Project Materials ManagementMRPintegrateswithProjectAccountingtoprovidebuyersandprojectmanagerswithanintegratedsolution.• Projectmanagerscanusemanufactureditemsonprojectestimates.• MRPpicksupthematerialdemandfromtheProjectAccountingsystemsoitcanplanforfinishedgoods,componentitems,andrawmaterialrequirementsacrossmultipleprojects.

• MRPandProjectAccountinghelpmaintainadequateinventorylevelssoprojectscanbecompletedontime.

“Sage 500 ERP and MRP let us get our act together. We finally have inventory numbers we can depend on, far more on-time shipments, and better quality throughout the company.”

David PalmerstonVP of TechnologyHelical Products Company

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