Is your production process relatively simple? Do you distribute products and have a need for advanced kitting functions? If so, then Light Manufacturing is the perfect product to help you manage production and kit assembly without complicated labor transactions or material issues.
The streamlined manufacturing system allows distributors, assemble-to-order industries, and other light manufacturers to concentrate on other critical business issues without getting tied up in complex manufacturing processes.
Light Manufacturing provides an easy-to-use Production Entry screen where finished goods are reported after the fact. This single point of entry eliminates dozens of potential labor and production transactions by automatically issuing material quantities, outside process transactions and labor time to finished goods.
Distributors can identify labor as part of the kitting process. This dramatically improves product costing, subsequent pricing and the kitting procedure.
Traditional manufacturers may need the Advanced Manufacturing module for detailed work orders, actual labor and production reporting, and real-time shop floor control.
Optional modules, such as Estimating, Product Configurator, Engineering Change Management and Material Requirements Planning can be used with Light Manufacturing.
Web-Based Reporting
All Light Manufacturing reports can be generated and viewed through Microsoft Internet Explorer with our Web Reports module, at the same high level of security as with the module’s standard output. asdfReporting Features
Maintain custom form layouts for printed forms used throughout all Sage MAS 500 modules.
Tailor forms to your organization’s design requirements.
Export all report data to an external file. Data types supported include ASCII text, delimited, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, HTML, RTF or Microsoft Word.
Output any report to the screen, a printer or a variety of file formats.
Create customized, presentationquality reports through Crystal Reports software.
Reports
Routing
Work Center Where Used
Operation Where Used
Bill of Material
Bill of Material Cost Rollup
Bill of Material Where Used
Job Costing
Department List
Work Center List
Machine List
Production Report
FEATURES:
Routings/Bills of Material
Establish standard routings and bills of material for manufactured items.
Integrated routing and bills of material time-phase labor, material and outside (subcontract) operations in chronological order.
Routing versions enhance quality control for both labor and materialrevisions. Revision dates and codes identify unique routings and bills of material.
Multimedia files and CAD drawings may be viewed at the routing header and detail levels.
Import bills of material from popular CAD programs to the Sage MAS 500 Routing/Bill of Material.
Flexible work center parameters include user-defined defaults, work in process rates, and variable capacity by day for shift schedules.
No Work Orders
The elimination of work orders simplifies the production process.
Use the backflush feature to automatically issue labor time, material quantities, or outside transactions as production takes place.
The system updates inventory when the quantity of finished goods is reported.
Light Manufacturing automatically creates a work order behind the scenes for every production entry. This is important because Light Manufacturing customers will have important work order history if they upgrade to Advanced Manufacturing in the future.
Labor and Production Reporting
Report production only for finished goods. Other labor transactions are automatically calculated at standard.
Reduce the number of labor transactions by backflushing labor and overhead at standard. You can also report production in an easy, one-step process when production is completed.
Light Manufacturing automatically calculates the quantity of each material used based on the quantity of finished goods produced.
Standard quantities can be changed to reflect actual material usage and scrap.
Identify which raw material and component lots or serial numbers were used in the production process.
Eliminate the need for setup and downtime tracking by building these steps into production standards.
Utilize a single Production Entry screen to report the quantity of finished goods produced.
Distribute finished goods quantities to different lot or serial numbers before posting production to inventory.
Job Costing
Accurate job costing is critical to establishing item prices, profitability, and business planning.
Light Manufacturing supports standard, average, LIFO, FIFO and actual costing.
Time-phased bill of material requirements and incremental scrap calculations provide accurate manufacturing costs and leadtime calculations.
Advanced general ledger integration provides detailed job cost tracking.
Optional Modules
Sage Software offers several manufacturing modules that provide Light Manufacturing customers with advanced features.
The Estimating Module is a useful tool for creating internal part estimates which can be converted directly into quotes, sales orders, and manufacturing routings.
The powerful Product Configurator Module is a useful tool to help engineers build part routings and bills of material based on pre-defined rules.
The Engineering Change Management module helps Light Manufacturers manage changes to their routing and bill of material definitions.
Sage MAS 500 - Light Manufacturing / Advanced Kitting
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