Advanced Manufacturing

A Sage Solution For Your Business

ISTUG 11/06/03

The Corporate Pitch ….
Maximising the solutions
in the Sage brand

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Line 500 Modules

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Finance
Benefits at a glance
Operational and strategic information readily available
Provides tight financial control with full visibility of costs committed before expenditure is incurred
Includes powerful reporting tools and evaluation of market trends to assist informed strategic decisions
Manages your cash flow through close budget control and efficient purchase requisitioning
Supports international business with multi-language, multi-currency, multi-company features
Includes extended support for your credit management teams
Lowers your administrative costs by increasing user productivity

Distribution

Manufacturing
Benefits at a glance
Powerful resource management
Maintain maximum productivity, with efficient shop-floor management
Supports configure-to-order, manufacture-to-order and batch engineering
Controls associated material, inventory and processing costs
Monitors and reports on issues and events on the shop floor to maintain maximum productivity
Eases the complexity of managing your own resources and subcontractors
Supports you in meeting the requirements of broad markets or individual customers

Services
Benefits at a glance
Keep on top of multiple projects
End-to-end contract management
Helps you manage and bill for after-sales service
Provides sophisticated project accounting and project management
Delivers sophisticated control in managing and accounting on a project basis
Supports a range of billing scenarios including cost plus and staged payments

Integrating Product Management with your ERP System

A Sage Solution For Your Business

Product Management
A system and frame-work which supports the management and release of product changes within a controlled and audited environment.
Management of product life cycle from Design and Pre-Production to obsolescence.

For all industries ...

Design

Audit Controls

Manage Work in Progress

WO & MRP Extensions for
Product Management
Automatic Identification and Update of Works Order Revisions
Revision Management of Phantom
Use-up Date Prediction and Consumption
WO Entry and Issue Enhancements
MRP Enhancements
Up to 6100 lines on a Works Order

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Production Backflush
“Works Orderless” Production
Specify product and quantity
Standard Bill or Adjusted
Stock Issues/Completions
Cost Variance - Actual v Standard
Forecast Consumption
Negative Backflush Checking - Bill of Disassembly - Pork chops from Pigs
Bin Validation with Wild Cards
Shortages Management
Multi-level - Phantoms/All
Optional update of MPS (negative or positive)

Production Backflush
“Works Orderless” Production
THREE-in-ONE
Specify product and quantity
Standard Bill or Adjusted
Stock Issues/Completions
Stock Histories/Batch Tracking
Streamlined transaction process

Backflush Options
Cost Variance - Actual v Standard
Forecast Consumption
Negative Backflush Checking
Bin Validation with Wild Cards
Shortages Management
Special Material G/L postings
Multi-level - Phantoms/All

Backflush Options
Standard Entry Mode
Drive from Stock Backorders
Drive from Sales Orders
and for the future …..drive from file import

Enhanced MRP
Change both order and required dates
Add additional items to a Purchase Order
Add services to a Purchase Order
Add comments to a Purchase Order
Create a schedule for PO deliveries from a single MRP recommendation line
Automatic consolidation of MRP recommendations per supplier

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Phase 2 - Contract Manufacturing
Contract Manufacturing
Creates Master Network shows Order-to- Parent relationship and bookings
Stock Reservation to Contract
PO/WO Auto-Issue
Driven on Contract Basis from Master Network Data
Works Order Extensions
Issue Stock Reservations

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"Auto-book stock received from Purchase..."
Auto-book stock received from Purchase GRN receipts
Auto-book stock received from Works Order Completion
Locate Sales Orders Awaiting Despatch
Locate Parent Works Order
Allocate SO/Issue WO

Sage for Manufacturing

Sage Line 500 - Overview
A completely integrated business management system
Get up to speed as fast as possible
Customisable to match your business needs exactly - now and in the future
Capitalises on modern technology
Take your business online without over-stretching your budget and resources
A flexible solution for a changing world

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"The complete integrated business solution"
The complete integrated business solution