Manufacturing


Process Manufacturing


Process Manufacturing Requirements

Process manufacturing businesses often require:

  • Catchweights
  • Traceability of ingredients on a multilevel basis, both backward and forward.
  • Traceability must trace raw materials, packaging, and finished items.
  • Formulas can include percentage of the total quantity.
  • System will calculate the weight for raw materials based on the percentage.
  • Changing the batch size will rescale a work order
  • Batches can be split into more than one finished item.
  • Warehouse management utilizing bar codes
  • RMA Tracking
  • EDI
  • Integrated shipping management


Process Manufacturing Systems

Some of the systems that provide solutions for process manufacturing include:

Tier 1
Microsoft Dynamics
SAP
Oracle e-business Suite
Oracle JD Edwards

Tier 2
Apprise Software
Deacom
Epicor
IBS
IFS
Infor
Plex
ProcessPro Premier
Sage ERP X3
SYSPRO
VAI

Tier 3
Apprise Software Cincom
Pronto
VAI


Discrete Manufacturing


Discrete Manufacturing Requirements


Discrete manufacturing businesses often require:

  • MRP
  • Make to order manufacturing
  • Make to stock manufacturing
  • Warehouse management utilizing bar codes
  • RMA Tracking
  • Assemble to order manufacturing
  • Repetitive manufacturing
  • Integrated shipping management
  • Scheduling
  • Engineering change management
  • Multisite production - plan across locations


Discreete Manufacturing Systems

Some of the systems that provide solutions for discrete manufacturing include:

Tier 1
Epicor
Microsoft Dynamics
SAP
Oracle e-business Suite
Oracle JD Edwards

Tier 2
Abas ERP
AccountMate
Deacom
Intuitive Exact
IBS
IFS
Infor
Made2Manage
Momentis
NetSuite
Plex
Sage ERP X3
SAP
SYSPRO
VAI

Tier 3
Cincom
NetSuite
Pronto
VAI
xTuple ERP



Wholesale Distribution


Distribution Requirements


Wholesale distribution businesses often require:

  • Automatic back order fulfillment
  • Picking optimization
  • Purchase order consolidation
  • EDI
  • Warehouse management utilizing bar codes
  • Integrated shipping management
  • Directed picking and putaway
  • RMA Tracking
  • Scheduling
  • Cross-docking management


Wholesale Distribution Systems

Some of the systems that provide solutions for the wholesale distribution industry include:

Tier 1
3rdwave Microsoft Dynamics
Oracle e-business Suite
Oracle JD Edwards
SAP

Tier 2
Acumatica Cloud ERP
Control
Enterprise 21 ERP
Epicor
FinancialForce
Foundation 3000
IBS
Infor
NetSuite
Sage ERP X3
SAP
SYSPRO
VAI

Tier 3
Adagio
Blue Link
NetSuite
Pronto
VAI
xTuple ERP