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Make-to-order manufacturing involves producing to customer demand, and makes extensive use of the production manufacturing, MRP, build-to-order, purchasing and other capabilities of Dynamics 365 manufacturing.
The classic Job Shop is a small manufacturing company with a collection of equipment that they “outsource” to their customers and are usually subcontractors to larger producers, who bid on quotes.
Products are assembled and configured based on customer requirements. Usually, a configure to order manufacturer has a “catalog” and for the different products they sell often have “options” that can be selected.
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central streamlines and integrates every need of your manufacturing process from scheduling and planning, to distribution and inventory to financial management and job costing. Dynamics Business Central is an award winning solution from the premier business software company in the world. Dynamics 365 is priced for the Small and Medium manufacturer, and offers a huge selection of world class addon products. Sabre Limited are the leader in North America implementing Microsoft Business Central for manufacturing companies just like yours.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central connects data across accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory, manufacturing, projects and customer interactions to get an all-in-one solution for your entire business. You can measure and visualize your business performance using Power BI and the built in dashboards and role centers that come with Dynamics Business Central.
Your manufacturing and supply chain are totally integrated with accounts receivables and payables. There is no double entry required, and the integration dramatically reduces data entry compared to older technologies. Dynamics Business Central assists you in automatically reconciling accounts and reporting on financials quickly and accurately.
Dimensional accounting lets manufacturing companies analyze their data across multiple characteristics such as territory, product line, production methodology etc.… You can customize reports using seamless Microsoft Excel integration and adjust form designs with Microsoft Word templates.
Microsoft Business Central uses the Planning Worksheet to provide a powerful Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) and Master Production Scheduling (MPS) capability. These technologies predict when and what to replenish. Inventory is managed in real-time, allowing you to purchase Just in Time and operate with a highly LEAN approach. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is constantly being enhanced by Microsoft, such as adding Cortana AI technology to assist in sales forecast and utilization calculations.
With Dynamics Business Central you have the ability to control stock levels, lead times, reorder points, lot accumulation periods and other key MRP planning factors out of the box.
A full featured workflow process can help you control new item creation, set purchasing thresholds for approval and control employee materials requisitioning.
Use Microsoft Business Central at its full extent to generate sales forecasts and prevent stock-outs. By using the planning features and functionality, the system automatically generates production plans and creates purchase orders. Reduce order entry time and gain efficiencies by letting the system do the work for you.
Get a holistic view of inventory for efficient order fulfillment. Track every item transaction and movement at the level you need for maximum efficiency. Manage inventory by bin and location, and use pick orders based on warehouse layout and storage unit dimensions to speed order fulfillment.
Take advantage of over 1000 addon modules designed to integrate barcode scanning modules, CAD integration, EDI, credit card processing, optimized production scheduling, data analysis and many more all ready to use in Dynamics Business Central.
Let Dynamics 365 Business Central manage your project manufacturing with its powerful Jobs module and Sabre’s Engineer to Order addon (Sabre ETO). Manage engineer and technician time with time-sheets, and use advanced job costing and reporting capabilities to track project status and progress. Use advanced industry addons to visualize project work in Gantt chart formats, and use the integrated MRP modules with the Project Manufacturing capabilities to optimize your project purchasing.
Compare your manufacturing costs against budget and forecast, and recognize revenues and expenses through various revenue recognition methodologies such as monthly percent completion.
Engineer-To-Order and Project Manufacturers benefit from Sabre ETO, our unique addition to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Manufacturing suite. Sabre ETO adds easy to use requisitioning and procurement directly to your project bills of material.
Among all the Microsoft Dynamics manufacturing partners in North America, Sabre is the one that specializes the most on custom manufacturing in Business Central (also called engineer-to-order). We have made this a core part of our business such that we publish Sabre ETO, an addon for Business Central custom fabrication.
Here are some key pain points Dynamics 365 Business Central for manufacturing will address in an ETO setting.
At Sabre we use the term production manufacturing to refer to make-to-stock and make-to-order manufacturing. Production is a standard module in Microsoft Business Central manufacturing implementations.
What distinguishes the two from each other are the way they plan their finished goods production. Make-to-stock companies produce their products without having orders in hand. They usually sell the same product to many customers, and as such rely on their own sales and marketing teams to define how much product they need to make.
Here are some key Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central manufacturing features for make-to-stock:
A close cousin of make-to-stock is make-to-order manufacturing. Microsoft Dynamics 365 for manufacturing fits extremely well with make to order.
These companies will only produce parts once a customer has ordered it. They are almost always designs their customers provide them, and they negotiate customer specific pricing contracts over long periods of time. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central handles this type of manufacturing extremely well “out of the box.”
Here are some key Dynamics 365 make-to-stock features:
Most manufacturing companies start as a Job Shop and then eventually fall into one of the other 3 types shown here.
The Job Shop makes small runs (sometimes one item, sometimes batches of items) of custom manufactured parts for their customers. They might involve their own design engineering work or might be based on a customer’s pre-done design.
They usually produce a lot of quotations, and win some and lose some. Tracking the costs of their production vs the quote is very important, as is purchasing materials to the specific job they do.
Here are some key Business Central job shop features:
Learn more about Business Central for manufacturing from our team blog.
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