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Job Shop 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.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and PrintVIS

Microsoft Dynamics NAV was long regarded as an excellent Mid-Market Job-Shop manufacturing product. With Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft’s has improved on the capabilities and technology of Dynamics NAV. The ability to choose from hundreds or thousands of addon modules makes Dynamics Business Central perfect for the Job Shop Manufacturer.

The classic Job Shop is a small manufacturing company with a collection of equipment that they “outsource” to their customers. Job Shop Manufacturers are usually sub contractors to larger producers, who bid on quotes for jobs they may only build once and never again. They almost always buy materials specifically for the job, and are focused on employee costs and managing their quotations and estimates.

Job Shop Challenges and Needs

Almost always a make-to-order business, only occasionally selling the same items twice.
Lots of small batch runs, with frequent one time use raw materials.
Need to produce quotations and track their status for follow up.
Managing inventory of raw material, particularly to use up excess is important.
Tracking the actual time to make products to confirm quoted estimates is critical.
Managing customer drawings with orders is extremely important.
Having visibility of equipment schedules is absolutely essential.

Business Central features for Job Shop

Easily create one time items for sale, or variations of previous BOM.
Requisition worksheet quickly consolidates raw material requirements for easy purchasing.
Integrated simple but powerful CRM for tracking quotes and orders.
Addon Microsoft Dynamics Sales Professional – a full featured CRM for more extensive sales management.
InsightWorks Shop Floor Insights handles full job costing and drawing distribution to the floor.
Netronic Production Scheduler provides a graphical view of jobs and equipment use.

Job Shop Videos

See how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central helps job shop manufacturers manage resources, track jobs, improve efficiency, and run operations from one connected system.