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ERP Package for Manufacturers of Electronic Equipment

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Where can it be used?

 

The ERP Package for manufacturers of Electronic Equipment can be used in the market segments that manufacture the following equipment:

  • Electronic Manufacturer's Equipment. Examples:

    • Drilling machines​

    • Milling machines

    • Pressing and compacting machines

    • Robots

    • Injection molding machines

    • Molds

    • Packaging machine for a specific customer

    • Conveyor system for a specific customer

    • etc

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Applicable manufacturing processes

 

The Electronic Manufacturer's Equipment Manufacturer ERP Package can be used to manage the production in the  following manufacturing processes:

  • Engineer to order

    • The CAD drawings have still to be made. The CAD drawing data could be imported into the Bill of Material (BOM). This can be accomplished by the ISV application of Cadtalk that is integrated the Acumatica Cloud ERP, as you will see in the video below. This BOM will be used in a production order. 

  • Make To Order (MTO)

    • The product is already engineered, and just needs to be manufactured or assembled. In the Acumatica Manufacturing Edition, a Sales Order can be converted into a production order as can be seen in a video below.​

  • Project manufacturing​

    • A large machine or equipment needs to be made eg. a packaging machine. A project is set up with tasks, people, tools and machines. A project quote can be submitted to the customer for approval. Once approved the project quote can be converted into a project. The Acumatica Cloud ERP has a project accounting application where a project quote can be created, and upon approval by the customer be converted into a project. The major task and part in this project will be a machine to be manufactured. The Acumatica Cloud ERP enables you to convert that major part into a production/work order. A Bill Of Material will have to be made for this major part. Since such a machine needs to be made according to the specs of the customer sales order, the manufacturing will only start when the customer order is placed. Therefore the Make To Order (MTO) manufacturing method will be used. Details about the Manufacturing Management Application will be discussed later.

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The equipment manufacturer may make a one of or a few machines of the same type. The manufacturing time for one machine can be a week to months. It is crucial to have all the right material on time else, the whole production could be put on halt. Therefore procurement planning is very important. Other requirements specific to this industry are as follows:

  • Customer specific quoting & job orders – One off to repeat orders

  • Ability to purchase material specific to job(s) and inventory

  • Flexibility with changing customer due dates and job schedules

Components of ERP Package

 

The Electronic Manufacturer's Equipment Manufacturer ERP Package may consist of the following components:

  • Acumatica Manufacturing Edition

    • Acumatica ERP Foundation:

      • Finance suite and Distribution suite

      • Monitoring and Automation

    • Acumatica Manufacturing application: BOM, MRP and Production Management

  • Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications

  • Optional Acumatica Manufacturing Edition applications
    • Product Configurator​
    • Estimator: The Estimator may be very useful to estimate the cost of manufacturing an equipment before it is engineered for the specific customer order. The Estimator builds a BOM for the equipment to be manufactured.
    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling
    • Engineering Change Orders

  • ​Optional integrated Independent Software Vendor (ISV) applications:

    • ISV applications for addtional features of an existing Acumatica ERP module/workspace

      • Finance

        • ​Advanced Financial Reporting: FYIsoft, BI360

        • Sales tax Management: Avalara Tax, Vertex Sales Tax Solution

        • Human Resource Management including payroll: InfinityHR, PCBennett payroll, ..

      • Distribution

        • ​Inventory Management :NetStock, EazyStock, ..

        • Sales Order management: 

          • ​Customer payment processing: American Payment Systems, Century Business Solutions (EBizCharge), Kensium AcuCharge

          • EDI gateway: B2BGateway, SPS Commerce Fulfillment, EdiSoft

          • Shipping application: StarShip, AcuShip, OZLink, ..

        • Purchase Order management:​

          • ​Advanced Purchase Order management: Paramount Workplace

          • Vendor payment processing: AvidXchange, Artsyl, uplevl

          • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): Sourceday

          • Container tracking for:

          • Purchase orders: IIG Acuboost, 

      • Contract management with customers: MaxQ Technologies​​​, 

      • Fixed asset management: Bimser Beam, 

      • Project Management: SmartSheet, Spitfire, 

      • Document Management Systems:

        • Document scanning and repository: SDSI Unform, 

        • Signing documents electronically: Adobe  E-Sign,

      • Quality Management

        • eWorkplace: QMS

        • Bimser International: QDMS​

 

Click here to to see the webpages of all above ISV applications.

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    • ISV applications for providing specific industry applications

      • Warehouse Management:

        • Product scan application (Savant, FusionScan,..)

        • Warehouse Management System (WMS): Fusion WMS, Savant, HighJump, RIC Group WMS

      • CADTalk: to transfer data from the CAD/PLM/PLD application to the BOM in the Acumatica Manufacturing Edition​

      • Arena Solutions Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) application that helps your company design, produce and change products faster

      • Enterprise Facilities Management system from Corrigo

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Click here to to see the webpages of all above ISV applications.

Choice of ERP Packages

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Based on your needs, there is a choice of ERP packages. Basically the following ERP packages will provide a good start in configuring a package:

  • The simple warehousing ERP package using Acumatica WMS

    • Besides your basic needs for finance, distribution, CRM, manufacturing, your warehouse needs a simple store, pick, pack and ship application since products in your warehouse are moved manually via pallets and forklifts.

  • The medium complex ERP warehousing package using Savant WMS

    • Your products in your warehouse are moved via conveyors, and sortation stations 

  • The complex warehousing package using HighJump WMS

    • Your warehouse is fully automated. Your WMS needs to integrate with a Warehouse Execution System (WES)​

The simple warehousing ERP package using Scanco WMS

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Besides your basic needs for finance, distribution, CRM, manufacturing, your warehouse needs a simple store, pick, pack and ship application since products in your warehouse are moved manually via pallets and forklifts.​

Your Needs

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  • Basic needs:

    • Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

    • CRM

    • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

    • Manufacturing Management

  • Optional basic needs

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment: PIck, pack and ship

    • ...

  • Optional manufacturing management needs:

    • Estimation

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional needs:

    • Integration with CAD

    • Product scanning

    • Warehouse Management System (WMS): SImple

    • Advanced Inventory Management application

    • Shipping application

    • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • Project Management

    • Human Resource Management including payroll

    • Customer payment processing

    • Vendor payment processing: 

    • Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Your ERP Package

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  • Basic needs:

    • Acumatica Manufacturing Edition

      • Acumatica Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

      • Optional: CRM

      • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

      • Manufacturing Management Application

  • Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications:

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment

    • ...

  • Optional Acumatica Manufacturing Edition applications

    • Estimator

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional ISV Applications:

    • CADTalk

    • Acumatica WMS scan

    • Acumatica Warehouse Management System (WMS)

    • NetStock Inventory Management application

    • StarShip Shipping application

    • Sourceday Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • SmartSheet Project Management

    • Infinity Human Resource Management including payroll

    • American Payment Systems Customer payment processing

    • AvidXChange: Vendor payment processing:

    • Avalara Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Video (20 mins, 2020 showing the full integration of Acumatica Manufacturing Edition with Acumatica WMS

Video (60 mins, Feb 2018) showing the Acumatica Manufacturing Edition where a Make to Order is shown. A sales order is created for an item to be manufactured, and converted into a production order.

The medium warehousing ERP package using Savant WMS

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Besides your basic needs for finance, distribution, CRM, manufacturing, your warehouse needs a simple store, pick, pack and ship application since products in your warehouse are moved via conveyors and sortation stations.

Your Needs

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  • Basic needs:

    • Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

    • CRM

    • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

    • Manufacturing Management

  • Optional basic needs

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment: PIck, pack and ship

    • ...

  • Optional manufacturing management needs:

    • Product Configuration

    • Estimation

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional needs:

    • Integration with CAD

    • Product scanning

    • Warehouse Management System (WMS): SImple

    • Advanced Inventory Management application

    • Shipping application

    • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • Project Management

    • Human Resource Management including payroll

    • Customer payment processing

    • Vendor payment processing: 

    • Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Your ERP Package

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  • Basic needs:

    • Acumatica Manufacturing Edition

      • Acumatica Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

      • Optional: CRM

      • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

      • Manufacturing Management Application

  • Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications:

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment

    • ...

  • Optional Acumatica Manufacturing Edition applications

    • Product Configurator​

    • Estimator

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional ISV Applications:

    • CADTalk

    • Savant scan

    • Savant Warehouse Management System (WMS)

    • NetStock Inventory Management application

    • StarShip Shipping application

    • Sourceday Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • SmartSheet Project Management

    • Infinity Human Resource Management including payroll

    • American Payment Systems Customer payment processing

    • AvidXChange: Vendor payment processing:

    • Avalara Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Video (40 mins) showing the full integration of Acumatica Manufacturing Edition with CadTalk, Savant scan, WMS, and Inventory management

The complex warehousing ERP package using HighJump WMS

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Besides your basic needs for finance, distribution, CRM, manufacturing, your warehouse needs a simple store, pick, pack and ship application since movement of products in your warehouse is fully automated. Your WMS needs to integrate with a Warehouse Execution System (WES)​

Your Needs

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  • Basic needs:

    • Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

    • CRM

    • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

    • Manufacturing Management

  • Optional basic needs

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment: PIck, pack and ship

    • ...

  • Optional manufacturing management needs:

    • Product Configuration

    • Estimation

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional needs:

    • Integration with CAD

    • Product scanning

    • Warehouse Management System (WMS): SImple

    • Advanced Inventory Management application

    • Shipping application

    • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • Project Management

    • Human Resource Management including payroll

    • Customer payment processing

    • Vendor payment processing: 

    • Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Your ERP Package

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  • Basic needs:

    • Acumatica Manufacturing Edition

      • Acumatica Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

      • Optional: CRM

      • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

      • Manufacturing Management Application

  • Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications:

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment

    • ...

  • Optional Acumatica Manufacturing Edition applications

    • Product Configurator​

    • Estimator

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional ISV Applications:

    • CADTalk

    • HighJump scan

    • HighJump Warehouse Management System (WMS)

    • NetStock   Inventory Management application

    • StarShip Shipping application

    • Sourceday Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • SmartSheet Project Management

    • Infinity Human Resource Management including payroll

    • American Payment Systems Customer payment processing

    • AvidXChange: Vendor payment processing:

    • Avalara Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Website showing the full integration of Acumatica Manufacturing Edition with HighJump scan and WMS.

The Machine/Job Shop in Acumatica

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The machine shop process flow is handled very well in the Acumatica Manufacturing Edition. Click here to see how it is done.

Discrete Manufacturing ERP Package that includes ECommerce

Video (60 mins) showing the full integration of Acumatica Manufacturing Edition with E-Commerce of Magento, CadTalk, Scanco scan and WMS, StarShip shipping management and APS payment processing

ECommerce integration solutions: 

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Learn more

Keeping Your Inventory at an Optimum Level

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The Acumatica Manufacturing Edition enables your company, which has a make-to-order manufacturing process, to keep your inventoy at an optimum level (not too low to avoid shortcomings, not too high to avoid excessive stock) in the following ways:

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  • Make to Order: a Sales Order is converted into a Production Order. This way all products produced will be sold.

  • Purchase to Production Order: only those items will be purchased as specified in the Production Order via the Material Requirements Planning (MRP). This way all items purchased will be used for the production. 

Video (5 mins, 2017) showing the Make to Order

Screen shot in video above (minute 14.03) showing the Purchase to Production Order

Acumatica Manuf Edition - Make to Order

Discrete Manufacturing and Installation/Construction Management

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  • When Applicable?

    • When a complex and quite large product is manufactured, and when the installation of it takes several days/weeks, the ERP Package for Discrete Manufacturing will be complemented by the Construction Management application to take care of the project management. Examples of such products are:

      • Electronic manufacturing equipment

      • Robots

      • Custom lighting systems for large office buildings, plants and park or sport centers

      • Custom large doors, windows and elevators

      • Exhibit booths

      • Large entertainment centers

  • Solutions

    • ERP Package for Discrete Manufacturing of Electronic Manufacturing Equipment as explained above

    • Construction Management application or Construction Edition as described here.

  • Benefits

    • Management of all your business functions from one system in the cloud

    • Great project quoting and management

  • Customer Success Story

Key Benefits

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The key benefits to you are as follows:

  • One Solution for your business

    • Acumatica provides feature-rich cloud manufacturing ERP software. Acumatica Manufacturing Edition, formerly known as JAMS*, integrates seamlessly with Acumatica’s Distribution Management, Customer Management, Financial Management, and Project Accounting suites. Acumatica Manufacturing Edition provides real-time coordination of your business activities from one central location in the cloud!

  • Grows with you

    • Powerful and complete functionality for make-to-stock, make-to-order, engineer-to-order, project centric, job shop, batch, and repetitive manufacturing adapts to your business as you grow and change. This means that if your manufacturing plant has to handle both make-to-stock and make-to-order, this ERP package can handle both manufacturing types at the same time. This also means that when you start with make-to-order, and your demand for the same products is growing, that this ERP can handle also make-to-stock to cover the growing demand of that product. 

  • Meet your schedules

    • Respond to demand while optimizing inventory and resources for effectiveness and cost control with Acumatica Manufacturing Edition MRP planning.

      • Inventory is optimized because the MRP gives you a list of the critical items that need to be ordered or manufactured. This way you  you only order what you need at the right time. By the way you can create purchase orders directly from this list of critical items.

      • Resources are optimized since the advanced planning and scheduling looks at the capacity of the machines and labor on the shop floor, and at their availability for usage. Capacity of machines and labor are fully used  at the right time. This way also costs are controlled. 

  • Track your costs

    • Track material and labor costs as you manage your products. Compare standard and planned production costs to actual costs of production. You can plan very well but, execution may still go awry. This ERP will display which actual costs went way above their planned costs. 

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