Production Management

We use SMS Sapphire Manufacturing which provides extensive facilities for Stock Control, Sales and Purchase Order Processing, Warehouse Management, Bill of Materials, Works Order Processing, Engineering Control and MRP as well as providing seamless integration with Sage, our accounting software. Main features include:

• Bill of Materials with unlimited parts, sub-assemblies and manufacturing operations.
• BOM Cost roll-up facility including detailed enquiry system.
• Phantom BOM capability.
• Works Order progressing and time-sheet entry for labour and finished goods processing.
• Make to Order, make to Stock and batched Works Order creation options for full hybrid manufacturing capabilities.
• Detailed workshop documentation including route control, Works Order printout, tracking slips and kitting list.
• Resource loading facilities and integration with finite scheduling systems.
• Perpetual stock take facility.
• Advanced customer and price list based pricing on Sales Orders.
• Full Material Requirements (MRP) and Master Production Scheduling (MPS) facilities.
• CAD/CAM drawing viewer facility compatible with all major CAD drawing types.

Benefits: The main benefits of our production management system other than providing a comprehensive management platform for running our business is that it allows us to offer forward planning capability for our customers and support supply models such as JIT and Lean Manufacturing as well as supporting our paperless manufacturing environment.