Production Management

Metal production is a complex and often unpredictable task, that requires careful scheduling and constant monitoring
to meet production objectives and save costs. SEMS Production & Manufacturing Management helps you to manage your operation by providing
sophisticated tools. The Production & Manufacturing Management module provides the functionality necessary to manage and control every
production process.

Features

• Determines feed stock requirements to produce the finished product.

• Determines profit margin between standard cost to make a product, and the price given to a customer.

• Validates order manufacturing feasibility of inquiry given the equipment capabilities and production standards as defined in the production standards module.

• Determines optimal route.

• Confirms production capabilities.

• Forms the basis for standard cost.

• Apply stock to orders using intelligent search methods to ensure that your customer’s requirements are met, and your inventory is being used cost effectively. Support for toll-processing and vendor managed inventories is provided.

• Support is provided for a wide range of standard steel processes, including Slitting, Cut-to-length, Shearing, Galvanizing, Pickling, Straightening and Pipe and Tube Manufacturing. Other processes can be easily added.

• Work orders for production are generated automatically when orders are created.

• A work order can include several work order steps, each describing a single operation at a work center.

• Production orders can include multiple sales orders.

• Standard yield losses, throughput rates, scrap produced and processing transformations are calculated dynamically using user-defined rule-based tables.

• Production results are tracked against the production order for reporting and cost calculations. Work-In-Process costs are calculated dynamically.

• Record production directly on handheld wireless devices.

• Scrap and return-to-stock quantities are tracked against each production order.

• Develop a realistic production plan for each order that minimizes production inventory costs, and can be quoted to the customer with confidence.

• Notify Production and Sales staff of potential scheduling problems that may affect on-time delivery so that corrective actions can be taken pro-actively.

• Manage and distribute schedules and work orders throughout the plant, with minimal manual effort and paperwork.

• Provide timely and accurate production and schedule compliance reports to line and senior management.

• Production schedules are monitored/flagged daily to identify orders that are running ahead or behind schedule, and production schedules are auto-updated.