Manufacturing and Industrial
Software for Machine Manufacturing
Build-to-order machines assembled from bought-out and machined parts over weeks, with every serial carrying its own configuration.
A machine builder assembles hundreds of parts — some machined in-house, some bought out, some sent for job work — into a unit that may take weeks to build and months to commission. Each order varies in options and electrics. Knowing which parts are short, what the unit has cost so far and what exactly was shipped under a serial number is what separates a profitable build from a late one.
What gets in the way
- Assembly stops because one bought-out part was never ordered
- Machined parts and bought-out parts are planned on different lists
- Cost to date on a unit under build is unknown until it ships
- Option and configuration changes are agreed by phone and not reflected in the build
- Spares requests arrive without a record of what was fitted to that serial
What the software handles
- Order configured from a base model with its options
- Multi-level BOM exploded into make, buy and job-work requirements
- Shortages listed against the assembly schedule before it starts
- Material and hours booked to the unit's serial as it is built
- As-built configuration retained for spares and service
What changes
- Shortages visible before the assembly bay stops
- Running cost per unit during the build
- Spares quoted from the actual configuration shipped
Software for your machine manufacturing business
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